Green Rocks Mountain Cangyan Shan

As its name implies, the Palace of the Rainbow Bridge, which belongs to the Temple of Good Fortune and Festivities, stands on an arched stone bridge 15m/45ft long and 9m/27ft wide; it is reminiscent of a rainbow with two steeply rising rock walls joining to meet each other. The bridge is 1400 years old, although the palace was not built until the middle of the 17th C.

The Temple of Good Fortune and Festivities, probably of the Sui period (589-618), is dedicated to the daughter of the Sui emperor Yangdi. One of the main buildings, dating from the early Tang period (618-907), is the Hall of Princess Nanyang who converted to Buddhism following the death of her father. At the far end of the hall is a grotto which apparently served as the princess's bedroom. Also kept in the temple, in addition to the painted earthenware statue of the princess, are ten statues of ladies-in-waiting playing old musical instruments. There is also a wall fresco portraying the conversion and life's work of the princess, who became a nun.

The brick pagoda behind the temple dates from the late Ming period (1368-1644).