Wuzu Temple, Buddhist temple in Huangmei County, China

Wuzu Temple is a Buddhist monastery in Huangmei County that spans across Eastern Mountain with multiple buildings arranged in traditional Chinese style. The complex features layered courtyards and halls housing large Buddha statues and religious art.

Wuzu Temple was founded in 654 as Dongshan Temple, and abbot Daman Hongren taught Chan Buddhism there to disciples including Huineng and Shenxiu. In 848 Emperor Xuanzong renamed it Dazhong Dongshan Temple. Burned during the Mongol invasion, it was rebuilt from 1282 by master Liaoxing; Hongren's mummy was returned in 1313, and in 1331 Emperor Wenzong gave it the name Dongshan Wuzu Temple.

The temple's name comes from Hongren, the Fifth Patriarch of Chan Buddhism, who taught here; his mummified body is kept in the Body Hall, rebuilt in the Qing style. The gate is carved with the rival verses of Shenxiu and Huineng, the basis of the split into Northern gradual and Southern sudden schools. In 2016 the 11th World Zen Tea Culture Exchange Conference opened here.

Visitors should dress respectfully and behave mindfully, especially in the main halls and meditation areas. It helps to allow plenty of time to explore all the different areas at a leisurely pace.

The mummy enshrined in the Body Hall is that of Daman Hongren, the Fifth Patriarch; it was brought back to the temple in 1313, and the hall keeps its Qing-dynasty architectural style. The rear section houses the Fayu Pagoda, whose walls carry hundreds of small stone-carved Buddhas and inscribed plaques.