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|current name=Jiāngtiān chán sì 江天禪寺 | |current name=Jiāngtiān chán sì 江天禪寺 | ||
| - | |location= | + | |location=Northwestern section of Zhènjiāng [[鎮江]] City, on the southern bank of the Yangzi. ~3 km from the city center |
| - | |alternate names=* Jīnshān sì 金山寺 | + | |alternate names=Zéxīn sì 澤心寺 (original name) |
| - | * | + | * Jīnshān sì 金山寺 (from Southern Dynasties or Táng 唐 Dynasty period) |
| + | * Lóngyóu sì 龍游寺 (N. Sòng 宋) | ||
| + | * Shénxiāo yùqīng wànshòu gōng 神宵玉清萬壽宮 (Sòng 宋, Emperor Huīzōng 徽宗 r. 1101-1126) | ||
|image= | |image= | ||
| - | |founded= | + | |founded=4th or 5th c. C.E. (Eastern Jìn 東晉) |
| - | |lineage=Línjì zōng 臨濟宗 | + | |lineage=Línjì zōng 臨濟宗, Jīnshān pài 金山派 |
|status=Public (十方叢林) | |status=Public (十方叢林) | ||
|editor-name= | |editor-name= | ||
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| - | '''Jiāngtiān chán sì 江天禪寺''' is one of the most important Buddhist monastic centers and Chán temples in 20th and 21st century China. | + | '''Jiāngtiān chán sì 江天禪寺''' is one of the most important Buddhist monastic centers and Chán temples in 20th and 21st century China. It was also an important ordination center in the early 20th century. |
==History== | ==History== | ||
| + | Information on the exact founding of this temple is lacking. The first temple to exist on this site was Zéxīn Temple 澤心寺, which was founded during the Eastern Jìn 東晉. Later during the Southern Dynasties period, or in the Táng 唐, the name of the temple was changed to Jīnshān Temple 金山寺. The temple is still often referred to by this name today, though it has gone by many other names in history. During the Northern Sòng, Zhēnzōng 真宗 (r. 997-1022) dubbed it Lóngyóu Temple 龍游寺. It retained this name through the rest of the Sòng dynasty with the exception of the reign of Emperor Huīzōng 徽宗 (r. 1101-1126), who briefly rechristened the temple Shénxiāo yùqīng wànshòu gōng 神宵玉清萬壽宮 due to his favoring of Daoism over Buddhism. During the Yuán 元 Dynasty, the temple was called Jīnshān Temple. It received its current official name, Jiāngtiān Chán Temple, from Emperor Kāngxī 康熙 (r. 1661-1722). | ||
In [[1912]] this monastery was the site of the "Invasion of Jīnshān [[大鬧金山]]," in which Tàixū [[太虛]] and Rénshān [[仁山]] tried to establish a monastics school here to the chagrin of the people in charge of the monastery. | In [[1912]] this monastery was the site of the "Invasion of Jīnshān [[大鬧金山]]," in which Tàixū [[太虛]] and Rénshān [[仁山]] tried to establish a monastics school here to the chagrin of the people in charge of the monastery. | ||
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| + | On April 6, [[1948]] a fire destroyed much of the monastery. Nearly 300 buildings, including the Chán and scripture halls, were lost. | ||
==Personnel== | ==Personnel== | ||
===Important Abbots=== | ===Important Abbots=== | ||
| - | * | + | * Dàdìng [[大定]] |
===Notable Residents=== | ===Notable Residents=== | ||
| + | * Bǎojìng [[寶靜]] (early 1920s) | ||
* Cízhōu [[慈舟]] ([[1942]] - 1954, 1994 - ??) | * Cízhōu [[慈舟]] ([[1942]] - 1954, 1994 - ??) | ||
| + | * Dàyǒng [[大勇]] (ordained here in [[1920]]) | ||
| + | * Láiguǒ [[來果]] ([[1907]] - [[1908]], ordained here) | ||
| + | * The Living Buddha of Jīnshān [[金山活佛]] ([[1917]] - [[1928]]) | ||
| + | * Rénshān [[仁山]] (tonsured here in [[1904]]) | ||
| + | * Xīlái [[西來]] | ||
| + | * Yīngcí [[應慈]] | ||
| + | * Yuèxiá [[月霞]] | ||
| + | * Zōngyǎng [[宗仰]] ([[1881]] - 188?/9?, ordained here in [[1881]]) | ||
==Temple Institution== | ==Temple Institution== | ||
===Important Buildings or Artifacts=== | ===Important Buildings or Artifacts=== | ||
| - | * | + | * Císhòu Pagoda 慈壽塔 |
| + | ** Rebuilt in [[1900]], it is the largest structure on the mountain. | ||
| + | * The temple has a jade belt that Sū Dōngpō 蘇東坡 gave to his friend, the monastery's abbot Fóyìn 佛印 | ||
===Associated Organizations and Groups=== | ===Associated Organizations and Groups=== | ||
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Jiāngtiān chán sì 江天禪寺 is one of the most important Buddhist monastic centers and Chán temples in 20th and 21st century China. It was also an important ordination center in the early 20th century.
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Information on the exact founding of this temple is lacking. The first temple to exist on this site was Zéxīn Temple 澤心寺, which was founded during the Eastern Jìn 東晉. Later during the Southern Dynasties period, or in the Táng 唐, the name of the temple was changed to Jīnshān Temple 金山寺. The temple is still often referred to by this name today, though it has gone by many other names in history. During the Northern Sòng, Zhēnzōng 真宗 (r. 997-1022) dubbed it Lóngyóu Temple 龍游寺. It retained this name through the rest of the Sòng dynasty with the exception of the reign of Emperor Huīzōng 徽宗 (r. 1101-1126), who briefly rechristened the temple Shénxiāo yùqīng wànshòu gōng 神宵玉清萬壽宮 due to his favoring of Daoism over Buddhism. During the Yuán 元 Dynasty, the temple was called Jīnshān Temple. It received its current official name, Jiāngtiān Chán Temple, from Emperor Kāngxī 康熙 (r. 1661-1722).
In 1912 this monastery was the site of the "Invasion of Jīnshān 大鬧金山," in which Tàixū 太虛 and Rénshān 仁山 tried to establish a monastics school here to the chagrin of the people in charge of the monastery.
On April 6, 1948 a fire destroyed much of the monastery. Nearly 300 buildings, including the Chán and scripture halls, were lost.