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Huacheng TempleHuacheng Temple
Huacheng Temple was the first temple in Jiuhua Mountain. With the longest history and as the site of Ksitigarbha Rite, it is the leading monastery of the mountain. In the 5th year under Longan’s reign (401) in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Monk Beidu built a simple temple here. It was reconstructed and named Huacheng Temple in the Zhide years (756 - 758) of the Tang Dynasty. The word Huacheng is an allusion to a Buddhist story in the Fahua Scripture.
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