Miyin Temple

Miyin Temple
Miyin Temple
密印寺
	Shanmen.
Religion
Affiliation	Buddhism
Sect	Chan - Weiyang school
Location
Location	Weishan Township, Ningxiang, Hunan
Country	China
	Shown within Hunan Miyin Temple (China)
Geographic coordinates	28°10′36″N 111°58′16″E / 28.17667°N 111.97111°E
Architecture
Founder	Weishan Lingyou
Completed	807

Miyin Temple (Chinese: 密印寺; pinyin: Mìyìn Sì) is a Buddhist temple located in Weishan Township, Ningxiang, Hunan, China.^[1] The temple is built within grounds of some 9,000 square metres (97,000 sq ft).^[2] The Chinese Buddhist monk Weishan Lingyou of the Tang dynasty (618–907) founded Miyin Temple on Mount Wei [zh] and started the Weiyang school of Buddhism making Mount Wei an important religious sacred site in China's feudalist era.

^ Huang Haichao & Jiang Hongzhao (2002), p. 50.
^ 《伪仰宗源密印寺走过会昌法难与文革十年》. ifeng.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 2012-01-13.

[FOOTNOTEHuang_HaichaoJiang_Hongzhao200250-1] Huang Haichao & Jiang Hongzhao (2002), p. 50.

[web122-2] 《伪仰宗源密印寺走过会昌法难与文革十年》. ifeng.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 2012-01-13.

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