Yunmen Temple (Guangdong)

Yunmen Temple
云门寺
Frontal view of Yunmen Temple.
Religion
Affiliation	Buddhism
Sect	Yunmen school
Leadership	Shi Mingxiang (释明向)[1]
Location
Location	Rucheng Town, Ruyuan Yao Autonomous County, Guangdong
Country	China
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Geographic coordinates	24°48′49″N 113°19′12″E / 24.813554°N 113.319998°E / 24.813554; 113.319998
Architecture
Style	Chinese architecture
Founder	Yunmen Wenyan
Date established	923
Completed	1943-1951 (reconstruction)

Yunmen Temple (simplified Chinese: 云门寺; traditional Chinese: 雲門寺; pinyin: Yúnmén Sì) is a Buddhist temple located in Rucheng Town of Ruyuan Yao Autonomous County, Guangdong, China. Yunmen Temple is the cradle of Yunmen school, which is one of the five schools of Chan Buddhism.^[2] It was first built in the Tang dynasty (618–907), and went through many changes and repairs through the following dynasties. Most of the present structures in the temple were repaired or built between 1943 and 1951.