Dharma Cave

Dharma (Bodhidharma) Cave is located on Xiangbi Mountain
 (Elephant Trunk Mountain) in Qizong Village of Weixi County,
 Diqing Prefecture. It is said that Dharma became a Buddha after
 10 years’ meditation in the cave. (Bodhidharma, ?-536 , an Ancient
 Indian Monk, the founder of Zen Sect in China; the most impressive
 picture of him is “Crossing over the River on a Reed Withe”)

In Dharma Cave, there is a temple built with wood against the cliff
 and shaped after the cave, forming a unique view of a stone cave
being the monks’ dormitory. On each lunar April 1, the date when
 Dharma is said to reach his final cultivating stage as a Buddha,
 plenty of pilgrims come to pray and circumambulate around the mountain.