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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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