Tendoji Temple

Japanese: 天童寺 - てんどうじ

Located 25km east of Ningbo in Zhejiang Province, China, at the foot of Mount Taibai, it is one of the five Zen temples in China known as the "Southeast Buddhist Country." Since it was built by Zen Master Yixing in 300 during the Fu Dynasty, it has been rebuilt several times and has been revived as a large temple rarely seen in China, with a floor area of 45,000 ^m2 and a total of 999 rooms. ◇The name "Tian Tong Temple" comes from a legend that when founder Yixing first established a hermitage in this place and was performing ascetic practices to build the temple, Taibai Mountain God "Taibai Jin Xing" borrowed the body of a young boy and delivered food and drink every day under the orders of the Jade Emperor (the supreme god of Taoism). The temple consists of buildings arranged in a stepped pattern from the foot of the mountain to the mountainside.

Source: Kodansha World Tourist Attractions Encyclopedia Information

Japanese:

中国の浙江(せっこう)省の寧波(ニンポー)市東部25km、太白山の麓にあり、「東南仏国」と呼ばれる中国の禅宗五山の一つ。普時代の300年に義興禅師によって建立されてから何度か再建が繰り返され、建築面積4万5000m²、合計999間という、中国でもまれに見る大伽藍(がらん)として甦った。◇「天童寺」の名称は、開祖・義興が初めてこの地に庵を開き、寺院建立のための苦行を行っていた際に、玉皇太帝（道教の最高神）の命を受けた太白山の山神、「太白金星」が童子に身を借り、毎日、食事と飲み物を届けたという伝説に由来する。寺院は、麓から山腹にかけて階段状に建物が立ち並んでいる。

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