Anchan Temple, Buddhist temple in Taigu County, China

Anchan Temple is a Buddhist temple in Taigu County with two surviving structures. The sutra repository dates from the Song Dynasty, while the main hall was built during the Ming Dynasty.

Anchan Temple was founded in 857, the eleventh year of the Dazhong era of the Tang, about a decade after Emperor Wuzong's persecution of Buddhism, as the religion revived. It was rebuilt in 1001 (Xianping 4, Northern Song), 1316 (Yanyou 3, Yuan), 1526 (Jiajing 5, Ming), 1832 (Daoguang 12, Qing) and 1877 (Guangxu 3, Qing).

The temple stands inside the grounds of the primary school attached to Taigu Normal School, in Anchansi Lane in the old town's southwest corner. Its name joins an (peace) and chan (meditation), and the surviving halls keep the Buddhist name even though the schoolyard now surrounds them.

The temple stands inside the grounds of the Taigu Normal School Affiliated Primary School, in the southwest corner of the old town of Mingxing Town, Taigu District, Jinshan. Access follows the school grounds on Anchansi Lane, so visits depend on permission from the school; arrange them in advance rather than turning up unannounced.

The sutra repository is the only surviving building on the site dated to the Northern Song: it was raised in 1001, the fourth year of the Xianping era, and its plan is nearly square, 9.76 m wide and deep, under a single-eaved hip-and-gable roof. The rear hall beside it is Ming work.