Baohua shan 寶華山

Bǎohuá Mountain 寶華山 Other names include: (None known)

Nearby Locations: Zhènjiāng 鎮江 Nánjīng 南京 Shànghǎi 上海

Jiāngnán 江南 Region

Geography Portal

Bǎohuá Mountain 寶華山 located in Jiāngsū 江蘇 province, near the city of Zhènjiāng 鎮江, and is home to a number of Buddhist temples, including Lóngchāng Temple 隆昌寺 with which it is often treated synonymously.

Important Buddhist Sites

• Lóngchāng Temple 隆昌寺
• Bǎohuá Mountain Vinaya Seminary 寶華山律學院

Other Notes

• In 1931 Dài Jìtáo 戴季陶 convened a Dharma assembly on the mountain
• Dàyú 大愚, Chángxǐng 常惺, Shì Dōngchū 釋東初, Jùzàn 巨贊, Rénshān 仁山 were tonsured or took the full precepts here at Lóngchāng Temple
• Fǎzūn 法尊 studied here

References and Resources

• Bǎohuá Mountain Gazetteer, Digital Archive of Chinese Buddhist Temple Gazetteers, Dharma Drum Buddhist College