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| The Sixth Ancestor Hall - Nanhua Temple | |
Nanhua Temple is a Buddhist monastery of the Chan Buddhism, one of Five Great Schools of Buddhism where Huineng, the Sixth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism, once lived and taught. It is located in the town of Maba , Qujiang District, southeast of central Shaoguan, Guangdong province.
The temple was founded during the time of the Northern and Southern Dynasties in 502 AD by an Indian monk named Zhiyao Sanzang who originally named the site Baolin Temple. It received its present name in 968 during the reign of the Song Dynasty Emperor Taizong. Ancestor Hanshan Deqing taught there and reformed the monastery in the 16th century. The site was later renovated in 1934 under the leadership of Hsu Yun whose body is housed in the central forest sanctuary. The temple covers an area of more than 42.5 hectares (105 acres). It consists of a set of magnificent Buddhist buildings.
Stamps featuring the Sixth Ancestor Hall where many precious cultural relics; the most precious being the statue of Hui Neng, which is worshiped in the Sixth Ancestor Hall and the body of Han Shan. There are 360 Buddhist arhat figures which are the only Chinese wooden carvings preserved from the Northern Song Dynasty (960–1127) and a rare cassock trimmed with the dainty embroidery of over 1,000 Buddhist figures.
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| Issued Country | China |
| Issued Year | 2013 |
| Category | Buddhist Architect World Heritage |
| Type | Commemorative/Special Stamps |