Where is Hongfa Temple?

Huxian Botanical Garden, Shenzhen, Guangdong.

Hongfa Temple, located in Huxian Botanical Garden, Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province, was founded in 1983, with a construction area of more than 30,000 square meters and more than 40 temples, halls, rooms, buildings and pavilions.

Hongfa Temple is the first temple built in China after the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1949. As Hongfa Temple is located at the forefront of China's reform and opening up, adjacent to Hong Kong and Macao and facing Southeast Asia, leaders of Chinese Buddhist associations such as Zhao Puchu have high hopes for making Hongfa Temple a first-class Buddhist cultural temple in China and making it a friendship link with overseas Buddhist circles.

Architecture evolution:

1983, the construction of Shenzhen Hongfa Temple began. July 1985, Hongfa Temple broke ground. Hongfa Temple is different from any temple in China (repaired or rebuilt due to the Cultural Revolution). It is a completely new temple, and it is also the first temple built in China after the establishment of People's Republic of China (PRC) in 1949.

At that time, at the invitation of the relevant departments in Shenzhen, monk Ben Huan led his disciples to pray for the groundbreaking ceremony. After the completion of Daxiong Hall, Tibetan Scripture Building and Tianwang Hall, the construction was stopped for some reason. With the care and promotion of Zhao Puchu, the Hongfa Temple was successfully completed.

1986, Master Ben Huan wrote to Zhao Puchu, President of the Chinese Buddhist Association, asking him to write on his behalf. Lao Zhao suggested calling it "Fukenji", but considering that believers in Guangdong and Hong Kong don't worship Pu Xian very much, Master Zhengguo said that in order to promote Buddhism, it would be better to call it "Hongfa Temple".