Linggu Temple & Pagoda

　　Linggu Temple is a Buddhist temple in Nanjing , Jiangsu  province, China . Linggu Pagoda was built in 1929  in memory of the soldiers fallen in the War of Northern Expedition.

　　The temple  was first built in 515 under the reign of the Liang Dynasty  （502-557）。 It used to lie at the northeast foot of Mount Zhongshan , i.e. where Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum  now locates, since Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang  chose the place to be his mausoleum and then the temple was moved to the present place. The temple was named by Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang himself. It used to be large and covered an area of over 300,000 square meters. Later it was destroyed in warfare under the reign of Emperor Xianfeng  and rebuilt under the reign of Emperor Tongzhi  in the Qing Dynasty  （1644-1911）。 In the temple, except for Buddhas  and Bodhisattvas , Monk Xuanzang  and his relic were enshrined and worshiped.