Jade Temple

Rising high above the east coast of Pandaria, the Jade Temple, or Temple of the Jade Serpent, stands as a sacred monument to the legendary pandaren emperor Shaohao's victory over the Sha of Doubt thousands of years ago. Recently, a disastrous conflict in the Jade Forest unleashed the sha, and several of the entities have raided the temple's most treasured stores of wisdom and knowledge.

History
The temple was built in part to house the history of the pandaren and the exploits of their first emperor, Shaohao. It is guarded by one of the August Celestials, Yu'lon the Jade Serpent, until such time as the vessel for a successor is completed by the pandaren. Until the arrival of the Alliance and Horde, the Jade Serpent had not seen many of the races of the other continents of Azeroth in thousands of years, but recent events appear to have compelled Yu'lon into confiding in some of the newly encountered adventurers.