On September 5, 2020, the 6th Chinese Charity and Filial Piety Cultural Festival was held in Hangzhou. As part of the series of activities of the festival, the 2020 Chinese Charity and Filial Piety Role Models Awards Ceremony and the 6th Chinese Charity and Filial Piety Cultural Forum were hosted to set role models of charity and filial piety for overseas Chinese and Chinese people around the world and discuss the elderly care in a post-pandemic era. A total number of 60 role models of charity and filial piety have been selected in the previous five Chinese charity and filial piety cultural festivals. This year, another 10 model individuals (or groups) from all walks of life at home and abroad were awarded the honorary title of Chinese Charity and Filial Piety Role Models, such as Liu Dewen, who made cross-strait round trips many times over the past decade to send Taiwan veterans to the roots, Zhang Junlan, a reporter who visited Daliangshan Mountain for 33 times to help more

The year 2020 marks the 140th anniversary of Master Hongyi’s birthday. To commemorate this eminent Buddhist master, Yunlin Academy organized a visit to Li Shutong Memorial Hall in Pinghu County, Jiaxing City, for some of its students from the studies of Chinese ancient civilization class. Master Hongyi, whose secular name is Li Shutong, was a pioneer in the New Culture Movement in China. He was also known as an eminent artist, educator, thinker, innovator and the most prominent Buddhist master in modern and contemporary China, who was an exceptional representative of the integration of the Chinese traditional culture and the Buddhist culture. Li Shutong Memorial Hall, located in Pinghu County, was built in 2004. It houses 160 historical artifacts, most of which are autograph letters and calligraphy works of sutra. The key collection highlight of the memorial hall with the most historical value is Master Hongyi’s calligraphy work – the 16 hanging scrolls of Buddha Expound

On the morning of July 22, 2020, the opening ceremony of the Buddhist Chanting Class of Hangzhou Buddhist Academy Music Faculty entrusted by Lingyin Temple was held at Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou. Venerable Master Guangquan, the Vice Secretary-General of the Buddhist Association of China, the Chairman of Hangzhou Buddhist Association, the President of Hangzhou Buddhist Academy and the Abbot of Lingyin Temple, attended and addressed the ceremony. The Vice President of Zhejiang Conservatory of Music Professor Yang Jiuhua also attended the ceremony and delivered a congratulatory speech. Venerable Master Guangquan said in his speech that in the past 15 years, Buddhist chanting has played an important role as a cultural and art bond in the friendly communication and exchanges between the Buddhist circle of Hangzhou and other Buddhist communities abroad. The Buddhist chanting music ensembles of Hangzhou have paid visits and brought Buddhist chanting performances to many countries and reg

<p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">On June 6, 2020 (the fifteenth day of the second fourth month in the Chinese calendar), it was customary for the Sangha of Lingyin Temple to traditionally perform the Vassa ceremony at the Mahavira Hall.<br/><br/></span></p><p style="text-align: justify; margin-top: 5px; margin-bottom: 5px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">According to the Buddhist tradition, Buddhist monks should choose a fixed site to earnestly practice Buddhism for three months, starting from the sixteenth day of the fourth month to the fifteenth day of the seventh month in the Chinese calendar. Such a practice is called the Vassa, also known as the three-month Monastic Summer Retreat, or the Buddhist Rains Retreat during the monsoon rains. During the Vassa, the Lingyin Sangha will recite and chant the mahā-vaipulya-buddhâvataṃsaka-sūtra (Huayan Jing, or Huayan Sutra) every day for the benefits of both the living and the dead. They will pray for longevity and auspicious blessings for the living and relief from the Buddhist wheel of life and rebirth in the western pure land for the dead.&nbsp;<br/><br/></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img title="1.jpg" alt="1.jpg" src="/files/image/info/2020/06-15/6372781584235707977758093.jpg"/></p><p style="text-align: center;"><img title="2.jpg" alt="2.jpg" src="/files/image/info/2020/06-15/6372781585536750251239959.jpg"/></p>

In traditional Chinese philosophy, human beings live between heaven and earth, sharing the same root with all things in nature. As manifested in such notions as “unity of man and nature”, “benevolence and compassion for the public good; great harmony and integration for an ideal society” and “the same warmth and cold throughout the world”, human beings have always been one unity with an aspiration to live in perpetual harmony with nature.As COVID-19 swept over the world in the spring of 2020, China, one of the early epicenters of the deadly pandemic, has become a globally well-known expert capable of helping hard-hit regions fight against the pandemic. The notion of “a community with a shared future for mankind” demonstrates its lofty spiritual value and has fundamental guiding significance.In the age of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the world today is undergoing greater multi-polarization, political pluralization, economic globalization and cultural diversification. As the interde

On the morning of October 12 local time, the 2019 China-US-Canada Buddhist Forum was grandly held at UN headquarters in New York, the United States. Nearly 500 people, including the religious and spiritual leaders from the Buddhist communities in China, the US and Canada and representatives from all over the world gathered together to attend the forum. The Vice-President of the Buddhist Association of China Venerable Master Yanjue, the President of the American Buddhist Confederation Venerable Master Mingyu, the President of the Buddhist Association of Canada Venerable Master Dayi all delivered a speech at the opening ceremony. The theme of this year&rsquo;s forum was ＂Enlightenment in the Human Realm: The Spirit and Practice of Chan Buddhism＂. A series of activities, including academic conferences, cultural events and musical performances, were organized to promote friendly exchanges between the Buddhist communities in these three countries and to advocate Buddhist beliefs in benevol

On the evening of October 12 local time, a prayer concert featuring Chinese Buddhist chanting music was held at the David Geffen Hall of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York City, the United States. The Chinese Buddhist Chanting Music Concert was performed by nearly 100 Buddhist masters from Shaolin Temple in Henan Province, Daxiangguo Temple in Kaifeng, Yonghe Temple in Beijing, Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou and Zongfo Temple in Xishuangbanna. The 13 performances of the concert included chorus ＂Prayers＂, sutra chanting of three branches of Buddhism in China, Buddhist chanting chorus ＂Buddhist Bell Gatha＂, kungfu performance ＂Kungfu Chan in Heaven and Earth＂, Buddhist chanting performance ＂White Horse Carrying Sutras＂, Buddhist chanting chorus ＂Cluster of Clouds＂, performance ＂Yunlin Tea＂, Buddhist chanting chorus ＂Avatamsaka Alphabets＂, Buddhist chanting chorus ＂Song of the Triple Gem＂, Buddhist chanting performance ＂Red Drifting Clouds＂, kungfu performance ＂Miraculous Shaoli

The Chinese Buddhist Chanting Music Concert is co-organized by the Chinese Buddhist Chanting Music Ensemble and the China Buddhist Association (US), co-sponsored by the American Buddhist Confederation, and undertaken by Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou and Fa-Wang Shi (Fa-Wang Temple, China Buddhist Association) in New York. The Concert will be held at the David Geffen Hall of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New York City on the evening of October 12 and the afternoon of October 13, 2019, local time. It is an important part of the China-Canada-US Buddhist Forum, which is about to be held in New York.&nbsp;On the afternoon of October 9 local time, the press conference for the Chinese Buddhist Chanting Music Concert was held at Fa-Wang Shi in New York. Journalists for Uschinapress, World Journal, Sing Tao Daily, NY1 as well as correspondents for China News Service, China Daily, Phoenix Television in the United States were invited to attend the press conference.The Vice Secretary-Genera