First built in 503, Youminsi, 佑民寺, has been rebuilt seven times and its name was changed many times as well. It was bombed in 1912 and rebuilt in 1927, funded by a Nanchang local, Yao Jumei, who suggested to name the temple “Youminsi or Yauman Temple in Cantonese.”
During the cultural revolution this temple was mostly destroyed or utilized for other purposes. The temple grounds have been partially recovered to what it is today. A lot of land are now apartments and cannot be recovered. 90 percent of the rebuilding funds came from Hong Kong’s Po Lin Monastery. The current abbot stated that they would not have been able to rebuild without them.
This is another crossroad temple where many famous masters came and gone. Monks from all over have come to this temple, Korea, Tibet, etc. Ma Tsu, the eighth Patriarch of Chan also practiced here for over a dozen years. At that time the Chan he practiced was called Hong Zhong Chan.
No.181 Minde Rd., Donghu, Nanchang, Jiangxi, China