Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c7.s3.t4.9

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Huacheng Temple is located in the middle of Jiuhua Street, on a small town in the mountain 600 m above sea level. It is the most time-honoured temple and also the main temple in Mount Jiuhua, built on the Longan fifth year of Eastern Jin Dynasty (401 CE) and in which the golden Ksitigarbha once practised Buddhism for a very long time. The temple was officially named Huacheng Temple on the Jianzhong first year of the reign of Emperor Dezong, Tang dynasty (780 CE) and a year later, it was determined as the *ashram* of Ksitigarbha. The temple reached its peak in the Ming and Qing Dynasty.