Ep. 116: The Temple of Aiding Wisdom
Putuoshan's Huiji Temple
(This episode follows directly on Ep. 115; like that one, it is based on an article in the Shenzhen Daily; also like that one, there is a longer version with a few more words and pictures, in Episode 076.)
After leaving the area of the Nanhai Guanyin, I headed for the cable car up to Foding (Buddha Peak) Hill--one of the island's highest points--and Huiji Temple. (For those keeping count, this is the third official temple of my pilgrimage; you can read about the whole thing near the end of Episode 000--and that's not a typo!)
The third-largest temple on Putuoshan today was built here first as a pagoda, expanded into a larger complex in 1793. The People's Liberation Army occupied the temple during the Cultural Revolution, and the Red Guard destroyed some of its halls. Rehabilitation began in 1978.