When you visit Zhongling Temple on Yaoquan Volcano, you will see many majestic, majestic and splendid halls of various shapes. There are many magnificent and magnificent statues in the halls, as well as colorful murals with superb painting skills. There are lush green pines and cypresses around, there are curling up cigarettes, and there are chanting chants that reverberate...
In the meantime, one can experience that the Buddhist culture accumulated over thousands of years is released in an instant. Religion is a kind of culture, and culture requires careful experience. To understand Buddhist culture, one must first understand the architectural layout of the temple and its cultural connotation.
The temple was originally a place for monks to worship and practice Buddhism, and later gradually developed into a complex of buildings with multiple comprehensive functions.
Zhongling Temple is a Buddhist monastery of Han Dynasty, belonging to Pure Land Buddhism and Zen Buddhism. It was built in the 18th year of the Republic of China. It was robbed several times and rebuilt several times. It covers an area of 25,000 square meters and a total construction area of 7227.2 square meters. The temple’s architectural style adopts the unique "Galan Seven Halls System", which breaks the architectural style of sitting north and facing south. With east to west as the central axis, keep a certain distance and build several halls. The buildings of Zhongling Temple are arranged in the following order:
Volcanomen Hall-Tianwang Hall-Daxiong Hall-Tibetan Scripture Pavilion-Reclining Buddha Hall. The supporting halls and ancillary facilities are distributed on the north and south sides of the central axis, and are composed of the bell tower, the drum tower, the north-south ring corridor, the Jialan Hall, the Patriarch Hall, the guest hall, and the French logistics pass. In this way, Zhongling Temple formed a group of large-scale and orderly buildings. Visiting Zhongling Temple makes you feel as if you are admiring a picture of a magnificent Chinese Buddhist temple. The spatial changes gradually unfolding from the outside to the inside seem to show the palace-style buildings of the Song Dynasty in China.Next, let us open the gate to appreciate the architecture and culture of Zhongling Temple!
The gate of Zhongling Zen Temple is an archway-style building with three gates. There is a gate in the middle and a slightly smaller gate on each side. As the door), it is also called "Sanmen". What we call "the empty door" is the gate for monks and nuns to enter the monastery-Sanmen, thus starting the monastic life of staying away from the hustle and bustle of the world, eating, eating, and reciting the Buddha.
Behind the volcano gate is the volcano gate hall, which is a passage-like rectangular building with a densely traced vajra statue on the left and right sides. It is shaped like a powerful man holding a vajra pestle. Legend has it that two princes in ancient India converted to Buddhism and vowed to follow Buddhism. Listening to all the preaching and all the secrets of the Buddha, so it is called the secret path vajra. The secret vajra in the gate hall of the Zhongling Zen Temple was replaced by the sculptures of the two generals "Huh (Zheng Lun)" and "Ha" (Chen Qi) in The Romance of the Gods. This is also a concrete manifestation of the sinicization of Buddhism.
