An Yongquan and Zhang Daochen were sentenced to death, it said.
In 1937, he was the abbot of Yongquan Temple, at the age of 60.
In 1908, he settled at Yongquan Temple, in Quanzhou, where he taught Chan Buddhism, and attracted large numbers of practitioners.
Yongquan is best known for its collection of 20, 000 Buddhist scriptures, about 700 of which are written in blood, according to travel guides.
Rescuers were at work in the remote Shaanxi village of Yongquan, where the mud-rock flow damaged 14 houses, Xinhua said, without providing other details.
Hoping to draw more tourists to their little known temple, the monks at Yongquan monastery have paid 200, 000 yuan ( dlrs 24, 096 ) to advertise on a local television network.