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 489 (Southern Qí 齊, Yǒngmíng 永明 7)

Lineage: Línjì 臨濟, Jīnshān pài 金山派 Status: Public (十方叢林)

Institution section editor: Erik Hammerstrom

Qīxiá sì 棲霞寺 and a short statement about this temple.

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).

Qīxiá Temple was destroyed during the Xiánfēng 咸豐 Era (1851 - 1862) by the Tàipíng rebels, and it was not until the very end of the Qīng 清 that it was rebuilt (1908/Guāngxù 光緒 34). It was not returned to its former glory however, until the Republican period. This renovation was due in large part to the efforts of Zōngyǎng 宗仰, who arrived in 1919 in order to become the temple's first official abbot in over fifty years. Zōngyǎng brought with him a Línjì 臨濟 lineage from Jīnshān 金山.

Personnel

Important Abbots

• Zōngyǎng 宗仰 (1919 - 1921)
• Ruòshùn 若舜 (1921 - 19??)

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.
• 棲霞山志 (Hong Kong, 1962), from Dharma Drum's Temple Gazetteer Project.
• Entry for 栖霞寺 from Chinese Wikipedia.