Guangxiao Temple 光孝寺 in Guangzhou

Guangxiao Temple in Guangzhou is a very important monastery in the history of Chinese Buddhism. It used to be called Zhizhi Temple 制旨寺 in the Tang dynasty. Many famous Buddhist scriptures such as the Surangama Sutra 楞嚴經 were translated here. A memorial pagoda was built for the sixth Chan patriarch Huineng 慧能 in the temple because Huineng had stayed here and had a famous debate about Chan teaching. During the Ming-Qing transition, the Caodong master Tianran Hanshi 天然函昰 was the abbot and revived the temple.