A Study on the Funerals of the Han Buddhist Monks of Lingnan during the Late Qing Dynasty via the Haichuang Temple in Guangzhou

The funeral protocol of Buddhist monks is an important part the rituals Han Buddhism. monks’ were recorded in detail Monastic Rules (清规) Chan. Chinese Buddhism after Song Dynasty was known through records Rules. However, how it concretely practiced unknown. In late Qing Dynasty, Westerners who came to China out curiosity about process and details funerals temples they visited, among which Haichuang Temple (海幢寺) Guangzhou ranks first. at inherited tradition Chan culture from Dynasty. Meanwhile, degradation into secular appeared. Influenced by Lingnan (岭南), tombs Temples there, them, listed as a typical example, showed trend toward Shanshou Tomb (山手墓) early some ancestral tomb-pagodas (祖师墓) abandoned traditional form pagodas completely almost same Tombs. reflects declining