Nanhua Temple, located in Qujiang and a key national temple, is the birthplace where the Sixth Patriarch Huineng promoted the Southern Chan Sect Buddhism and is called the ancestral home of Southern Chan Sect.

• 全国重点寺庙曲江南华禅寺，是佛教禅宗六祖慧能弘扬"南宗禅法"的发祥地，有"南宗祖庭"之称。