Coordinates: 25°4′7.99″N 102°37′43.93″E / 25.0688861°N 102.6288694°E / 25.0688861; 102.6288694 From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Buddhist temple in Yunnan, China 25°4′7.99″N 102°37′43.93″E / 25.0688861°N 102.6288694°E / 25.0688861; 102.6288694 The main building of the Qiongzhu templeCourtyard in the Qiongzhu TempleQiongzhu Temple, or Bamboo Temple (Chinese: 筇竹寺; pinyin: Qióngzhú Sì), is a Buddhist temple situated on Yu\'an Mountain (Chinese: 玉案山; pinyin: Yù\'àn Shān) to the northwest of Kunming, Yunnan, China. The name of the temple (Qiongzhu) refers to a type of bamboo (genus Qiongzhuea). The Bamboo Temple was established during the Yuan dynasty as the first temple dedicated to Zen Buddhism in Yunnan. It has since been burned down and reconstructed several times. […]