Canton - Temple of the Six Banyan Trees

(Local Name: Liurong Si) The temple site, situated in Chaoyang Beilu Street in the old part of the city, was built in AD 537 on the orders of the provincial governor of the time, Xiao Yu, in order to house one of Buddha's bones. It is named after the six banyan trees which formerly stood in the courtyard and to which the poet Su Dongpo dedicated a piece of writing.