Qīngyuǎn

Qingyuan stands on the Bei River north of Guangzhou, where the river emerges from a landscape of hills and gorges. Along its bank is Feilai Temple, traditionally founded in 520. Travellers moving between the northern interior and Guangzhou passed through this river country. In the Ming, a ceremonial arch before the temple was built in the Hongwu reign and repaired again in the Chongzhen period.