Qixia si 棲霞寺

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Qīxiá sì 棲霞寺
  • Location: 22 km northeast of Nánjīng 南京 on Qīxiá shān 棲霞山
  • Other names: * Also written 栖霞寺, sometimes pronounced Xīxiá sì
  • Qīxiá Vihāra 棲霞精舍 (original name)
  • Gōngdé sì 功德寺
  • Pǔyún sì 普雲寺
  • Chóngbào sì 崇報寺
  • Hǔxué sì 虎穴寺
Vairocana Hall at Qīxiá Temple
  • First Founded {{{founded}}}
  • Lineage: zōng 宗, pài 派, etc.
  • Status: Public (十方叢林)
  • Institution section editor: Erik Hammerstrom

Name 名字 and a short statement about this temple.

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History

This temple was originally established as Qīxiá Vihāra 棲霞精舍 in Yǒngmíng 永明 7 of the Southern Qí 齊 (489 C.E.) Emperor Gāozǔ 高祖 (r. 650-684) changed its name to Gōngdé sì 功德寺. This temple went by a number of other names, but its current name was officially established in 1007 (Jǐngdé 景德 4).

Personnel

Important Abbots

Notable Residents

Temple Institution

Important Buildings or Artifacts

Associated Organizations and Groups

Notes


References

  • Luó Zhéwén 羅哲文, et. al. Zhōngguó zhùmíng fójiào sìmiào 中國著名佛教寺廟 (Famous Buddhist Temples of China). Beijing: Zhongguo chengshi, 1995. Pp. 160-161.
  • Sū Zhèshēng 蘇浙生. Shénzhōu fójìng 神州佛鏡 (Buddhist Regions of Shénzhōu). Shanghai: Shanghai guji, 2003. Pp. 151-153.
  • 法源寺志稿 (民國稿本 1912~1949), from Dharma Drum's Temple Gazetteer Project.
  • Entry for 法源寺 from Chinese Wikipedia.
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