South Putuo Temple

[1] It is so named because it is south of the Buddhist holy site Mount Putuo in Zhejiang Province.

It enjoys a picturesque view of Xiamen and the surrounding district of Haicang, Gulangyu and Zhangzhou City.

In 1684, around the beginning of the Qing dynasty, general Shi Lang donated generously to rebuild and expanded the temple buildings, where a shrine hall for Guanyin Bodhisattva was installed and worshipped.

The general named the temple after the Buddhist sacred site Mount Putuo of Zhejiang Province, which is considered the abode of Guanyin.

In 1924, Master Hui Quan was appointed the first abbot of the South Putuo Temple and he set up Minnan Buddhist College in 1925.

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