Hongchun Ping

Hongchun ping ( Chinese  洪椿坪 , Pinyin Hóngchūn píng ) 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 . It was originally built in the Ming Dynasty by Zen (Chan) master Chushan Xingyi楚 山 性 一.

The temple was rebuilt during the Qing Dynasty . Its name comes from the fact that there were three huge Chinese sura trees ( Toona sinensis ) in front of the temple . During the Sino-Japanese War , Chiang Kai-shek lived here for a short time.

Important buildings of the temple are the main gate, Guanyin (Goddess of Mercy) hall, main hall, Samantabhadra hall.

monument

The temple has been on the list of monuments of the People's Republic of China (1-133) since 1961 . The temple is also on the Sichuan Province Monuments List .

literature

• Luo Shenqi 骆 绅 琪: Huashuo Emei Shan话说 峨眉山. Chengdu : Xinan jiaotong daxue chubanshe西南 交通 大学 出版社 1995; ISBN 7-81022-221-X (Emei Shan wenhua congshu 峨眉山 文化 丛书)

See also

• List of Emei Shan sites

Alternative names

Hongchun ping 洪椿坪, Qianfo an 千佛 庵, Qianfo chanyuan 千佛 禅院

References and footnotes

1. ↑ Also known by the Chinese names Qianfo an 千佛 庵 and Qianfo chanyuan 千佛 禅院.
2. ↑ engl. Chinese toon; chin. 椿 chūn
3. ↑ Yi shan lan jin Ba-Shu qianqiu - Emei Shan youji
4. ↑ Emei Shan: Hongchun ping
5. ↑ Hongchun ping gaikuang
6. ↑ 兩岸 四 地 眾 畫家 到 峨眉山 洪椿坪 、 萬年 寺 參訪 寫生  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
7. ↑ Emei ming si - Hongchun ping
8. ↑ Chinese terms: Shanmen 山门, Guanyin dian 观音 殿, Daxiong dian 大雄殿, Puxian dian 普贤 殿

Coordinates: 29 ° 33 '15 "  N , 103 ° 50' 48.8"  E