Publish Date:2021-07-03
With the growing impact of religion in the Northern Zhou Dynasty posing a serious threat to the interests of the ruling class or the royal family, thus Emperor Zhou Wu ordered a national ban on activities of both Buddhism and Taoism in the Jiande three years (574) after many debates between both Buddhism and Taoism hosted. This is the second one of three famous events of destroying Buddhism in the history of religions of our country. Then Shaolin Temple was during the Northern Qi Dynasty, not yet involved. Shaolin Temple was renamed Zhihu Temple in the Daxiang two years (580) of Emperor Zhou Jing’ reign.
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