Baiyun Temple

Baiyun Temple
白云寺
The torii gate.
Baiyun Temple Location within China Hunan 28°06′33″N 112°20′14″E / 28.10917°N 112.33722°ECoordinates: 28°06′33″N 112°20′14″E / 28.10917°N 112.33722°E
Information
Denomination	Guiyang school
Founded	AD 858
People
Founder(s)	Guang'en
Location
Address	Ningxiang County, Changsha, Hunan
Country	China

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 the Entrance, Torii, Deities Hall, Hall of the Great Heroes, Assisted dnyana, Dining Room, 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. Huang Haichan and Jiang Hongzhao (2002). History and geography of Ningxiang County (in Chinese). Hainan: Nanfang Publishing House. p. 51. ISBN 7-80660-538-X.
2. 《白云寺香火鼎盛》. Ningxiang.net (in Chinese). Retrieved 2009-12-17.