Baoguo Temple (Emei Shan)

Baoguo Temple

寺國報 ("Baoguo Si") in the handwriting of Emperor Kangxi (read from right to left)

The Baoguo Temple ( Chinese 報國寺 / 报国寺 , Pinyin Bàoguó Sì ) is one of the most important Buddhist temples in the Emei Shan Mountains in the area of Emeishan in the southwest Chinese province of Sichuan , which is one of the Four Sacred Mountains of Buddhism in China . It is a national focus temple of Buddhism in Han Chinese areas .

He was in the Wanli - era of the Ming dynasty built.

In the main hall of the temple, representatives of the teachings of Buddhism , Daoism and Confucianism were originally venerated, hence the Chinese name San Jiao Huizong . Later during the Qing Dynasty , the Kangxi Emperor changed the name to Baoguo Si. Above its main gate there is a sign with an inscription of the temple name from Kangxi (see photo).

Important buildings are the Maitreya Hall and its main hall.

In the Wanli era of the Ming Dynasty , a pure copper Huayan (Avatamsaka) pagoda was built with four thousand seven hundred small statues and an engraved Avatamsaka ( Huayan Jing ) sutra . Outside the gate is the lotus bronze bell. Poured into the bell, an agama sutra and other Buddhist inscriptions were poured with more than sixty thousand characters .

The Baoguo Temple was restored in the fifth year of the Tongzhi era.