"I miss Cangxi County most, where I saw my friend off in a pavilion." is from the poem named "nostalgia", composed by Lu You, a famous poet in the Southern Song Dynasty when he passed by Cangxi County, one stop on his way northward to Qinlong. And the pavilion is Cangxi farewell pavilion. Since Ming Dynasty, on the left of the pavilion's cliff there have been chiseled cave to worship the Buddha, finally forming the current Linjiang ancient temple. Located on the west bank of Jialingjiang River, the temple is one kilometer west of the county, was named after its location near Linjiang ferry. The whole temple is consisted of eight attraction spots, namely Farewell Pavilion, Baxian Cave in the meaning of eight immortals cave, Ciyun Pavilion, Weituo Temple, Hall of Fertility Goddess, Daguan Pavilion, Boguang Zhuying Veranda in the meaning of the bamboo's enchanting beauty mirrored in the river veranda and Linjiang Night Moon. The whole temple is one of the most famous tourist attractions for its being covered with lush trees and bamboos, full of fresh and leisure air, and is quiet and elegant.

   Farewell pavilion is on the right of the mountain gate. In 764, the second year of Guang De Emperor in Tang Dynasty, a famous poet Du Shaoling moved to Langzhong for avoiding the disturbance in Ziyi, when he saw off his guests in Cangxi and on the way back to Linjiang ferry by boating, he composed Boating Poem there. To commemorate the famous holy poet, Cangxi people built a pavilion here, dozen feet east of which was the cliff, where engraved words of Fang Chuan Stage in the meaning of Boating Stage. In the past dynasties covering from Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties, many writers and poets came here to engrave inscriptions to recall their remembrance. In the pavilion, there was a monument engraved in Dao Duang Emperor’s years to commemorate Du Fu's (one of the most famous poets in ancient China) stay here, which has been listed as a provincial-level cultural relic.

Outlook of Linjiang temple