Huayan Temple in Qingdao is located on Narayana Mountain to the west of Fanlinghou Village, Wanggezhuang Town, Laoshan District, Qingdao. It belongs to the Linji School of Buddhism. It is the only existing Buddhist temple in Laoshan Mountain. During the reign of Emperor Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty (1628 - 1644), Huang Zongchang, a native of Jimo and an imperial censor in the Ming Dynasty, donated to build it. It was named Huayan Nunnery at first and was also called "Huayan Chan Courtyard". On the mountain to the west of the temple, it was later destroyed by war.

In the early Qing Dynasty, Huang Tan assisted Master Ci Zhan to rebuild it at its current site. Its name was changed to the current one in 1931. After the reconstruction in the early Qing Dynasty, the overall architecture was magnificent and elegant, representing the pinnacle of the ancient architectural art in Laoshan. Originally, it had four courtyards with more than 130 halls, monks' quarters and guest rooms. The building area was over 2,500 square meters, and the occupied area was over 4,000 square meters. The first abbot, Ci Zhan, was a successor of the Linji School. Huayan Temple has gone through twenty generations. The 1920s was its heyday when there were more than 80 monks in the temple.