Anqing 安慶

Ānqìng 安慶 Other names include: Anking, Hwaining (historical romanizations)

Nearby Locations: Héféi 合肥 Jiǔjiāng 九江 Lú Mountain 廬山

Jiāngnán 江南 Region

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Ānqìng 安慶 is a major city in Ānhuī 安徽 province.

Important Buddhist Sites

• Yíngjiāng Temple 迎江寺
  • The Ānhuī Monastic School 安徽僧學校) ran here from 1922 to 1924
  • Cíháng 慈航 was abbot here from 1928 until a fire destroyed the temple in 1930

Other Notes

• Dùhuán 度寰 was born here in 1905