page_title: Zhenru Temple (Jiangxi)
section_title: People's Republic of China
hierarchical_section_title: Zhenru Temple (Jiangxi) / History / People's Republic of China
caption_attribution_description: 中文: 中國近代中興禪宗高僧虛雲老和尚的祖師塔，位於雲居山趙州關外的海會塔坪上。
context_page_description: The Zhenru Chan Temple is a Chan Buddhist temple located on the southwestern hillside of Mount Yunju in Yongxiu County, Jiangxi, China. Zhenru Chan Temple is the cradle of Caodong school in Chinese Buddhism. The temple has been burned down and rebuilt several times due to wars and fires. The present version was completed in the 1950s.
context_section_description: After the establishment of the People's Republic of China, Chan master Xuyun, then Honorary Chairman of the Chinese Buddhist Association, started to reconstruct the temple. The reconstruction took six years, and lasted from 1953 to 1959. In 1957, the Zhenru Temple was designated as a provincial level key cultural heritage by the Jiangxi Provincial Government.
  In 1966, Mao Zedong launched the Cultural Revolution, almost all volumes of scriptures, historical documents, statues of Buddha, and other works of art were either removed, damaged or destroyed under the attack of the Red Guards. And the government forced monks to return to secular life.
  After the 3rd Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party, according to the national policy of free religious belief, Zhenru Chan Temple was officially reopened to the public in 1982. Then the temple reactivated its religious activities. The halls were restored and renovated by the local government. In September 1982 the Stupa of Hsu Yun was added to the temple. In 1983, the temple was classified as a National Key Buddhist Temple in Han Chinese Area by the State Council of China. At the end of 1986, the shanmen, abbot's room, storeroom and other halls were gradually completed.
  In September 1990, in order to commemorate the reconstruction of Hsu Yun, the temple build a memorial hall named after him.
  In 2006, Zhenru Chan Temple was listed among the six group of "Major National Historical and Cultural Sites in Jiangxi" by the State Council of China.
  On April 2, former Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress Wu Bangguo and his wife Zhang Ruizhen visited the temple. On September 9, King of Cambodia Norodom Sihamoni visited  and presented a statue of Sakyamuni to the temple.
  On December 21, 2017, former Venerable Master of the Buddhist Association of China Yicheng died in the temple.
caption: Stupa of Hsu Yun.
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