Zhu Qian Temple, located in Yu 'an Mountain, is a Buddhist temple with a long history, which was built in Dali period. It is named after the myth of "Legend of Zhu Qian, rhinoceros is different". At the beginning of Yuan Dynasty, eminent monks and eloquent masters gave lectures here, which initiated the spread of Mahayana Buddhism in Kunming. In the third year of Yan Yuan (13 16), Yuan Renzong issued a letter to protect the temple property, and the reputation of Zhu Qian Temple became higher and higher.

From west to east, the temple has four main buildings and three courtyards along the central axis. The mountain gate, Tianwang Hall, Daxiong Hall and other buildings are arranged by the mountain. The gate is suspended on two slopes of the top of the mountain, with three rooms 1 1.5 m wide and two rooms/7.2 m deep, and there are two statues of King Kong. There is a bell tower on the left front of the mountain gate, covering an area of 22 square meters. The entrance of the mountain gate is a rectangular yard with two peacocks of Yuan Dynasty, which need three people to hug each other. The Temple of the Heavenly King is also hung on the two slopes of the top of the mountain. The width of three rooms is 19.2 meters, and the depth of three rooms is 12 meters. The Four Heavenly Kings and Maitreya Buddha are built in it. There is a "Hui"-shaped courtyard between the Heavenly King Hall and the Ursa Major Hall, covering an area of about 1.200 square meters. The hatchback is the living room and the candle shop. In the east is the Heavenly King Hall, and in the back is the Lohan Hall. The three rooms near the north are called "Fanyin Pavilion" with 2 16 Lohan. The three rooms near the south are called "Tiantai Laige", and there are also 2 16 arhats. There is a shrine on the right wing, dedicated to an ancestor alone and preaching to the ancestors of Lu Zong. The Hall of the Great Hero stands on a high platform and rests on the top of the mountain with a single eaves. The width of five chambers is 2 1.2m, and the depth of three chambers is18.1m. There is no bucket arch under the eaves, and there are three independent doors on the front, each with six windows. In the center of the main hall, there is a golden clay sculpture of III Buddha (Chinese Buddha, left pharmacist and right Amitabha Buddha). There are 68 painted arhats on the two walls and 500 on the Sanskrit rooftop. There is a temple in each ear of the main hall, and the temple on the left has eight arms and three eyes, which is very ferocious. Enjoy the surrounding land of mountain gods; The right temple is the third ancestor of Zen Buddhism, the right is Mazu Yi Dao, the middle is Dharma, and the left is Baizhang Huaihai, which was formed in Guangxu period. These three were all Zen masters in the Tang Dynasty, who spread to Lin Ji in the Song Dynasty. In the early years of Guangxu, the abbot of Zhu Qian Temple claimed to be the authentic 36th ancestor of Lin Ji, and made these three statues to show that he never forgot his roots. There is a monument under the right wall of the main hall, that is, the Ming Dynasty vernacular imperial edict monument. Behind the main hall is Huayan Pavilion, resting on the double eaves, with rich arches, but it was burned in the winter of 1986. Now the city's religious departments have raised funds for reconstruction, which is magnificent and even better than before. There are three graves on the top of Zhu Qian Temple, which are covered with fresh moss and badly weathered. One of them, the founder of the temple, was a famous teacher in Yuan Dynasty. About 120 meters south of the temple, there is a courtyard of Haihui Tower.

There are many cultural relics in the temple, including colored sculptures, inscriptions, couplets murals, ancient cypresses, etc., among which the world-famous 500 Luohan statues are particularly eye-catching.

In the 16th year of Guangxu reign (1890), when Zhu Qian Temple was overhauled, the abbot Meng Buddha asked Li Guangxiu, a clay sculpture artist in Hechuan County, Sichuan Province, to rebuild 500 arhats. Li Guangxiu used the creative technique of combining Buddhist statues with real-life figures, went deep into Kunming society and observed the expressions, manners and manners of various figures as creative materials, which was carefully conceived and worked hard for seven years.

The 500 Lohan clay sculptures in the Bamboo Temple have got rid of the rigid pattern of "a thousand buddhas on one side" in traditional Buddhist clay sculptures. Lohan people have a strong flavor of life, and their image is like all beings in society. Different personalities, different emotions and different expressions are all vividly portrayed. Clay sculpture is painted with China's traditional mineral and plant pigments, such as Shi Dai, Shi Lan, Shi Green and Indigo, and its color is elegant but does not fade.

In the early 1960s, the Central Academy of Fine Arts made an analysis of 500 arhats in eight famous Buddhist temples in China. The conclusion is that the 500 Luohan statues in Zhu Qian Temple in Kunming have the highest artistic achievements, which are the treasures in China clay sculptures and are known as "the pearl in the treasure house of oriental sculpture art".

There are many inscriptions in the temple, including the imperial edict of Yuan Dynasty, the reconstruction of bamboo temple in Yu 'an Mountain in Ming Dynasty, the sacrifice of Tibetan scriptures in Yu 'an Mountain, the reconstruction of bamboo temple in Yu 'an Mountain in Qing Dynasty and the reconstruction of Huayan Pavilion Preface, which have high historical and artistic value.

In June, 20001year, the State Council announced the Bamboo Temple as the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.