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Guangxiao Temple (Guangxi)
Guangxiao Temple may refer to: * Guangxiao Temple (Guangzhou) Guangxiao Temple () is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Guangzhou, the capital of China's Guangdong Province. As the special geographical position, Guangxiao Temple often acted as a stopover point for Asian missionary monks in the past. I ..., in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China * Guangxiao Temple (Putian), in Putian, Fujian, China {{disambiguation Buddhist temple disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guangxiao Temple (Guangzhou)
Guangxiao Temple () is one of the oldest Buddhist temples in Guangzhou, the capital of China's Guangdong Province. As the special geographical position, Guangxiao Temple often acted as a stopover point for Asian missionary monks in the past. It also played a central role in propagating various elements of Buddhism, including precepts school, Chan (Zen), Shingon Buddhism, and Pure Land. In this temple, Huineng, the sixth Chinese patriarch of Chan Buddhism, made his first public Chan lecture and was tonsured, and Amoghavajra, a Shingon Buddhist master, gave his first teaching of esoteric Buddhism. Many Buddhist scriptures were also translated here, including those translated by Yijing and the '' Shurangama-sÅ«tra'' translated by Paramitiin (). History Han dynasty Guangxiao originated from the residence of Zhao Jiande, the king of Nanyue whose usurpation prompted Emperor Wu of the Han (206 BC–8 AD) to invade and annex the area. During the Three Kingdoms, the Wu officer a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guangxiao Temple (Putian)
Guangxiao Temple () is a Buddhist temple located in Chengxiang District of Putian, Fujian, China. It has been burned down and rebuilt a number of times, due to the natural disasters and wars. The present version was completed in the 1980s. Alongside Guanghua Temple, Guishan Temple and Nangshan Temple, it is hailed as one of the "Four Famous Buddhist Temples in Puyang". History Sui dynasty The temple traces its origins to the former Guanyin Pavilion (), founded in the Sui dynasty (589–618). Song dynasty In 1085, in the 8th year of Yuanfeng era (1078–1085) of the Song dynasty (960–1279), Li Pangu (), a landlord of Mount Mei, donated more than 100 '' mu'' lands to establish a Buddhist temple when he got a son after worshiping Guanyin. In 1103, in the 2nd year of Chongning (1102–1106), Emperor Huizong inscribed a plaque with Chinese characters "Buddhist State in Meilin" () to the temple. In the following year, he renamed the temple "Chongning Chan Templ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guangxiao Temple (Jian'ou)
Guangxiao Temple may refer to: * Guangxiao Temple (Guangzhou), in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China * Guangxiao Temple (Putian) Guangxiao Temple () is a Buddhist temple located in Chengxiang District of Putian, Fujian, China. It has been burned down and rebuilt a number of times, due to the natural disasters and wars. The present version was completed in the 1980s. Alon ..., in Putian, Fujian, China {{disambiguation Buddhist temple disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guangxiao Temple (Taizhou)
Guangxiao Temple may refer to: * Guangxiao Temple (Guangzhou), in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China * Guangxiao Temple (Putian), in Putian, Fujian, China {{disambiguation Buddhist temple disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |