Puguang Zen Buddhist Temple

Puguang Zen Buddhist Temple was first built in the Ming Dynasty in 1413, 7 years prior the construction of Forbidden City in Beijing and 3 year prior the start of Golden Roof of Mountain Wudang.

Puguang Temple belongs to Linji sect, one of 5 sects of Chinese Buddhism. It ruled over 80 Buddhist temples, more than 200 monks in the area. There used to be 50 monks living in the temple. Grand Longhua Meeting was held 6 times between 1919 and 1943. Some 1,000 Buddhists from nearby provinces of Hu'nan, Hubei, Guizhou, Sichuan were ordained during the Grand Longhua Meeting. Thus the temple was regarded as first name temple in South China.

Puguang Temple covers an area of over 11,000 square meters. Its total construction area is more than 3,300 square meters. The entire buildings are traditional Chinese style, fine designed and splendid structures. The huge building complex is consisted of first main gate, second main gate, bell and drum tower, Precious Hall of the Great Hero, Hall of Arhat, Kwan-yin Hall, Jade Emperor Pavilion, Gaozhen Taoist Temple, Wu Temple, memorial archway and so on. The whole temple has the architecture characteristics from Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties. Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism together exist in harmony in the temple. Puguang Zen Buddhist Temple has very high study value in architecture and religion. It has been put down on the list of the important historical sites to be given special protection of Hu'nan Province.

Admission fee: RMB ￥ 20 per person

Publishes at : 07-09-11 23:38

Url : http://www.asiavtour.com/China_Hu%27nan_Zhangjiajie_Attractions_a851_s4_c7343.html