Jiang Jianyong, Deputy Director of State Administration for Religious Affairs of P.R.C

Jiang Jianyong

Deputy Director of State Administration for Religious Affairs of P.R.C
Zhan Ru, Vice President of The Buddhist Association of China

Zhan Ru

Vice President of The Buddhist Association of China
Kuan Yun: seeking roots in ancestral temples of Chinese Buddhism

Kuan Yun

Vice president of the Hong Kong Buddhist Association
Zong Xing, Vice President of The Buddhist Association of China

Zong Xing

Vice President of The Buddhist Association of China
Noritakesyunan: let ancestral temple culture make Buddhism spread farther

Noritakesyunan

Abbot from Myoshin-ji Temple
Lou Yulie, Professor at Department of Philosophy of Peking University

Lou Yulie

Professor at Department of Philosophy of Peking University
Wei Daoru: Chinese people makes three contributions to Buddhist culture

Wei Daoru

Research fellow at the CASS Institute of World Religions
Zhang Ninggang: uplift soft power of Chinese culture through religious exchange

Zhang Ninggang

Director of Shaanxi Provincial Bureau of Religious Affairs
Liu Jinye: Ancestral Temple Culture highlights influence of Chinese Buddhism

Liu Jinye

Secretary-General of the Buddhist Association of Shaanxi Province
   
  • Located in Xiangjisi Village in Guodu Town of Chang’anDistrict, Xi’an City, Shaanxi Province, Xiangji Temple is the ancestral temple of the Pure Land School in the eight major schools of Buddhism.
    Xiangji Temple
  • Caotang Temple is the ancestral temple of the Three-Treatise School in the eight major schools of Buddhism. It is the first national Buddhist sutra translation site in China, and the largest and oldest Buddhist sutra translation site among the three major sites.
    Caotang Temple
  • As an imperial temple of the Sui and Tang Dynasties (581-907), Daxingshan Temple is the ancestral temple of Esoteric School in the eight major schools of Buddhism. Situated on Jingshanfang of eastern Chang’an City (Xingshansi West Street of Xiaozhai in Xi’an City today), it is one of the three major sites for Buddhist sutra translation in Chang’an.
    Daxingshan Temple
  • Jingye Temple is the ancestral temple of “Vinaya School” in the eight major schools of Buddhism. It is located at the northern foot of Zhongnanshan Mountain in Chang’an District of Xi’an City, Shaanxi Province, about 35 kilometers away from the downtown area of Xi’an City.
    Jingye Temple
  • Huayan Temple

    Located in Shaolingyuan of Chang’an District, Xi’an City, Shaanxi Province, Huayan Temple is the ancestral temple of the Huayan (Avatamsaka) School in the eight major schools of Buddhism. It is one of the eight famed temples in Fanchuan in the Tang Dynasty, a National Key Buddhist Temple, and a Key National Cultural Relics Protection Unit.
    Huayan Temple
  • Located in Jinchangfang of Chang’an City of the Tang Dynasty (in southern Xi’an City of Shaanxi Province today), Great Ci’en Temple is the ancestral temple of the Weishi (Mind-Only) School of Buddhism.
    Great Ci’en Temple
  • Qinglong Temple, also known as Stone Buddha Temple, is the ancestral temple of Esoteric School in the eight major schools of Buddhism and Shingon Buddhism of the Tang Dynasty. In 1996, Qinglong Temple was listed in the Key National Cultural Relics Protection Units by the State Council.
    Qinglong Temple
  • Located about 20 kilometers to the south of Xi’an City, Xingjiao Temple, also known as DatangHuguoXingjiao Temple (or Tang Dynasty Nation-Protection Religion-Enhancing Temple), ranks top of eight famed temples in Fanchuanof theTang Dynasty and is one of the ancestral temples of Faxiang or Dharmalakshana School.
    Xingjiao Temple