Huagai Temple

Huagai Temple is located at Lingtou in Shangshan Village, Shangshan Town, Raoping County. Commonly known as “Lingtou Nunnery,” it was originally built during the Ming Dynasty and has been under reconstruction since 1996. Situated beside a concrete road leading to the neighboring provinces of Fujian and Dapu, the temple enjoys picturesque mountain and water scenery, convenient transportation, and attracts considerable attention. The temple was first established in the Ming Dynasty, and in the 39th year of the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty (1744), it was relocated from the opposite mountain to...

Huagai Temple

Huagai Temple is a cultural tourism attraction.

Huagai Temple

Huagai Temple is located at Lingtou in Shangshan Village, Shangshan Town, Raoping County. Commonly known as “Lingtou Nunnery,” it was originally built during the Ming Dynasty and has been under reconstruction since 1996. Situated beside a concrete road leading to the neighboring provinces of Fujian and Dapu, the temple enjoys picturesque mountain and water scenery, convenient transportation, and attracts considerable attention.

The temple was first built during the Ming Dynasty, and in the 39th year of the Qianlong reign of the Qing Dynasty (1744), it was moved from the mountain opposite to its current location and reconstructed. From 1950 onward, no monks resided there. During the “communalization” campaign in 1958, the Buddha statues were burned and religious instruments destroyed. A local villager, Lu Wenzhang (now 80 years old), having heard rumors in advance, bravely rescued a camphorwood incense burner in the middle of the night. Measuring 0.3 meters in height and 0.2 meters in width, the burner bore the inscription “Huagai Temple, 39th Year of Qianlong” and was kept at his home. He later donated it during this reconstruction. In 1967, during the Cultural Revolution, as the Shangrao Ceramic Factory was being built, the ancient temple’s stone pillars, brackets, beams, rafters, and tiles were dismantled, leading to the temple’s destruction. Reconstruction was approved in November 1995, started on February 30, 1996, and largely completed by May 2001.

Information source: Chaozhou Government Website