section_path: Main sights/Buddhist and Taoist culture/Wenshu Monastery
section_name: Wenshu Monastery
paragraph_text: Wenshu Monastery
  
  Also named Xinxiang Monastery, Wenshu Monastery (文殊院) is the best preserved Buddhist temple in Chengdu. Initially built during the Tang dynasty, it has a history dating back 1,300 years. Parts of Xuanzang 's skull are held in consecration here (as a relic). The traditional home of scholar Li Wenjing is on the outskirts of the complex.