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"Nanhua Temple (南华寺) is a Buddhist monastery of the Chan School - one of Five Great Schools of Buddhism, where the 6th Patriarch of the Chan School of Buddhism - the Great Master Hui Neng - once dwelled and spoke the Dharma. It is located 25 km southeast of Shaoguan, China in the town of Caoxi (漕溪) [near the town of Maba - tmciolek], within Qujiang District. The location is in the northern part of Guangdong Province, within a few kilometers from Bei River, formerly an important trade route from Central China to Guangzhou.
The temple was founded during the time of the North-South Dynasties in 502 AD by an Indian monk named Zhiyao Sanzang (智樂三藏) who originally named the site Baolin Temple (寶林寺). It received its present name in 968 during the reign of the Song Dynasty Emperor Taizong. The site was later renovated in 1934 under the leadership of Hsu Yun."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanhua_Temple
Input by: tmciolek, Mar 17, 2010
Final data (and their sources)
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 Nanhua monastery, CN.
Lat 24.6491 Long 113.6313
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2009.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Nanhua monastery
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- China:Guangdong Sheng
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- Nanhua Temple (南华寺) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanhua_Temple
- Baolin Temple (寶林寺) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanhua_Temple
- Caoxi - http://www.livingworkshop.net/nanhua.html
- Nanhua Chan Si - http://www.livingworkshop.net/nanhua.html
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx., Lat 24.6491 Long 113.6313 - visual identification of the monastery in satellite photographs, maps.google.com - tmciolek, 17 Mar 2010.
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
- Qujiang - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/30/Maba.html
- Ch’ü-chiang - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/30/Maba.html
- Ma-pa-hsu - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/30/Maba.html
- Ch'u-chiang - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/30/Maba.html
- Ma-pa-hsü - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/30/Maba.html
- Ma-pa http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/30/Maba.html
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Exactly, Lat 24.6841 Long 113.5984 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/30/Maba.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- Mahayana
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
- Ch'an/Zen - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanhua_Temple
11. Date-early
- Est. 502 CE by an Indian monk Zhiyao Sanzang (智樂三藏) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanhua_Temple
12. Date-intermediate
- 598 CE - re-mamed as "Nanhua monastery" - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanhua_Temple
13. Date-late
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14. Details of contacts with other monasteries
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15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
- architectural, scriptural
16. Additional notes
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17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
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