The Ancient Dashian Nunnery is located in the Funeicangcheng District in the center of Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province. It is a Buddhist temple in the ancient city of Chaozhou and also a cultural relic and historic site with great historical value in Chaozhou. At present, there are still seven or eight stone inscriptions of rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty preserved in the nunnery, which can be used for research and tracing back. According to the incense tablet inscription rebuilt in 1771 (the 36th year of Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty), it is inferred that this nunnery was built by eminent monks in the Ming Dynasty. Other inscriptions existing in the nunnery indicate that during more than 200 years from 1662 (the first year of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty) to 1893 (the 19th year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty), with the attention of several prefectural officials, it was expanded and renovated by successive eminent monks. A screen wall was also added, the Buddhist hall was rebuilt, and ditches were dredged. In 1877 (the third year of Guangxu in the Qing Dynasty), Liu Guinian, the prefect of Chaozhou, personally inscribed the plaque of ‘Right Dashian Nunnery’. There is a statue of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva more than 10 meters high on the high pavilion, and eighteen incarnations of Avalokitesvara are molded on the two corridors. The high pavilion is named Cien Pavilion. The name of the pavilion was inscribed by Zhao Puchu, the president of the Buddhist Association of China. After restoration, the Ancient Dashian Nunnery is more spacious and magnificent than before. The specific business hours are subject to the opening situation on the day.
Ancient Dashian Nunnery
The Ancient Dashian Nunnery is located in the Funeicangcheng District in the center of Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province. It is […]
