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Lushan Temple

Lushan Temple (Chinese: 麓山寺; pinyin: Lùshān Sì), is a Buddhist temple at Yuelu Mountain, Changsha, Hunan, China. It includes the Entrance, Hall of Great Heroes, Zazen room, and dining room, etc.

In 268, in the fourth year of the Taishi era of Emperor Wu of Jin, Zhu Fachong (竺法崇) built the Hui Guangming Temple (慧光明寺). It was the first temple in Hunan. After Zhu Fachong, the eminent monks Fadao (法导) and Famin (法愍) served as Abbot.

In 589, in the ninth year of the Kaihuang era of Emperor Wen of Sui, Zhiyi (智顗) came to Hui Guangming Temple, explained the Lotus Sutra and taught Buddhism. In 602, he built a pagoda to preserve śarīra (relics) of the Buddha.

In the early Tang dynasty, the monk renamed it Lushan Temple (麓山寺).Shenhui's disciple Mohe Yanna (摩诃衍那) came to Lushan Temple to advertise Folk Buddhism.

In 845, after the Great Anti-Buddhist Persecution, Lushan Temple was broken down.

In 847, in the first year of the age of Dazhong of Emperor Xuanzong, Jingcen (景岑禅师) rebuilt temple and named it Luyuan (麓苑).Men of letters and poets came to here to chant poems and paint pictures.

In Yuan dynasty, Lushan Temple was broken down by Mongolian Army, it abandoned in one handred and fifty years.

In the period of the Chenghua Emperor, the monks and the government rebuilt Lushan Temple.

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