Ji'an Qingxiu Institute Introduction
Playing Guide - Historic Site of Hualien County - Currently the best-preserved Japanese temple in Taiwan - Admire the eighty-eight stone Buddhas from Shikoku, Japan - A must-see is the Buddhist hall built in the traditional Japanese architectural style "Hōgyō-zukuri." Public transportation click here >>> Taiwan Tourist Shuttle - Zonghua Hualien Line information (timetable/ticket price list) Accessible bus reservation >>> Taiwan Tourist Shuttle accessible reservation information The tranquil and pure water purification area, the rustic Buddhist hall, the solemn eighty-eight stone Buddhas, and the Zen-like dry landscape garden make one feel as if they have entered a Japanese temple, immersing themselves in a serene and peaceful atmosphere. This is the Jianshan Monastery, a preaching site built by Kawabata Manji during the Japanese colonial period to comfort immigrants. It is a designated third-level historic site in Hualien County and is currently the best-preserved Japanese temple in Taiwan. Spiritual solace and the eighty-eight stone Buddhas Jianzhan was known as Yoshino during the Japanese colonial period and is a famous immigrant village in Hualien. In the sixth year of the Taisho era (1917), Kawabata Manji raised funds to build the "Shingon Sect Koyasan Yoshino Mission," hoping to use the power of religion to ease the nostalgia of the Japanese immigrants to Yoshino (Jian). The temple houses a sequence of stone Buddhas, which were said to have been brought back by Kawabata Manji, following the legacy of the founder of Shingon Buddhism, Kūkai, who traveled through the eighty-eight pilgrimage sites on Shikoku Island to let the residents seek spiritual relief. Entering the time tunnel After the recovery of Taiwan, the Yoshino Mission was renamed Jianshan Monastery. The surrounding environment of the monastery is tranquil and has preserved artifacts and buildings, such as the Dainichi Nyorai stone carvings, Baidu stone, and Buddhist hall with Hōgyō-zukuri roof, intact to this day. The Jianshan Monastery, having experienced the passage of time, carries a sense of historical weariness, with architecture in traditional Japanese style, lush gardens, and dry landscape, as if time has stood still, giving one the feeling of stepping into a time tunnel back to the Edo period in Japan, experiencing the rich historical ambiance of the former preaching site.
