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Another of Hangzhou's several splendid historic sites is that the Lingyin Temple (Língyǐn Sì), the Temple of the Soul's Retreat, geological dating from 326 B.C. and one in all the foremost celebrated Buddhist monasteries in China. Highlights embody the Hall of the Celestial Kings with its several fine 12th-century sculptures, together with those of the Four Celestial Kings, and therefore the 34-meter-high luxurious Hall of the nice Hero (Daxiong Baodian), celebrated among pilgrims for its 20-meter-tall gilded sculpture of Buddha manufactured from twenty four items of natural resin wood.
Conjointly notable here is that the Peak That Flew from Afar (Feilai Feng), a mountain riddled with various caves and niches, the latter containing 380 Buddha statues geological dating from the tenth century, together with the 3 oldest examples geological dating from 951 AD and located within the east wall of the Qinglin Cave. To the north of the Temple of the Soul's Retreat is that the North Peak (Beigao Feng) with its excellent views of West Lake and therefore the close scenery.
