Hanshan-si

• Established: 509-[[519]
• Other Names: 妙利普明塔院 (Miào lì pǔ míng tǎ yuàn)
• Chinese/Japanese: 寒山寺 (Hánshān sì / Kanzan ji)

Hanshan-si, or Cold Mountain Temple, is a Buddhist temple associated with Hanshan and Shide, and located on Tiger Hill in Suzhou.

Originally established c. 509-519 as Miàolìpǔmíngtǎ-yuàn, the temple was used by Chan monks Hanshan and Shide in the late 8th or early 9th century, and thus came to be known as Hanshan-si (Hanshan Temple).

References

• Ono Masako, Tomita Chinatsu, Kanna Keiko, Taguchi Kei, "Shiryô shôkai Kishi Akimasa bunko Satsuyû kikô," Shiryôhenshûshitsu kiyô 31 (2006), 236.