Home›Buddhist (Chan) Sites›TraditionBrowse ByTraditionThis page groups sacred sites by the specific religion or culture that consecrated them. Wikipedia defines a sacred space as "a designated area, often marked by physical boundaries or symbols, that is considered holy or consecrated by a particular religion or culture." Browsing by tradition lets a visitor read every site belonging to one tradition together.FactsLearn MoreTraditionSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)FactsOverviewWhat Defines This GroupingWell-attestedMountain monasteries of Chan, the Chinese meditation school that is the parent of Japanese Zen and Korean Seon. What collects them is the school's lineage of transmission rather than an event in the Buddha's life: a Chan site is a seat where the practice and its succession were kept. 2DirectoryCategoryWell-attestedSacred Sites 1Learn MoreChan Buddhist sacred sites This small group holds a sacred site of Chan Buddhism, the Chinese meditation tradition (the parent of Japanese Zen), whose mountain monasteries were centres of the practice and transmission of the school. The browser will find the site the atlas classes here. The entry describes its history and significance within the Chan tradition.TraditionFilter Results1 entryAdherents Today MaximumAll324,000,000 (1)Adherents Today MinimumAll324,000,000 (1)Basis of the Membership FigureAllIndependent Survey (1)Scholarly or Demographic Estimate (1)Establishment StatusAllVaries by Province (1)FounderAllSiddhartha Gautama, the Buddha (1)How the Expectation Is EnforcedAllCustomary Norm (1)Membership Figure As OfAll2010-01-01 (1)2012-12-18 (1)2020-01-01 (1)Origin Period End YearAll400 BCE (1)Origin Period Start YearAll500 BCE (1)Practice StatusAllLiving, and practised in varied local forms (1)Status TodayAllLiving tradition, practised today (1)TheologyAllNon-theistic: no creator god is central (1)Show ResultsBuddhismTradition3 entriesSources1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Treetier 12. Pilgrims and Sacred Sites in Chinatier 1Susan Naquin and Chun-fang Yu (eds), University of California Press, 1992Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptionstier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.