Kaiyuan Temple is at the eastern end of Kaiyuan Lu. A lively Buddhist temple founded in 738 AD, three sets of solid wooden doors open into courtyards planted with figs and red-flowered phoenix trees, where a pair of Tang-era stone pillars, topped with lotus buds, symbolically support the sky. The various halls are pleasantly proportioned, with sweeping, low-tiled roofs with brightly coloured lions, fish and dragons sporting along ridges. Off to the west side is a Guanyin pavilion with a dozen or more statues of this popular Bodhisattva in all her forms. Another room on the east side is full of bearded Taoist saints holding a yin-yang wheel, while the interior of the Main hall boasts a very intricate vaulted wooden ceiling and huge brocade banners almost obscuring a golden Buddhist trinity.
