Yunmen monastery, (near) Rucheng, Guangdong, CN

Raw data

Yunmen monastery, near Shaozhou/Shaoguan. Its construction was commenced by the Ch'an master Yunmen and his monks in 923. It was completed in 928. (App 1994: 16, 26).

"Located at the foot of Ciyun Peak, 6km north of Ruyuan county seat, Yunmen Temple, also called Yunmen Mountain Dajue Buddha Temple, is built in 923 by Wenyan Buddhist monk, who is liuzu Huineng's ninth generation disciple (Liuzu Huineng was the primogenitor of Yunmen sect). […]
Yunmen Temple is 5 km away from Ruyuan bus station. Tourist can take microbus toward Guitou direction from the station […]"
http://www.newsgd.com/travel/toursites/content/2010-01/15/content_8195485.htm

Input by: tmciolek, Mar 17, 2010

Final data (and their sources)

Last updated: 01 Aug 2014

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.

Location of Yunmen monastery, CN.

General location of the Yunmen monastery, CN.
Lat 24.8047 Long 113.3127
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2009.


Google Map link:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=24.8047+113.3127+(Approx.%20loc.%20of%20the%20Yunmen%20monastery,%20CN)&ll=24.8047,113.3127&spn=05.0,05.0&t=k&hl=en

Final data - explanatory notes

1. Monastery's name

Yunmen monastery - App (1994: 16, 26).

2. Monastery's modern country & province

  • China:Guangdong Sheng

3. Monastery's alternative/historical names

  • Yunmen Si - http://www.livingworkshop.net/nanhua.html
  • Chan Monastery of Enlightened Peace - App (1994:26).
  • Gate-of-the-Clouds Monastery - App (1994:28).
  • Chan Monastery of Great Awakening - App (1994:26).

4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates

  • Approx., Lat 24.8047 Long 113.3127 - based on visual identification of the site in maps, maps.google.com - tmciolek, 17 Mar 2010.

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

8. The settlement's coordinates

9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition

  • Mahayana

10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition

  • Ch'an/Zen

11. Date-early

  • The construction of the monastery was commenced in 923 CE. The project was completed in 928 - App (1994:26).

MBM chrono-tag: 0900-32c - tmciolek 01 Aug 2014 
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12. Date-intermediate

  • [missing data]

13. Date-late

MBM chrono-tag: 1200=> - tmciolek 01 Aug 2014 

14. Details of contacts with other monasteries

  • [missing data]

15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery

  • architectural, scriptual

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]

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