南华寺坐落于广东省韶关市曲江县，建于公元502年，占地面积7500万平方米，建筑面积230万平方米。

All friends, welcome to the temple area south qujiang shaoguan city tour. Nanhua temple was built in 502 years. Occupies an area of 75 million square meters and a building area of 2.3 million square meters. Wisdom, India, the monk medicine "Marine silk road", "west to cross to guangzhou, found at shaoguan CaoXi spirit and consciousness, Buddha of Buddhism BaoLin" to "early, So, ZhouMu shao HouJingZhong to speak the JianSi wudi (submitted). To give his forehead, temple BaoLin temple ", "TangZhongZong was renamed" zte temple ", the "law", when the emperor xuanzong springs temple was renamed "lite temple", the TaiZu song ZhaoKuangYin nanhua temple ", "use today. Now, a former name temple buddhist association of China ZhaoPiaoChu by the chairman.

Nanhua temple, is due to the famous tang six ancestors. Huineng, common surname Lou, guangdong), three years old, WeiRenZuoJia mother or clothing, sewing. Really.those who never read, more than 10 years is up to collect wood while helping household. 24 years old, and a silver spoon wood to hear the diamond sutra, "listen" to shake, special hearing, and no heart ", feel with the dhamma, then, from chant monk monks. Its answer, that boy is rare genius huineng Buddhism, so please him to HuangMeiDong dragon pond, hubei province, to learn ZuHong five buddhist, into the fruit.

See, PiTou fathers five fathers word is: "you this NaManZi, see you pointed chin, tu bone; you see again, which is not fo bodhisattva, personality, chin forehead? As long rich phraseology noneed!!!!!!!!!!" learning Buddha Huineng answer: "who have no Buddha, the south of Buddhism and Buddha. Na with." 5 the fathers, and allow the CongWu left. Huineng illiterate, just do DaChai in monastery, burning, ChongMi, cooking, the drudgery. Nine months later, endure feel old, should put them on. Generally, the greater ShenXiu disciple, and to ShenXiu with professor, is first division for many years. But if you cry, namely "flower", the highest for the wet with poems of tang dynasty scholar, five test to find them also to six. Then, write command disciple, with the license them. The body is lindens, heart such as mirror; always frequently, don't make FuShi dust ". ShenXiu Buddha ket finally written. After five fathers seen, said: "this is a foot into the Buddha and the Buddha not into a foot, and did not see the Hellenic nature. This can be a not gatha." Huineng also evaluation way: "beauty is beauty, while the outstanding", And his praise the bodhi tree: "this, mirror nor; there, where the dust." Therefore, huineng got the Buddha was handed down from kapok cassocks, zijin table (b), become the mantle of zen, the sixth generation of fathers.

In the forests of Buddhism zen stealth, the understanding of the fifteen years after, huineng appeared again in guangzhou law sex temple (today), with light filial piety temple of exquisite buddhist bodhi prajna, subjective idealism, print and patriarchal succumb to south China, after the changqingchunkeer lamasery, 37, began methusael statement pointed ", the only way to attain "visibility, zen Buddhism of the south and complete. The ultimate (shaoguan) record of lectures, this is not the only one in China, known as the Buddha said the books - the altar by six fathers weapon. "An ZongSheng, south YueWei after" of zen buddhist "world mainstream, a flower". Six ancestral method, forty three disciple in jinan, cao Yang, weishan hole, cloud gate, FaYan five, After the tang dynasty, the changqingchunkeer lamasery is completely out of door, make "huineng zen" almost become synonymous with "Buddha". Tang and song dynasties, zen more to the Korean peninsula and Japan, southeast Asia, and the second world war, and then spread to Europe and America, Australia, etc. Nanhua temple and become the emerging world buddhist centre. Southeast Asia and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, etc, straight after washing courtyard Buddha temple for south Ming. South Korea's largest buddhist sect Buddhism sect, CaoXi total axis for founded in the year of the temple. CaoXi 1395 In Japan, and for the Japanese Shinto, Confucian write three traditional culture of Japan, han Asian countries have far-reaching influence. "Meditation" after 1970 world culture becomes popular. MAO zedong once said guangdong produced two great men, one is the sun yat-sen, a ZuHui is six. ZhaoPiaoChu also great way: just the woodcutter, bottom up people have. The western scholars, Lao zi, Confucius, respect for the three "saints".

Now, the car has reached nanhua temple, the river is the temple in Buddhism, the famous CaoXi, although it is not roaring surging, but GanShuang "surge" and lactation. "CaoXi perfume" and "south China bells" are listed in qujiang 24, is countless buddhists dream.