Benxi|Wenquan Temple

|Wenquan Temple. Benxi|Wenquan Temple Wenquan Temple is a famous Buddhist temple in the history of Benxi. As the name of the temple became more and more famous, this area was also called Wenquan Temple. The original name of Wenquan Temple was Sanguan Temple. This name can be seen in the 'Reconstruction of Wenquan Temple Stele' in the 37th year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty (1698): There is a shrine next to the spring, called Sanguan Temple, but there is no stele in the temple, so it cannot be verified. The three officials are the officials of heaven, earth, and water. They are the gods worshipped by Taoism. From this, it can be known that the predecessor of Wenquan Temple was a Taoist temple. When was it renamed Wenquan Temple? The above-mentioned stele also has the following records: When I was in the Qing Dynasty, the mountains and forests were beautiful, and there were monks Guanghui and Guangzhi living in the temple. They worked together to rebuild it and renamed the temple Wenquan Temple. According to the 'Reconstruction of Wenquan Temple Stele' in the 37th year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, in the late Chongzhen period of the Ming Dynasty, the newly arrived monks Guanghui and Guangzhi had rebuilt it, indicating that Wenquan Temple already existed at this time. Moreover, there used to be a Sanguan Temple here, but unfortunately 'the temple has no stele', and the initial creation date 'cannot be verified'.