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The Zhilin Temple in the west of Jianshui
Town was built in 1296. With a longer history than the Jianshui
Confucius Temple, it is considered the earliest Buddhist
Temple in south Yunnan; thus it is rightfully called ''the
Earliest Temple in Lin' an''. There is also a book written
in 1450 and entitled An Inscriptional Reconstruction of
the Zhilin Temple, depicting the history of how Zen Buddhism
spread into Yunnan.
The Former Residence of Zhu De The former
Residence of Zhu De was the dwelling place for Zhu De in
1912 - 1915 when he went to Jianshui as battalion commander
of the local army. The 200 - square - meter residence, lying
at 19 Hongjin Road, Jianshui County, was the private property
of Zeng shizhong, a schoolmate of Zhu De in Yunnan Land
Force Lecture Academy. It is a courtyard house with three
main and six wing rooms. During his stay in Jianshui, Zhu
De lived in the three wing rooms on the east. The middle
room served as the sitting room and the two wing -rooms
were used as living rooms. Behind the rooms is a small yard
that connects the living room. A small kitchen is in the
yard and under it is a gate to the front garden where flowers,
trees and bamboo are grown. In those years, Zhu De exercised
himself here and talked about world affairs with the Zeng
brothers. In 1915, Zhu De left Jianshui to participate in
the Democracy War against Yuan Shikai, a warlord, and returned
the rooms to the Zengs.
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