Fohua xinwen 佛化新聞

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Fóhuà xīnwén 佛化新聞 (Buddhist News)

A Buddhist newspaper.

  • Run: 1927, 6.26 – ?? (at least until 1942)
  • Location(s): Chóngqìng 重慶, moved to Chéngdū 成都 in 1939
  • Person(s): Xǔ Zhǐfán 許止煩
  • Associated Organizations:

This monthly newspaper averaged three pages per issue. It carried news and information on Buddhism throughout China, but more on Sìchuān after they moved there in 1939. Works by famous monks such as Tàixū 太虛 and Yìnguāng 印光 often graced its pages. It had a wide circulation: In its first 3 years it went from a printings of 3,000 to 10,000.

MFQ has 34 issues (all between 228-265, all in 1942).


Gregory Adam Scott

References:

MFQ 205.32-33

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