Shishuang Temple, Buddhist temple in Hunan Province, China

Shishuang Temple stands in Jingang, Liuyang, Hunan, facing south with its main halls on a central axis: the Shanmen, Four Heavenly Kings Hall, Mahavira Hall and Guanyin Hall. Over ten side halls include the Guru Hall, Jade Buddha Hall and Meditation Hall. Four peaks surround it: Liucui in front, Fengxiang behind, Shizi left and Xiangwang right. The Ten Thousand Buddha Pagoda enshrines thousands of small gilded Buddha statues on its walls.

Shishuang Temple was founded in the Qianfu period (874–888) of the Tang dynasty, when Emperor Xizong granted the land and Prime Minister Pei Xiu supervised construction; the emperor's third son Li Zhen was ordained here as a monk. In the Song dynasty, abbot Shishuang Chuyuan trained Yangqi Fanghui and Huanglong Huinan, founders of the Yangqi and Huanglong branches of the Linji school, and the Japanese monks Eisai and Garin studied here. The temple declined in the Yuan and Ming dynasties, then was rebuilt in stages: the Grand Buddha Hall in 1735, the Shanmen and corridors in 1794, the Great Mercy Pavilion in 1879 and the Mahavira Hall in 1923. After 1978 the local government repaired the main halls, and in 1991 the Taiwanese monk Shi Weiyi funded a new Shanmen.

The temple's name comes from Shizhuang, the site below Frost Flower Mountain, where stream water striking rocks raised a frost-like mist. It was one of Liuyang's four ancestral Buddhist temples alongside Daowu, Baogai and Daguang. Japanese monks Eisai and Garin studied the Linji school here and later founded the Rinzai and Chōon schools in Japan.

The temple lies in Jingang town, Liuyang, Hunan, at the foot of Mount Shuanghua, with the main halls aligned on a south-facing axis. It was rated an AAA-level tourist site in 2014. Visitors should dress modestly and keep quiet in the halls where monks and pilgrims are worshipping.

The temple grounds hold the tomb of Song-dynasty abbot Shishuang Chuyuan and a Flying Pagoda, alongside ten monk stupas and some twenty stone inscriptions. Several ancient pines and ginkgos here are over a thousand years old. The Ten Thousand Buddha Pagoda enshrines rows of small gilded Buddha figures on its walls.