Ren haideng 人海燈

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Rén hǎidēng 人海燈 (Altar-Lamp of Humanity)

A Chinese Buddhist periodical.

  • Run: 1933 - ?? (at leas until 1937)
  • Location(s): Shàntóu Buddhist Seminary 汕頭佛教學院. In November 1935 it moved to Tung Lin Kok Yuen (Dōnglián juéyuàn) 東蓮覺苑 in Hong Kong. In June 1937, Zhīfēng 芝峰 moved it to Jīnxiān 金仙 Temple in Ningbo, but it was printed at Xīzhú 西竺 Temple in Shanghai.
  • Person(s): First edited by Dàyǒng 大醒, then by Jìchén 寄塵 and Tōngyì 通一 . Zhīfēng became editor in June, 1937.
  • Associated Organizations:

Started life as an insert for the Xiàmén News 廈門日報, but then the local Buddhist group turned it into an independent magazine the same year. Typical length was between 20 and 40 pages per issue.

MFQ has 28 issues. A little spotty. Also 4 issues from 1936-1937 in vols. 140-141.


Notes



References:

MFQ 205.22

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