Chaozhou 潮州

Cháozhōu 潮州 Other names include: Hǎiyáng County 海陽縣 (historical name); Ch'ao-chou, Chiuchow, Teochew (historical romanizations)

Nearby Locations: Cháo'ān 潮安 Shàntóu 汕頭 Guǎngdōng 廣東 Hong Kong 香港

South China Region

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Cháozhōu 潮州 is a prefecture-level city in Guǎngdōng 廣東 province in southern China.

Important Buddhist Sites

• Kāiyuán Temple 開元寺
• Jiěxíng Hermitage 解行精舍
  • Founded by Wáng Hóngyuàn 王弘願 in 1930
• Garden of Esoteric Accomplishment 蘇悉地園
  • Founded in 1936 by Chúnmì 純密

Other Notes

• The controversial lay teacher of esoteric Buddhism, Wáng Hóngyuàn 王弘願 (1876-1937), lived almost all of his life here
• Chúnmì 純密 was born here in 1901
• Yíguāng 怡光 lived here in the 1910s and 1920s, and was abbot of Kāiyuán Temple 開元寺
• The Japanese Shingon 東密 master Gonda Raifu 權田雷斧 gave esoteric initiation here in 1924