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Qingshui Yan is located at the intersection of Kangding Road and Changsha Road. It mainly worships "Qingshui Zushi," hence it is also called Qingshui Yan or Qingshui Yan, and some people call it Zushi Temple. Qingshui Zushi is commonly called Zushi Gong, Wu (Black) Mian Zushi, Penglai Zushi, Luo Bi Zushi, and other names vary. Qingshui Zushi was a person from the Northern Song Dynasty, born in Fujian Province. His secular name has different legends, including Chen Zhao, Chen Ying, and Chen Zhao Ying. He practiced Buddhism and attained enlightenment from a young age. He once built a small hermitage on a mountain cliff in Penglai Mountain. As the water inside the cave was clear and cold, the hermitage was called Qingshui Yan (Yan), which is the origin of the name "Qingshui Zushi." It is said that when Qingshui Zushi was cultivating in Qingshui Yan, ghosts and monsters used fire to熏 (smoke) Zushi to the point of "face black," but Zushi remained unharmed, hence the name "Wu (Black) Mian Zushi." The name "Luo Bi Zushi" comes from the legend that whenever a disaster was about to happen near the Zushi Temple, the nose of the Zushi would fall off automatically to warn the residents and believers. On the dragon and tiger walls of Qingshui Yan, there are brick carvings of totems. The couplet on the main gate reads: "For Qingshui, for Penglai, this place is divided into the Dharma realm; for golden body, for iron face, upon entering, the true image is seen." These are all artistic works from the 1817 restoration. It is also worth mentioning that there is an ancient plaque, a plaque inscribed by Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty, "Gong Zi Zheng Ji" (merit in saving and rescuing).