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{{Temple_infobox
|current name=Guīyuán sì 歸元寺
|location=Húběi [[湖北]], Wǔhàn [[武漢]], Hànyáng District [[漢陽]]區 (Hànyáng was formerly a separate city), Cuìwēi Crossroad 翠微橫路, No. 20
|alternate names=* Guīyuán Chán sì 歸元禪寺
* Guīyuán gǔchà 歸元古剎
|image=[[File:Guiyuan_si.jpg|200px|thumb|center|Guīyuán Temple]]
|founded=1658 (Shùnzhì 順治 15)
|lineage=Cáodòng School 曹洞宗
|status=Public (十方叢林)
|editor-name=
}}

'''Guīyuán sì 歸元寺''' is one of the largest temples in Wǔhàn [[武漢]].

==History==
This temple was founded quite late: construction did not begin until 1658 (Shùnzhì 順治 15) in the Qīng 清 Dynasty under the direction of Báiguāng 白光. The temple was destroyed in [[1852]] (Xiánfēng 咸豐 2) during the Taiping Rebellion. Rebuilding bean in [[1895]] (Guāngxù 光緒 21) and was not completed for at least a decade.

During the Cultural Revolution this temple was occupied by Red Guards, but Zhōu Enlái 周恩來 took steps to ensure that the temple was not destroyed.

==Personnel==

===Important Abbots===
* Báiguāng 白光 (founding abbot)
* Dàhuì [[大繪]] (? - [[1910]] - ?)
* Míngchāng [[明昌]] (1979 - 2007)
* Lóngyìn [[隆印]] (2007 - present)

===Notable Residents===
* Dàdìng [[大定]] (in the mid-late 19th century)
* Cízhōu [[慈舟]] (ordained here in [[1910]])

==Temple Institution==

===Important Buildings or Artifacts===
* Scripture Pavilion, of the North Hall 北院藏經閣
** This building houses a jade Buddha, which was one of three that Tàixū [[太虛]] brought back from Rangoon in [[1935]].

===Associated Organizations and Groups===
*

==Notes==

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==References==
* Official Chinese [http://www.guiyuanchansi.net/ website] for the temple.
* Chinese Wikipedia [http://zh.wikipedia.org/zh/歸元寺 entry] for this temple.

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