1927

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1927 in the Western calendar is roughly equivalent to:

• Traditional Calendar: dīngmǎo 丁卯, starting on February 2
• Traditional Buddhist Year: 2471
• Current Standard Buddhist Year: 1988
• Mínguó 民國 16
• Shōwa 昭和 2

Buddhist Events

• Tàixū 太虛 becomes abbot of Nánpǔtuó Temple 南普陀寺
• The periodical Fóhuà xīnwén 佛化新聞 (Buddhist News) begins publication
• The Residing-in-Tibet Dharma Studies Group 留藏學法團 reaches Garzê Province, where they will remain for nearly four years
• The the Dharmalakṣaṇa Research Association 法相研究會 in Běijīng 北京 becomes the Three Times Study Group 三時學會
• Guishan University 龜山書院 for lay and monastics is established in Nánchōng county 南充縣, Sìchuān 四川 by Wáng Ēnyáng 王恩洋

Political Events