Yufo si 玉佛寺

Yùfó sì 玉佛寺 Location: Shànghǎi 上海, Ānyuǎn Street 安遠路 Other names: * Yùfó Chán sì 玉佛禪寺

Yùfó Temple

First Founded 1882 (Guāngxù 光緒 8)

Lineage: Status: Public (十方叢林)

Institution section editor: Erik Hammerstrom

Yùfó sì 玉佛寺 is one of two major historical Buddhist temples in Shànghǎi 上海.

History

This temple was originally built in 1882 (Guāngxù 光緒 8) on Māigen Street 麥根路 in 1882 (Guāngxù 光緒 8). In 1917, its abbot Kěchéng 可成, moved the temple to Ānyuǎn Street 安遠路, where the new streucture was built following the style of Jīnshān 金山 in Zhènjiāng 鎮江.

During his tenure as abbot, Zhènhuá 震華 (served from 1942 until 1944) established a rigorous adherence to the precepts as part of the culture at the temple. He bolstered this by starting the Shànghǎi Buddhist Seminary 上海佛學院 the first year he was in office.

As with most temples in China, this one suffered great damage during the Cultural Revolution. It reopened in 1979, and is now fully renovated.

Personnel

Abbots

• Huìgēn 慧根 1882-1900
• Běnzhào 本照 1900-1911]]
• Hóngfǎ 宏法 1911-1917
• Kěchéng 可成 1917-1932
• Yuǎnchén 遠塵 1932-1942
• Zhènhuá 震華 1942-1944
• Zhǐfāng 止方 1944-1946
• Wěiyī 葦一 1946-1949
• Wěifǎng 葦舫 1949-19??
• Zhēnchán 真禪 1979-2000
• Juéxǐng 覺醒 2000-present

Notable Residents

• Bǎojìng 寶靜 (died here on November 29, 1940)
• Fúshàn 福善 (1946 until his death here the following year)
• Tàixū 太虛 (died here in 1947)
• Yìnshùn 印順 (briefly in 1946)
• Xūyún 虛雲 led a retreat here in 1953

Temple Institution

Important Buildings or Artifacts

• This temple houses two jade Buddhas brought from Burma by Huìgēn 慧根. This is the source of the temple's name.

Associated Organizations and Groups

• Shànghǎi Buddhist Seminary 上海佛學院 1942-1949, 1983-present

Notes

References

• Chinese Wikipedia entry.
• Official Chinese website.