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Tushan Temple, located on the top of Tushan Mountain in Nan'an District, is the oldest temple in Chongqing. It ia also called Zunwu Temple because the statue of Zunwu Master is worshiped in the temple. Tushan Temple has a very long history. According to record, it was built in Han Dynasty in order to commemorate Dayu and his wife. It was firstly called Yuwang Temple. In Tang Dynasty, it was renamed as Tushan Temple. A great Chinese poet, Bai Juyi, used to write a poem about it.


Tushan Temple covers an area of over 10,000 square meters, including 8 halls, 100 rooms. There are statues of Sakyamuni and Zhenwu Master in main hall. And there are statues of Yuwang (King Dayu) and Tuhou (Queen Tu) in the third hall. Tushan Temple combines Buddhism and Taoism harmoniously.