Lingyan Temple, Buddhist temple in Sichuan, China

Lingyan Temple is a Buddhist site on the southern slope of Lingyan Mountain in Xingfu Town, Dujiangyan, Sichuan. Only two Qing-dynasty buildings remain: the Great Buddha Hall (Daxiong Baodian) and the Bell Tower. To the left of the temple stands the Thousand Buddha Pagoda, a solid stone stupa 3 meters tall with a Sumeru base and a dome-shaped body 2.4 meters in diameter at its lowest level.

Lingyan Temple was founded during the Jin dynasty and was rebuilt several times under the Ming and Qing. Of the temple compound only the Great Buddha Hall (Daxiong Baodian) and the Bell Tower survive, both Qing-era buildings. The Thousand Buddha Pagoda beside it is older, raised in the Tang Kaiyuan period (713–741). The site was listed as a Sichuan provincial cultural relic in 1991 and as a national key cultural relic in 2013.

The name links the temple to Lingyan Mountain, at whose southern foot it stands in Xingfu Town, Dujiangyan. The Thousand Buddha Pagoda beside the temple is a solid stone stupa whose thirteen tiers are carved all over with seated Buddhas; on its topmost lotus seat rests a cast-iron Shakyamuni statue whose style differs from the stone carvings, thought to be a later replacement.

The temple stands on the southern slope of Lingyan Mountain in Xingfu Town, Dujiangyan, with the Thousand Buddha Pagoda on its left side. Only the Great Buddha Hall and the Bell Tower survive, so the visit is short; the pagoda, 3 m tall and 2.4 m across at its base, is best examined up close for its thirteen carved tiers.

The iron Shakyamuni Buddha on the pagoda's top layer differs in style from the stone Buddhas carved on its thirteen tiers, which is why it is thought to be a later replacement. The pagoda is a solid stone structure 3 metres tall, with a base diameter of 2.4 metres.