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Huayan Temple
Huayan Temple ({{zh, s=华严寺, t=華嚴寺, p=Huáyán Sì), may refer to: * Huayan Temple (Datong), in Datong, Shanxi, China * Huayan Temple (Meishan) in Renshou, Meishan, Sichuan, China * Huayan Temple (Ningde) Huayan Temple () is a Buddhist temple located on Mount Zhiti (), in Jiaocheng District of Ningde, Fujian, China. It is the ashram of the Bodhisattva Ratnakūta (天冠菩薩). History The temple was built in 971 by an exceptional Buddhist monk ..., in Ningde, Fujian, China Buddhist temple disambiguation pages ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huayan Temple (Datong)
Huayan Temple or Huayan Monastery () is a Buddhist temple located in Datong, Shanxi, China. Huayan Temple has been burned down and rebuilt several times. The Mahavira Hall and Buddhist Texts Library still preserve the architectural style of the Liao and Jin dynasties (907–1234). It is an artistic complex of ancient Chinese architecture, sculpture, frescoes and inscriptions, as well as a cultural synthesis of religion and politics. History Liao dynasty The temple was first established in 1038, in the 7th year of Chongxi period (1032–1055) in the Liao dynasty (907–1125). The name of "Huayan" derives from ''Avatamsaka Sutra'', which more commonly known as "Huayan Sutra" () in China. Part of the temple was devastated in 1122, during the war between Liao and Jin dynasties. Jin dynasty Huayan Temple was restored and redecorated in 1140, in the 3rd year of Tianjuan period (1138–1140) in the Jin dynasty (1115–1234). Abbot Tongwu () rebuilt the Mahavira H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huayan Temple (Meishan)
Huayan Temple (华严寺) is a Chinese Mahayana Buddhist temple located in Renshou county, Meishan city, Sichuan, China, and was built in the Tang dynasty under the name of Chaojue Temple (超觉寺). Chaojue Temple was later named Kua-ao Temple (跨鳌寺). After the Chinese Cultural Revolution the temple was reopened in March 1995 as Huayan Temple. It is currently run by Master Shi Hongfa (释洪法). Name Huayan is a common name for temples in China. The name "Huayan" is derived from the Avatamsaka Sutra which is commonly called the “Huayan Sutra" (华严经) in China. This sutra is one of the most influential Mahayana Buddhist sutras in East Asia. "Hua" means magnificence or flower and "Yan" is short for "Zhuangyan" (庄严) to decorate. History * Chaojue Temple was founded in the Tang dynasty. *During the Qing dynasty it was still called Chaojue Temple. * It was later remained Kua-ao temple. * It was reopened and renamed Huayan temple in March 1995. * In 1998, multiple b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renshou
Renshou County () is a county in Meishan City, Sichuan Province of China. It is located in Middle-West of Sichuan Basin. It has an area of , and population of 154,040,000. Founded in the Qin dynasty. Its name may derive from the first Sui Dynasty emperor's palace located in Shaanxi province, Renshou palace. During the Southern Dynasties it was called Huairen County (怀仁县) and in the Western Wei of the Northern Dynasties it was called Puning County (普宁县). Its name was changed to Renshou in 598 during the Sui Dynasty. Demographics Though Renshou is majority Han Chinese there is a small population of Hui, Yi, Dai, and Tibetan peoples in the Qinggang township (青岗乡). It is common for Han residents of different areas of Renshou to visit Qinggang for their ethnic foods, especially Hui produced meat. Language While Mandarin in the official language, most residents speak the a dialect Renshou-Fushun subdialect of Sichuanese. Tonally, the Renshou dialect has a high ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meishan
Meishan (; Sichuanese Pinyin: Mi2san1; local pronunciation: ; ), formerly known as Meizhou () or Qingzhou (), is a prefecture-level city with 2,955,219 inhabitants as of 2020 census whom 1,232,648 lived in the built-up (or metro) area made of the 2 urban districts of Dongpo and Pengshan. Its located in Sichuan province, China. Meishan is in the southwest of Sichuan Basin. It belonged to Leshan Prefecture before 1997. Then Meishan Prefecture was founded in 1997 upon approval of state council. It was renamed Meishan City in 2000. Administrative subdivisions It has 2 county-level district and 4 counties. History Notable people *Su Shi, Song Dynasty writer and poet (1037–1101), was a native of Meishan, and a historic temple commemorating him and his father and brother, also notable writers (the "three Su") is located in the city. *Yuan Chiung-chiung Yuan Chiung-chiung (; born 25 November 1950) is a Taiwanese writer whose family originated in Meishan, Sichuan, Chin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sichuan
Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the Sichuan Basin and the easternmost part of the Tibetan Plateau between the Jinsha River on the west, the Daba Mountains in the north and the Yungui Plateau to the south. Sichuan's capital city is Chengdu. The population of Sichuan stands at 83 million. Sichuan neighbors Qinghai to the northwest, Gansu to the north, Shaanxi to the northeast, Chongqing to the east, Guizhou to the southeast, Yunnan to the south, and the Tibet Autonomous Region to the west. In antiquity, Sichuan was the home of the ancient states of Ba and Shu. Their conquest by Qin strengthened it and paved the way for Qin Shi Huang's unification of China under the Qin dynasty. During the Three Kingdoms era, Liu Bei's state of Shu was based in Sichuan. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huayan Temple (Ningde)
Huayan Temple () is a Buddhist temple located on Mount Zhiti (), in Jiaocheng District of Ningde, Fujian, China. It is the ashram of the Bodhisattva Ratnakūta (天冠菩薩). History The temple was built in 971 by an exceptional Buddhist monk Shi Yuanbiao () from Goryeo, under the Northern Song dynasty (960–1127). Over the course of 1,200 years, the temple had several names, including "Huayan Chan Temple" (), "Yongxi Chan Temple" (), "Huazang Chan Temple" (), and "Wanshou Chan Temple" (). Architecture The existing main buildings include the Shanmen, Four Heavenly Kings Hall, Mahavira Hall, Hall of Guru and Buddhist Texts Library. Huayan Temple has been classified as a National Key Buddhist Temple in Han Chinese Area by the State Council of China in 1983. Mahavira Hall The Mahavira Hall enshrining the Three Saints of Hua-yan (). In the middle is Sakyamuni, statues of Manjushri on the back of a green lion and Samantabhadra on the back of a white elephant stand on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
