Lingyan Temple, Buddhist temple in Changqing District, China.

Lingyan Temple stands in a valley on the western edge of the Taishan range, about 20 km north of Tai'an. Its 54 m Pizhi Pagoda, first built in 753 and rebuilt 1056–1063, rises above the halls; the Thousand Buddha Hall holds a Ming bronze Buddha and 40 Song and Ming clay luohan. Stone pedestals beneath its pillars date from the Tang and Song.

The temple was founded in 357-358 under Fu Jian of the Former Qin state and flourished during the Tang and Song Dynasties. These periods shaped the complex into one of northern China's major Buddhist centers.

The Thousand Buddha Hall displays life-size painted clay statues of lohans from the Song Dynasty alongside a bronze Buddha statue from the Ming Dynasty. These sculptures show how different eras expressed their devotion through distinct artistic styles and materials.

The temple lies in a valley on the western edge of the Taishan range, about 20 km north of Tai'an in Changqing District, Jinan. The Pizhi Pagoda stands northwest of the Thousand Buddha Hall, and the 167 stupas of the burial forest lie nearby. The wooden halls date from the Ming and Qing, but the stone pillar pedestals in the Thousand Buddha Hall are Tang and Song originals worth a close look.

The 167 stone stupas in the burial forest commemorate successive abbots of Lingyan Temple from the Tang dynasty onward; 81 epitaph steles and stone tablets stand among them. No two stupas are alike, and the cemetery lies below the Pizhi Pagoda, northwest of the Thousand Buddha Hall.