Yanqing Temple, Buddhist temple in Wutai County, China.

Yanqing Temple is a Buddhist temple in Wutai County situated in the western part of the region away from the main settlements. The main hall features three sections with a roof structure supported across multiple rows of timber framing, creating a spacious interior.

According to a stele record, Yanqing Temple was first built in the Tang dynasty; only the Jin-era Great Buddha Hall and a Song dynasty sutra pillar survive. The pillar, a 2 m remnant of a 7 m four-storey structure, was erected in 1035 (Jingyou 2) by the right palace attendant and county magistrate. The temple was listed as a National Key Cultural Relic on 25 May 2006, and protective restoration began on 25 September 2012.

Villagers say the Great Buddha Hall once held three clay statues, one per bay, the central Buddha reaching from floor to ceiling. They were destroyed in the Republican era, when the temple was converted into a school. The Song scripture pillar in the first courtyard is carved with the Uṣṇīṣa Vijaya Dhāraṇī sutra.

Yanqing Temple stands in Shanwen village, Yangbai township, in the west of Wutai County, about 27 km from the county seat. The temple keeps two courtyards, and only the Great Buddha Hall is original Jin work; the gate hall and side halls were rebuilt in recent years. A protective restoration began on 25 September 2012.

The main hall was built without interior support columns, relying instead on an advanced bracket system that distributes weight across the structure. This engineering approach was uncommon and represents a sophisticated solution that craftspeople developed during the Jin period.