Qixia Temple in Nanjing, China is one of the four temples, southern Buddhism "On three cases of" birthplace. Qixia Temple was built in the Southern Qi Yongming years (489 years), the beam three monk Philip Lang on this great doctrine, known as Jiangnan three cases ancestor theory, Wendi stupa in the 1980 Tri-State made ​​its stand stupa Chao Qixia Temple in Chiang led the state. When the Tang said merit Temple, vast scale, with Shandong Changqing Lingyansi, Hubei Jingshan Yuquan, Tiantai Guoqing Temple, saying the world is four jungle. 1983 was identified as national key Buddhist temple in Han areas, the same year to create a Chinese Buddhist Academy Qixiashan branch.