1.Taiwan before Restoration – The "Northern Training Institute of the Taiwan Buddhist Association"

Zhong-li Yuan Kuang Ch’an Monastery is located on the outskirts of Zhong-li, in the simple countryside between the border of Da-yuan Township and Yue-mei Mountain, and is one of the oldest monasteries in Tao-yuan City. It was built by Master Miao-guo in the 7th year of the Republic of China (R.O.C.) (1918A.D.), completed in the 9th year of the R.O.C. (1920A.D.), and a meditation hall was built in the 31st year of the R.O.C. (1942A.D.). The whole monastery covers an area of more than 2,000 square meters, which was donated by Mr. and Mrs. Chiu Ah-hsing and Mrs. Chiu Yeh-mei of Zhon-gli district Dai-tan town, with more than 10 acres of land and more than 7,000 yuan of silver to make it a success.

During his life, the Master Miao-guo not only founded two major ch’an monasteries, Fa-yun in Miao-li and Yuan kuang in Zhong-li, but he also devoted himself to the education of young monks and female monks. In the 33rd year of the R.O.C. (the 19th year of the Showa era) (1944A.D.), the "Northern Training Institute of the Taiwan Buddhist Association" was established.
 

2.The earliest Buddhist College after the restoration of Taiwan – The “Taiwan Buddhist College”

In the 37th year of the R.O.C. (1948A.D.), after the restoration of Taiwan, Master Miao-guo founded the earliest Buddhist College in Taiwan, the Taiwan Buddhist College, at the Yuan Kuang Ch’an Monastery, and invited Master Ci-hang, who was a monk stationed in Singapore at that time, to preside over the affairs of the College in person, and recruited more than eighty sanghas and young people from Taiwan and the mainland China.