Xuanzhong Temple

The Xuanzhong Temple ( Chinese  玄 中 寺 , Pinyin Xuánzhōng Sì , English Xuanzhong Temple ) is a Buddhist temple in the northwest of Jiaocheng in the Chinese province of Shanxi . It is located in the Shibi Shan 石壁 山 Mountains, about 70 kilometers from Taiyuan and is also known under the names Shibi Temple (Shíbì Sì 石壁 寺) and Yongning Temple (Yǒngníng Sì 永宁 寺) . Its construction began in 472 during the time of the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534). It is the origin of the Chinese School of the Pure Land (and thus of the later Japanese Amitabha Buddhism ) to which Masters Tanluan昙鸾, Daochuo道绰 and Shandao善 导 belonged. The temple is one of the national focus temples of Buddhism in Han Chinese areas .

literature

• Ling Haicheng: Buddhism in China , Beijing, China Intercontinental Press 2004

Web links

• Xuanzhong Temple - English
• Xuanzhong Temple ( Memento November 15, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) - English
• Jingtu zuting Shanxi Jiaocheng Xuanzhong si juban nianFo Fo qi gong xiu fashi - Chinese

Coordinates: 37 ° 33 '50.3 "  N , 112 ° 5' 8.4"  E