Zhilin Monastery

The monastery, situated inside the western gate of the county town, was built around the first year of the Zhiyuan era of the Yuan Dynasty. Rows of pillars and myriads of "dougongs" (brackets inserted between the top of columns and crossbeams) give the buildings of the monasteiy a magnificent and impressive appearance. It is one of the few remaining ancient large scale architectural masterpieces of intricate wooden structure found in Yunnan.