The Arhat Sculptures in Kunming Qiongzhu Temple
About the temple, there is an interesting story. In Tang Dynasty (618-907), two local brothers were hunting animals in the area and found a rhinoceros. They chased the animal into the Mountain of Yu’an, and surprisingly found a monk. But when they got close to him, the monk suddenly turned into a bamboo. The brothers tried to pull it out of the ground, but failed. The next day they came to the place and terribly found a forest of bamboo. The brothers were so shocked that they believed this was a sign from Buddha. They built a temple here to memorize the incident. And later the temple became strong and attracted Buddhism followers around the region. That is the legend of the Qiongzhu Temple, and the name came directly from the story.
