Other Distinguished Sangha

Venerable Miao Hua (1922 - 2009) is born in 1922 in Fuding Province, Fujian. He was ordained in 1935 by Venerable Chuan Jin from Xi Chan Monastery. In 1938, Venerable Miao Hua took the precept vows from Xi Chan Monastery under preceptor, Venerable Yong Xin.

Venerable Miao Hua was appointed as the Abbot of "Er Fu Temple" in Saigon, Vietnam and undertook the abbotship for 15 years. In 1960, Venerable Miao Hua established "Wan Fo Si" (Million Buddha Monastery) in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon, Vietnam) and became its 1st abbot. In 1960, he was invited by Venerable Bai Sheng to attend the 1st World Chinese Sangha Conference and there he was appointed as the Deputy Secretarial Chairperson. Thereafter, Venerable Bai Sheng passed on his Dharma doctrines to Venerable Miao Hua in "Wan Fo Si", where he became the 47th Dharma successor of the Caodong sect. During the same year, Venerable Miao Hua also established "Di Zang Monastery" in Taipei (Taiwan) and "Miao Hui Monastery" in California (USA).

In May 1979, Venerable Miao Hua left Vietnam and arrived in Long Shan Monastery, Singapore; Venerable Miao Hua belongs to a sect which was under the Long Shan Monastery. Thereafter, Venerable Miao Hua was invited by Venerable Guang Qia (former abbot of Long Shan Monastery) and took on the role as the Supervisor to the monastery; during which he was also a member of board of committee to Mi Tuo School. In 1979, Singapore Zhi Gui Buddhist Society was entrusted to Venerable Miao Hua. In 1988, he was involved in the major re-construction of Hong Shan Monastery in Xiamen, Fujian. Since Venerable Miao Hua resigned from Long Shan Monastery in 1992, he has been handling the monastic duties of Zhi Gui Buddhist Society.