Yuantong Temple

First established in Yongtai Period of the Tang Dynasty (618-907), the temple was originally named "Putuoluo Temple". "Putuoluo" is the transliteration of the Sanskrit "potalaka" which means "brightness" and is also in other ways translated into "putuo" (like the name of Putuo Mountain in Zhejiang Province) and "potala" (like the name of Potala Palace in Lhasa City, Tibet). According to “Huayan Buddhist Scripture”, Putuoluo is said to be the holy land of Guanyin (Goddess of Mercy); so Yuantaong Temple has existed as a Guanyin Temple since the time it was built in the Tang Dynasty.
Yuantong Temple
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