Xilin Chan Temple, Buddhist temple in Songjiang District, Shanghai, China

Xilin Chan Temple is a Buddhist temple at 666 Zhongshan Middle Road in Songjiang District, Shanghai. Its central axis runs from the shanmen through the Mahavira Hall to the Yuanying Pagoda and Kunlu Hall; all buildings except the pagoda were rebuilt between 1986 and 2003. The pagoda is a seven-story, octagonal brick-and-wood structure 46.5 meters tall.

The temple traces its origin to the Xilin Vihara founded by Hu Zengchu in 872, under Emperor Yizong of the Tang. It was later called Jiedai Temple, then Ting'en and Chong'en; in the mid-15th century Emperor Yingzong of Ming bestowed the name Xilin Chan Temple of Great Ming. Fire destroyed it during the 13th-century Mongol invasion, and it was rebuilt in 1387. After neglect in the Republic and damage during the Cultural Revolution, it reopened; abbot Shi Xingxiu oversaw reconstruction of the Kunlu and Mahavira halls from 1992.

The temple's name comes from Chan master Yuanying, founder of the original Xilin Vihara, and the pagoda built in his memory is also called Chong'en Pagoda or, locally, Xilin Pagoda. The temple is an active Buddhist site; its abbot since the post-Cultural Revolution reopening has been Shi Wuduan, and Shi Xingxiu supervised the 1992 rebuilding of the Kunlu and Mahavira halls.

The temple stands at 666 Zhongshan Middle Road in Yueyang Subdistrict, Songjiang District. The four halls on the central axis were completed between 1986 and 2003, so the visit follows a straight northward line from the gate to Kunlu Hall. The Yuanying Pagoda rises behind the Mahavira Hall; brick stairs are built into the pagoda's double walls.

The Yuanying Pagoda, also called Chong'en Pagoda and known locally as Xilin Pagoda, was originally in front of the temple and was moved behind the halls and rebuilt during the Ming Zhengtong era. Its brick stairway is built into the pagoda's double walls, and while most of the body is Song construction, the top floor's wooden balcony and eaves are Ming work.