11/7 Temple of the Chan/Zen's Fifth Patriarch
This is the Chan/Zen fith patriarch’s temple, Wuzusi /五祖寺. Literal translation is Firth Patriarch Temple. Built in 654 AD and formally known as Dongshanshi, or Easter Mountain Temple. The fifth patriarch was known as Master HongRen. Master HongRen recognized that one of the most junior monastic was the most well practiced and gifted to receive the next patriarch designation. To ensure that the Sixth Patriarch, as one of the most junior, be able to continue to pass down the Chan/Zen teaching, Master HongRen requested the Sixth Patriarch to run away in the midde of the night.
Wuzu, Huangmei, Hubei, China