Jinge — "Golden Pavilion" — sits in a wooded side valley several kilometres south of the central Taihuai cluster, on the lower slopes of the southern terrace. It was founded in the eighth century by the imperial monk Amoghavajra, the third Tantric patriarch in China, and was once one of the most important Buddhist sites in the country. The present buildings are Ming and Qing rather than Tang, but the temple still has the dignity of an old, somewhat secluded house of practice.
The main hall is the draw: a triple-storey pavilion containing a 17-metre statue of the thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara, one of the largest bronze-and-clay sculptures of the bodhisattva in northern China. Reach Jinge by taxi, bus, or a long walk through the forest; it is far enough from the centre to be quiet on most days, even when Taihuai is busy with pilgrims and tourists.