Hualin Temple [Guangzhou]

The Hualin Temple was built in the second year (964) of the Qiande reign in the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127). The Northern Song Dynasty had already unified the northern part of the nation then while the King of Wuyue was taking Fuzhou as a separatist regime by force of arms. The leader of Fuzhou Prefecture established the temple, which was originally named the Auspicious Buddha Hall. In the Zhengtong reign (1436-1449) during the Ming Dynasty, it gained an inscribed plague with the name of the Hualin Temple on it. There were once some buildings other than the present palace, such as the halls, family hall for worshipping Buddha, the Huanfeng Pavilion, and the Juexue Small House, etc, which fell into disuse long ago.