Mount Huangbo

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Mount Huangbo (Chinese :黄檗山; pinyin :Huángbò Shān) is a mountain in Fuqing county of Fujian Province, in the East China region of the People's Republic of China.

The mountain has many Buddhist temples, [1] including Wanfu Temple (home of Yinyuan Longqi, founder of the Japanese Ōbaku Zen sect).

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References

  1. Wu, J., BUILDING A DHARMA TRANSMISSION MONASTERY IN SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY CHINA: THE CASE OF MOUNT HUANGBO (PDF), retrieved 22 January 2025

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