Changshu 常熟

Chángshú 常熟 Other names include: Ch'ang-shu (historical romanization)

Nearby Locations: Chángzhōu 常州 Nántōng 南通 Shànghǎi 上海 Sūzhōu 蘇州 Wúxí 無錫

Jiāngnán 江南 Region

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Chángshú 常熟 is a city in southern Jiāngsū 江蘇.

Important Buddhist Sites

• Xīngfú Temple 興福寺
  • Residents included:
    • Chángxǐng 常惺
    • Chísōng 持松 (1917 - 1922)
    • Yuèxiá 月霞
  • The Dharmadhatu Seminary 法界學院 ran here from the late 1910s into the 1930s

Other Notes

• A stūpa containing the relics of Yěkāi 冶開 was erected on Yú Mountain 虞山 near here in 1922

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