A compact, much-loved temple just below the summit, with three small halls grouped tightly around a paved courtyard. Bixia's image — golden, regal, with attendants on either side — is the centrepiece of the main hall. Pilgrims press in to burn incense and present offerings; the air is thick with smoke even on cold days.
The temple's location, sheltered just under the lip of the summit ridge, gives it a protected feel after the exposure of the staircase below. It is one of the older surviving structures on the mountain — the present buildings date from the Ming and Qing dynasties, on a site continuously occupied since at least the eleventh century.