Jingjiao Temple

Jingjiao Temple

Jingjiao Temple is a cultural tourism attraction.

This temple is a nunnery, established in June 1991 as a Buddhist chanting site approved by the former Zhaodong Municipal Ethnic Affairs Committee, a government religious authority. At that time, the chanting site was located on the west side of North 1st Street in the former Zhaodong Town and was named Zhaodong City Jingjiao Temple. Venerable Shiguang (secular name Zeng Xianzhi) served as the supervisor, and Venerable Jueming (secular name Zhang Shuxian) served as an administrator, along with other resident nuns who had taken full monastic vows: Fayuan, Fayong, Fajie, and Fahui. The chanting site had six resident nuns in total. After the passing of Venerable Shiguang, Venerable Jueming became the supervisor. Because the original chanting site only had two brick rooms and a small courtyard and could not accommodate the worshippers attending Buddhist events, a new temple was later built in front of the Zhaodong Town Animal Husbandry Farm.

In 1995, the municipal religious department registered the temple in accordance with the "Regulations on the Registration of Religious Activity Sites" issued by the State Administration for Religious Affairs (registration number 11800). Currently, the abbot of the temple, Venerable Jueming, was formerly a standing committee member of the city’s Political Consultative Conference, and now serves as the head of the temple’s Three-Self Patriotic Group and as a member of the city’s Political Consultative Conference.

The temple currently has eight resident nuns (i.e., eight ordained monastics), ten religious staff members, and over a thousand followers. The temple covers a total area of 30,000 square meters, with a construction area of 2,210 square meters. The architectural layout of the temple is rational, standardized, elegant, majestic, bright, grand, solemn, and magnificent, with resplendent and magnificent interiors. As a religious activity site, it has maintained normal and stable religious activities for many years. During the 1998 flood relief efforts, the temple actively donated money and materials to disaster-stricken areas; during the 2003 fight against SARS, it followed instructions and maintained alignment with the government. At the end of 2003, the temple was awarded the title of “Provincial Civilized Religious Activity Site,” receiving a medal and certificate of honor, which were personally presented by the director of the Suihua Municipal Bureau of Ethnic and Religious Affairs.