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Hua-Yen Monastery on Mt Wutai.
Abbots: Cheng-kuan [澄觀] 738-838 AD
http://www.buddhistdoor.com/OldWeb/bdoor/archive/nutshell/teach65.htm
Hua-yen Monastery is located in the Weiqu County of Chang'an District, Xi'an City, Shaanxi Province. According to Chronicles of Chang'an, Hua-yen Monastery was constructed in the fourteenth year (640) of the Zhenguan reign of the Taizong, the Tang Dynasty (618-907). As the birthplace of the Hua-yen School – one of eight sects of Chinese Buddhism, Hua-yen Monastery is the shrine of Buddhist believers at home and abroad. Fifteen kilometers to the south of Xi'an City, the monastery is surrounded by beautiful scenery. Fanchuan[1] is beneath the monastery. The Shenhe Plain lies to the west and Mt Zhongnan to the south. […]
For many reasons, at present, main constructions of Hua-yen Monastery do not exist except two brick pagodas. The eastern one is pagoda of Dushun (557-640) – the first patriarch of the Hua-yen School. With building style, the pagoda is thirteen meters high containing seven layers. On the highest layer, "Founder of the Hua-yen School" is inscribed in the stone horizontal tablet. The western one is the pagoda of Chengguan (738-839) – the fourth patriarch. This solid pagoda is seven meters high with five layers. "Pagoda of Utmost Enlightenment of State Preceptor Qingliang in Grand Tang Dynasty" is inscribed in the stone horizontal tablet on the second layer. Though main constructions of Hua-yen Monastery don't exist any more, magnificent history of the monastery can still be imagined by appreciating two splendid pagodas.
Nowadays, in Hua-yen Monastery, there are seven monks with three simple and crude halls as well as seven houses.
Src: http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4b8f181d0100085k.html
Zhong-nan Mt., Mount Zhong-nan [終南山]
Hua-yen Line of Buddhism.
A place of study of the monk Fa-shun (Tu-shun) (557 or 558-640 AD)
Src: http://www.buddhistdoor.com/OldWeb/bdoor/archive/nutshell/teach65.htm
Input by: tmciolek, Feb 23 2009
"[One of the birthplaces of Daoism] Mt. Zhongnan, also called Mt. Taiyi, Mt. Difei, Mt. Zhongnan, Mt. Zhounan and Mt. Nan for short, is a section of the Qinling Mountains running from Wugong in the west to Lantian in the east. […] Its dominant peak, located in Zhouzhi County, is 2,064 meters above sea level. […] Address: Zhouzhi County, Shanxi Province
Traveling route: Go to Xi'an firstly and then to the Lookout Tower Platform by bus."
http://eng.taoism.org.hk/general-daoism/grotto-heavens-blissful-realms/pg1-5-5-14.htm
Input by: tmciolek, Feb 23 2009
Xi'an, China Page
Other names: Si-Gan-Fu,Hsi Gnan Fu,Ch'ang-an,Sian,Hsingan,Ch'ang-an-hsien,Hsi-ching-shih,Hsi-an,Hsi-an-shih,Xi'an Shi,Hsi-ching,Singan,Siking,Sianfu
World:China:Shaanxi Sheng
Lat 34.2622 Long 108.9378
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/26/Xian.html
Fanchuan's coords - Approx. Lat:34.1522 Long: 109.3161 (values taken from the nearby city/village of Languan - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/26/Languan.html) - tmc, 30 Apr 2009
Final data (and their sources)
Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 2 km from the point defined by the coordinates below.
General location of the Hua-yen monastery, CN.
lat=34.1522 long=109.3161
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://maps.fallingrain.com), 2009.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Hua-yen Monastery - http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4b8f181d0100085k.html
2. Monastery's modern country
- China:Shaanxi Sheng
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
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4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx. Lat:34.1522 Long: 109.3161 (values taken from the nearby city/village of Languan - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/26/Languan.html) - tmc, 30 Apr 200
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
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6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- Si-Gan-Fu - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/26/Xian.html
- Hsi Gnan Fu - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/26/Xian.html
- Ch'ang-an - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/26/Xian.html
- Sian - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/26/Xian.html
- Hsingan - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/26/Xian.html
- Ch'ang-an-hsien - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/26/Xian.html
- Hsi-ching-shih - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/26/Xian.html
- Hsi-an - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/26/Xian.html
- Hsi-an-shih - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/26/Xian.html
- Xi'an Shi - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/26/Xian.html
- Hsi-ching - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/26/Xian.html
- Singan - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/26/Xian.html
- Siking - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/26/Xian.html
- Sianfu - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/26/Xian.html
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Ancient Fanchuan's coords - Approx. Lat:34.1522 Long: 109.3161 (values taken from the nearby city/village of Languan - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/26/Languan.html) - tmc, 30 Apr 2009
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- Mahayana
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
11. Date-early
12. Date-intermediate
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13. Date-late
14. Details of contacts with other monasteries
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15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
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16. Additional notes
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