Raw data
"The Hanshan Temple was built between 502 and 519 AD, located at 5km outside the Changmen City Gate of Suzhou, China. Between the late Yuan and late Qing Dynasties, the temple was heavily looted and seriously damaged five times, but it was then repaired and renovated."
http://scenery.cultural-china.com/en/128Scenery12319_3.html
“Hanshan Temple in Suzhou - Built in the Liang period (502-557) of the Southern Dynasty, Hanshan Temple sits at Fengqiao Town of Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. Originally named Miaolipumingta, the temple was later given its present name because Han Shan, an eminent monk in the Tang Dynasty (618-907), had lived there.
The temple compound is a scene of luxuriant green creating a secluded atmosphere. The buildings in it are in an unadorned and natural style. In the center of the compound stands Mahavira Hall. Behind the hall stretches a wooden corridor, at the end of which stands a small tower with a wall behind and a stream in front. Hanshan Temple has been famous since the Tang Dynasty. It owes its eminence to a poem entitled "Mooring for the Night at Fengqiao Bridge" by Zhang Ji (A Tang Dynasty poet) as well as the toll of the bell in the temple.”
http://scenery.cultural-china.com/en/128Scenery6300.html
Input by: tmciolek, Feb 22, 2013
Final data (and their sources)
Last updated: 22 Feb 2013
Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 200 m from the point defined by the coordinates below.
General location of the Hanshan monastery, CN.
Lat 31.31068 Long 120.5651
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2013.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Hanshan monastery
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- China:Jiangsu Sheng
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- Hanshansi 寒山寺 - http://www.numerals.de/Art/Pagodas/pagodas.html
- Miaolipumingta - http://scenery.cultural-china.com/en/128Scenery6300.html
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx. Lat 31.31068 Long 120.5651 - based on visual identification of the site (i.e. of the monastery's pagoda) in satellite imagery, maps.google.com - tmciolek, 22 Feb 2013.
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
- [missing data]
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- Su-chou - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/4/Suzhou.html
- Wu-hsien - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/4/Suzhou.html
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Approx., Lat 31.3114 Long 120.6181 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/4/Suzhou.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- Mahayana -
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
- [missing data]
11. Date-early
- Built between 502 and 519 AD - http://scenery.cultural-china.com/en/128Scenery12319_3.html
- MBM chrono-tag 0500-32c - tmciolek 22 Oct 2013
- 0500-32c 0533-66c 0567-99c 0600-32c 0633-66c 0667-99c 0700-32c 0733-66c 0767-99c 0800-32c 0833-66c 0867-99c 0900-32c 0933-66c 0967-99c 1000-32c 1033-66c 1067-99c 1100-32c 1133-66c 1167-99c 1200=> dated-el
12. Date-intermediate
- [missing data]
13. Date-late
- "Between the late Yuan and late Qing Dynasties, the temple was heavily looted and seriously damaged five times, but it was then repaired and renovated." - http://scenery.cultural-china.com/en/128Scenery12319_3.html
- MBM chrono-tag 1200=> - tmciolek 22 Oct 2013
14. Details of contacts with other monasteries
- [missing data]
15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
- [missing data]
16. Additional notes
- [missing data] (incl. details of the size of the monastic population)
17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
- [missing data]
18. Available Printed Literature
- [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 1]
- [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 2]
- [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 3]
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