Last October, I had the opportunity to visit 頭陀寺 - which means "itinerant monk temple" in Wenzhou, China, on the occasion of the full moon. During that day, the temple is open (and crowded) for a community lunch. The temple was founded by Yongjia Xuanjue, who is recorded in The Transmission of the Lamp as having had is realization confirmed by the Sixth Patriarch after having stayed one night at the Patriarch's temple.
It's nice to see it being rebuilt, though it appears, despite it being a monastery, that it lacks a zendo separate from the Hondo, based on what I saw.
Maybe in the future...
What remains from the old temple:
The founder, Yongjia Xuanjue, if I recall correctly.
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