page_title: Heritage of Xiguan
section_title: Hualin Temple
hierarchical_section_title: Heritage of Xiguan / Municipal Cultural Heritages (municipal historic sites and cultural objects under protection) / Hualin Temple
caption_attribution_description: English: The main gate of the Buddhist Flowery Forest (Hualin) Temple in Guangzhou 中文（简体）‎: 广州华林寺正门
context_page_description: There are two Major Sites Protected at the National Level in Xiguan:
  Architectural complex on Shamian Island
  Chen Clan Academy
context_section_description: Hualin Temple (Chinese: 華林寺; pinyin: Huálín Sì; Jyutping: Waa4 Lam4 Zi2) is located in Hualinsi Qianjie (Chinese: 華林寺前街; pinyin: Huálínsì Qiánjiē; Jyutping: Waa4 Lam4 Zi2 Cin4 Gaai1; literally: 'Hualin Temple Frontstreet'), Xilai Chudi (Chinese: 西來初地; pinyin: Xīlái Chūdì; Jyutping: Sai1 Loi4 Co1 Dei6-2; literally: 'The first place where a monk from the West (i.e., Bodhidharma) arrived'), Xiajiu Lu (Chinese: 下九路; pinyin: Xiàjiǔ Lù; Jyutping: Haa6 Gau2 Lou6; literally: 'Lower 9th Rd.'). Its predecessor was Xilai Buddhist Convent (Chinese: 西來庵; pinyin: Xīlái Ān; Jyutping: Sai1 Loi4 Am1), set up during Emperor Wu of Liang (Chinese: 梁武帝) years (20s, 6th century), Southern and Northern Dynasties (Chinese: 南北朝) by an Indian eminent monk, Bodhidharma (Chinese: 達摩), after he set up an altar to preach Buddhism. In 1655 (12th year of Shunzhi Emperor (Chinese: 順治帝), Qing Dynasty), Zen Master Zongfu (Chinese: 宗符禪師) initiated its rehabilitation and changed its name to Hualin Temple. There used to be an Gilded Ashoka Pagoda (Chinese: 阿育王塔) and 500 Arhats' statues (Chinese: 五百羅漢像) but some of them were destroyed afterwards.
caption: Main entrance of Hualin Temple
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