Arhat Temple (Chongqing)

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The Arhat Temple or Luohan Temple of Chongqing ( Chinese  重庆 罗汉寺 , Pinyin Chongqing Luohan si ) is an important Buddhist temple from the time of the Northern Song Dynasty . It is located in the Yuzhong District . In earlier times, until 1942, he was officially known under the name Huálín sì (華林寺; W.-G .: Hua Lin Ssu ).

The temple is one of the national focus temples of Buddhism in Han Chinese areas . It is the seat of the Buddhist Society of Chongqing (Chongqing shi Fojiao xiehui).

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  1. ↑ Described in Prip-Møller, Johannes; Chinese Buddhist Monasteries; Copenhagen 1937. The name may have led to confusion, a 華林寺 also having a 500-Lohan hall exists in the city center of Guangzhou (Canton).

Coordinates: 29 ° 33 ′ 45 "  N , 106 ° 34 ′ 40"  E