Dating from the Tang Dynasty, it's located in the Yishan Fengwei village, west of Fuzhou and is well-known to Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam. This old towering and magnificent temple, along with Yongquan Temple in Gushan Mountain, Chongsheng Temple in Snow Peak, Chongfu Temple in Elephant Peak and Linyang Temple in Rui Peak comprise the five great temples in Fuzhou.

The Xichan Temple has a large extent(?) and a symmetric layout covering approximately 100 mu including 36 large and small constructions. Among them, the Hall of Deities, the Great Hall of the Buddha and the Hall of Arhats are the main ones which were all built in the eighth year of Emperor Xiang Tong in the Tang Dynasty. Abounding in lichees is one of the temple's distinguishing features. Even today, some famous lichee trees planted in the Song and Ming Dynasties are still flowering and bearing fruit in the temple.