Baiyun Temple

Torii

Baiyun Temple(simplified Chinese: 白云寺; traditional Chinese: 白雲寺; pinyin: Baíyún Sì), built in the twelfth year of the age of Da Zhong of Tang Xuanzong in the Tang Dynasty (AD 858). It is listed on the culture relic preservations of Changsha city, where Mao Zedong did social research in 1917. With a superbly vast outlook, it serves as an important site for Buddhist activities. It includes Entrance (山门), Torii (牌门), Deities Hall (诸天殿), Hall of the Great Heroes (大雄宝殿), Assisted dnyana (禅房), Dining Room (斋堂), etc.[1]

History

Entrance

Tang Dynasty

In 858, in the twelfth year of the age of Dazhong of Tang Xuanzong, monk Guang'en (光恩禅师) built Qinglin Temple (清林寺) in Su Rever, Huilong Mountain (回龙山粟溪).[1]

Ming Dynasty

Wang Bi (王陛) and his son Wang Weihan (王维汉) extended Baiyun Temple.[2]

Qing Dynasty

Hall of the Great Heroes

In 1646, in the third year of the age of Shunzhi of Shunzhi Emperor, Tao Runai (陶汝鼐) rebuilt Baiyun Temple.[2]

In the period of the Qianlong Emperor, Wanxing (万行) rebuilt Baiyun Temple.[2] In 1763, in the twenty-eighth year of the age of the Qianlong Emperor, Qinglin Temple and Baiyun Temple were consolidated and renamed Baiyun Temple.[2]

In the period of the Daoguang Emperor, the monks rebuilt Baiyun Temple.[2]

People's Republic of China

In 1988, the People's Government of Ningxiang County rebuilt Baiyun Temple.[2] In 1900, the Ningxiang Buddhist Association was set up in Baiyun Temple.[1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 黄海潮、江宏照 (2002). 《宁乡史地》 (in Chinese). 海南: 南方出版社. p. 51. ISBN 7-80660-538-X.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "《白云寺香火鼎盛》" (in Chinese). 长沙宁乡网. Retrieved 2009-12-17.
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