Wanfu Temple

Wanfu Temple
万福寺
Religion
AffiliationBuddhism
SectLinji school
Location
LocationMount Huangbo, Fuqing, Fujian
CountryChina
Wanfu Temple is located in Fujian
Wanfu Temple
Shown within Fujian
Geographic coordinates25°38′46″N 119°15′49″E / 25.646053°N 119.263577°E / 25.646053; 119.263577
Architecture
StyleChinese architecture
FounderZhenggan (正干)
Date established789
Completed1989–1997 (reconstruction)

Wanfu Temple (simplified Chinese: 万福寺; traditional Chinese: 萬福寺; pinyin: Wànfú Sì) is a Buddhist temple on Mount Huangbo in Fuqing, Fujian, China.[1] It is famous as the original temple of Yinyuan Longqi, the temple's 33rd abbot and a Chan master. He later travelled to Japan with his disciple Muyan to found the Japanese Ōbaku school of Zen.[1]

Found in 789 by Chan master Zhenggan (正干) in the Tang dynasty (618–907), it was destroyed and rebuilt several times. A modern restoration of the entire temple complex was carried out in 1989 and again in 2016.

Mampuku-ji, head temple of the Ōbaku school, is named after this temple.

  1. ^ a b Zhang Yuhuan (2012a), p. 181.