Can I live in Nanhua Temple?

No, according to the regulations of Nanhua Temple and yunmen temple, people who hold conversion certificates at present, except those in the temple, are not allowed to live in privately unless the abbot agrees.

There are hostels and hotels near Nanhua Temple, opposite ostrich farm, small but relatively clean and cheap hotels nearby, and several hot spring hotels such as Caoxi Hot Spring Resort.

Extended data:

Nanhua Temple was built in the first year of Tian Jian, Liang Wudi in the Southern and Northern Dynasties (AD 502).

After three years in prison, the temple was built, and Liang Wudi named it "Baolin Temple". Later, it was renamed Zhongxing Temple and Fashen Temple, and in the first year of Song Kaibao (AD 968), Song Taizu gave it the name of Nanhua Zen Temple, and the name of the temple has been used ever since.

Because the six ancestors of Zen teach here, it is also called the six ancestors Dojo.

The building area of Nanhua Temple is12,000 square meters, and it is composed of Caoximen, Fangshengchi, Baolinmen, Tianwang Hall, Daxiong Hall, Tibetan Classics Pavilion, Zhao Ling Pagoda and Liuzu Hall.

Except for Zhaoling Pagoda and Liuzu Hall, all the buildings were rebuilt by the eminent monk Xu Yun after 1934.

Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Nanhua Temple