Jiuhua Temple

Jiuhua Temple, formerly known as Sunjia'an, also known as Jingguan Temple, is located at No. 28, Xiaojiuhua Road, west of Dongpo Park, Yanling East Road, Changzhou City, covering an area of 3 acres and a building area of 3,500 square meters. Founded in the eighteenth year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty (1590), it was originally a home built by Sun Shen, the minister of rituals, for his sister Jingxiu, hence the name Sun Home. In September 1980, it was approved to open the temple to the outside world. In 1984, Chuan Yi returned to the temple and became the abbot again. He then turned the Guanyin Temple into a main hall, restored the mountain gate, reshaped the Buddha statue, and carried out normal Buddhist activities. Tianning Temple successively presented three statues of Guanyin Jade Buddha. After Chuan Yi passed away in 1987, Dehua succeeded him as the abbot. After Dehua passed away, Kuan Jing, the abbot of Wushang Nunnery in Guangzhou, was in charge. Since there is no room for development around the original site, Jingguan Temple was relocated to the former site of Xiaojiuhua Temple in April 2000 with the approval of the municipal government. In November 2001, the foundation stone laying ceremony of Jiuhua Temple was held. Shanmen, Daxiong Hall, Sansheng Hall, Wanfo Building, Guanyin Hall, Dizang Hall, Guest Hall, Zhaitang, Fayu Lecture Hall, Ganlu Suzhai Hall, etc., the antique architectural style of the courtyard with the Buddhist hall as the main body, opened in June 2003 Completed, in May 2003 it was renamed Jiuhua Temple.