Cao'an (Chinese: 草庵; pinyin: Cǎo'ān; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Chháu-am; lit. 'thatched nunnery' [1]) is a temple in Jinjiang, Fujian, Luoshan Subdistrict [zh]. Originally constructed by Chinese Manichaeans, it was considered by later worshipers to be a Buddhist temple.

Cao'an is the only temple left from the Manichaean religion. [1] [2] [3] It is in Fujian, China. [2] People thought it was a Buddhist temple but they were wrong. [2] In 2021 it became a World Heritage Site. [4]

2024年12月28日 · Cao’an Temple, located at the eastern foot of Huabiao Hill 15 kilometers south of the city of Quanzhou, is a temple of Manichaeism (also known as the “Mingjiao” or the Religion of Light) in the outer suburbs of Quanzhou dating to the Song-Yuan era. The temple enshrines a stone statue of Mani, founder of Manichaeism.

Wow a Manichean temple in China. Just reminds you how far people had traveled in early years. And its a pretty nice temple visually too. This is the world's only remaining intact Manichaean temple. This survived the demise of the religion by being absorbed into the Buddhist tradition.

English: Cao'an, China's only preserved Manichean Temple, in Jinjiang City, Quanzhou, Fujian

2019年6月20日 · What remains of the pre-Ming Manichaean legacy is the aptly disguised Cao'an temple built during the Southern Chinese Manichaean renaissance. Cao'an underwent a number of changes throughout its existence and managed to evade destruction due to its Buddhist aesthetic, which disguised it as a typical Buddhist or Daoist place of worship.

Site of the only remaining Manicheaism temple in China. The Cao'an Nunnery, built in 1148 on Huabiao Mountain, is perhaps the last remaining place on earth where Mani is worshipped by local villagers, and the sculpture of Mani, with his distinctive dreadlocks and aura, is now the emblem of the International Manichaeist Research Society.

Cao'an Temple Quanzhou Manichean Temple is the only Manichean temple to survive anywhere in the world, all others being destroyed through centuries of persecution. The temple is located in the soth foot of Huabiao Mountain, Jinjiang District, …

Hidden on Huabiao Mountain, Cao'an Manichean Temple is the only preserved site of Manichean relics in the world. It was built in the Song Dynasty (960-1279) and has a sculpture of the Prophet Mani. It is a key relic site under State protection.

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