Located in Pu Ji Mountain which about six kilometers far in the west of Lijiang, Pu Ji Temple was originally built in Qianlong period in Qing Dynasty. There were totally 12 courtyards including the big halls and the Buddhist monasteries. If you ever been there when you learn Chinese in Yunnan, you can see only three courtyards which are composed of monastery gate, Dharma hall, main temple hall and the wing-rooms in the south and north because of the long existing history.

The architecture style of the main hall is the double eaves structure. The top of the hall is decorated by the brasses, hence another name of the hall, Tongwa Hall. The length of the five rooms is 22.85 meters and the width is 20.3 meters. With a shape of a square, the covering area of the top with the brasses is 46.4 square meters. It is said that this hall in the only remained brasses architecture in Yunnan province.

Pu Ji Temple is one of the thirteen Lama temples in the northwestern of Yunnan. It has the characteristic of combining with the religions of Han and Tibetan people in religious doctrines. When the foreign learners who study Chinese step into the temple, they can see there are two ancient cherryapple trees in the yard, decorating the whole temple. In the front of the temple, you can see the green lawn and the scenery of the plain area in Lijiang.

The temple is surrounded by the pear trees. When it comes to spring, the pear flowers spread everywhere attracts a large number of tourists to enjoy. In December of 1987, Pu Ji Temple was approved and published as one of the third group of key cultural relics preservation sites of the provincial level. People in Yunnan often say that the most famous things in Pu Ji Temple are the brasses that cover the main hall and the two ancient cherryapple trees.

Tongwa Hall was originally built and decorated with the common tiles made of earth. The fourth generation of living Buddha in this temple ever lectured in different places for raising funds. And it was rebuilt by the brasses. When you come to learn Chinese in China, you should know the Dougong of the first eave shows the features of Dougong in Ming and Qing period, which is a system of brackets inserted between the top of a column and a crossbeam.