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南普陀寺位于福建省厦门市东南五老峰下，毗邻厦门大学，面临碧澄海港，该寺占地面积25.8万平方米，建筑面积2.1270万平方米。始建于唐朝末年，称为泗洲寺，宋治平年间改名为普照寺，明朝初年，寺院荒芜，直到清朝康熙年间才得到重建。因其供奉观世音菩萨，与浙江普陀山观音道场类似，又在普陀山以南而得名“南普陀寺”，为闽南佛教胜地之一。寺内明万历年间血书《妙法莲华经》和何朝宗名作白瓷观音等最为名贵。 南普陀寺中轴线上主要建筑有天王殿、大雄宝殿、大悲殿、藏经阁等。两旁有钟鼓楼、禅堂、客堂、库房，另有闽南佛学院，佛教养正院，寺前有放生池，寺后近年新建“太虚大师纪念塔”。整座寺院气势宏伟，错落有序。南普陀寺始建于唐代末期，当时称为泗洲寺。宋治平间（1064～1067）改今名。北宋时由僧人文翠改建，称为无尽岩。 元至元间（1264～1294）被废寺。明洪武间（1368～1398），僧觉光复建。 明末清初，普照寺毁于兵乱。 清康熙二十二年（1683），靖海侯施琅收复台湾后驻厦门，就普照寺旧址复建殿宇，并增建大悲阁，辟为观音菩萨道场，与浙江普陀山观音道场相类比，改称为“南普陀寺”。聘请临济宗三十五世传人慧日法师为开山第一代祖师。光绪二十一年（1895），已建成“三殿七堂”，具备中等禅寺规模，居厦门岛上诸佛寺的首位。民国二十六年（1937），抗战爆发，南普陀寺一度被驻军占住。时战火日迫厦门。闽南佛学院遭日机轰炸，寺中住僧和学院师生纷纷避入内地或出国。 Nanputuo Temple is located at the foot of the Five Old Men Peak in the southeast of Xiamen City, Fujian Province. It is adjacent to Xiamen University, faces the clear blue seaport. The temple covers an area of 258,000 square meters, with a building area of 21,270 square meters. It was first built at the end of the Tang Dynasty and was called Sizhou Temple. During the Zhiping period of the Song Dynasty, its name was changed to Puzhao Temple. In the early Ming Dynasty, the temple was deserted and was not rebuilt until the Kangxi period of the Qing Dynasty. As it enshrines Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, similar to the Guanyin道场 in Mount Putuo, Zhejiang, and is located south of Mount Putuo, it is named