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*''Other Names'': 妙利普明塔院 ''(Miào lì pǔ míng tǎ yuàn)''
 
*''Chinese/Japanese'': 寒山寺 ''(Hánshān sì / Kanzan ji)''
 
*''Chinese/Japanese'': 寒山寺 ''(Hánshān sì / Kanzan ji)''

Revision as of 20:43, 22 September 2017

  • 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.