Yuanming Jiangtang
| Yuanming Jiangtang | |
|---|---|
圆明讲堂 | |
| Religion | |
Yuan Ying | |
| Date established | 1934 |
| Completed | 1934 |
Yuanming Jiangtang (
History
Yuanming Jiangtang was built by first Venerable Master of the
Red Guards had attacked the temple in 1966. The temple has been designated as a National Key Buddhist Temple in Han Chinese Area by the State Council of China in 1983. That same year, regular sutra lectures, meditation and other features of temple life were resumed.[2][3]
A Buddhist seminary was re-established in 1997. In 2000, with the Longhua Temple monastery as co-sponsor, a new combined seminary was established under the name of "Hualin Buddhist Seminary" (华林佛学院).
Architecture
The existing main buildings include the
Buddhist Texts Library.[3]
References
- ^ 上海最重要的净土宗道场之一 圆明讲堂 [One of the Most Important Pure Land Buddhist Temple in Shanghai: Yuanming Jiangtang]. iFeng (in Chinese). 2011-11-23.
- ^ 圆瑛大师与上海圆明讲堂 [Master Yuan Ying and Shanghai Yuanming Jiangtang]. iFeng (in Chinese). 2011-11-22.
- ^ a b 上海圆明讲堂：中国近现代两代高僧驻锡地 [Residence of Two Generation of Prominent Monks: Shanghai Yuanming Jiangtang]. Tencent (in Chinese). 2015-04-16.