Behind the volcano gate is a rectangular temple called the Hall of Heavenly Kings. Maitreya Buddha is enshrined in the temple. Maitreya Buddha is also known as Maitreya Bodhisattva. According to Buddhist tradition, Maitreya Buddha is the “legal” successor of Sakyamuni Buddha, but he has to be in fifty-six. It will take hundreds of millions of years to come to the world to save all living beings, so Maitreya Buddha is the "future Buddha" we worship. In our country, the image of Maitreya Buddha originated from the cloth bag monk. In the Five Dynasties of the Liang Dynasty, there was a monk named "Qi Ji" in Fenghua, Zhejiang. Going to alms with a smile, and often showing good and bad luck, predicting the weather, and being very effective, so many people believe in him and call him a Budai monk. In the 3rd year of Liang Zhenming, in 917 AD, when he was dying, he said A verse: "The true Maitreya Maitreya, the avatar of hundreds of billions, always warns people, the world does not know me.". So far, people think that Budai monk is the incarnation of Maitreya. The Maitreya Buddha on the Heavenly King Hall of Zhongling Zen Temple that we see now has big ears with lobed shoulders and a smile with a kind eyebrow on the banner. The pillars on both sides of the Palace of Heavenly Kings are engraved with couplets containing profound oaths, "The kind face always smiles at the ancient smiles and laughs at the ridiculous people in the world, and the big belly can tolerate things in the world". The Volcanoghai Federation is to look at the world. All sentient beings are beautiful, fame, wealth and pornography, but they are empty for a hundred years. Isn't it not laughable? Xia Lian means that the Buddha's heart can bear and allow ignorant people to do everything. On both sides of the Maitreya Buddha are the four mighty heavenly kings. They are the heavenly king of the east, Doluoza. They are responsible for guarding the east. They have white faces and wear white armor. To support the country, the pipa in his hand means using music to influence sentient beings and also means "tuning" the sound. The south grows the heavenly king Piliuli, guarding the south, with a blue face and cyan armor. The magical weapon in his hand is the azure sword. Growth means to increase the good roots of all living beings. The sword is to protect the Dharma and also represents "wind." The Western King of the Broad Eyes, named Viliu Bocha, guards the West, has a red face, wears red armor, and a dragon on his hands. "Guangmu" means to observe the world with "Jingtian Eye", which means "Shun". Many people in the north are called Pishamen, guarding the north, with a green face, wearing a green armor, holding a banner (mixed ingot umbrella) in his right hand and a silver rat in his left hand. "Duo Wen" means fame is heard everywhere, and the magical instruments in his hand represent "rain" and subdue demons and protect the harvest. Buddhism believes that the four heavenly kings are the guardian deities and guardian deities. They are responsible for protecting the Buddha, the law, the monks, the country, and all living beings. The common people think that they represent "wind, tune, rain, and smoothness" to ensure the prosperity of the five grains, the prosperity of the six animals, and the safety of all living beings. On the back of Maitreya, there is a statue of Wei Tuo holding a vajra pestle, wearing armor and a helmet, known as the guardian deity Wei Tuo. Legend has it that the Buddha gave him the task of protecting the safety of the temple and the "Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha" three treasures, and he is the patron saint of the temple. According to Buddhist scriptures, Veda is a Buddhist god who is known for walking like flying with goodness. After the Buddha Shakyamuni’s Nirvana, an evil demon stole Sakyamuni’s bones and relics. It was Veda who rose up to chase after the remains. The relic recaptured. Therefore, he is believed to be able to remove demons and protect the Dharma. This Vedic looks young and handsome, majestic, wearing a golden helmet and golden armor, holding a vajra pestle. It is said that the dressing of this military commander shows that he is brave and good at fighting, and the face of a boy also shows that he has a "heart of a child". There is a very moral saying that the different postures of the statue of Vedic have different meanings for the walking monks. Everyone saw that the Vedo in the temple was like putting his palms together and holding the pestle, indicating that the temple welcomes the order and has the ability to receive wandering monks and laymen. If Wei Tuo is holding the pestle and squeezing the ground, he must consider it carefully, because Wei Tuo's posture at this time indicates that the temple does not welcome placing orders. Dear friends, have you noticed the posture of the Vedic statue in Zhongling Temple?
After exiting the back door of Tianwang Palace, facing the main building of Zhongling Temple, Daxiong Hall, also called Main Hall and Main Hall. When Sakyamuni was alive, the disciples called Sakyamuni the Great Master, which means that the master was as brave and diligent as the master. At that time, there were eight religions circulating in India at the same time, and Buddha Shakya was known as "one of the eight lions", so later generations referred to the main hall of the Shakya as the "Daxiong Hall." The Daxiong Hall is a double-edged and rested Volcanostyle. It is the main building of the Zhongling Temple. It is located on the center of the central axis of the entire temple building. The breeze is blowing slowly, and you can hear the crisp, beautiful and beautiful jingle sounds soon. The main Buddhist activities of Zhongling Temple are generally held here. Entering the Daxiong Hall, tall and bright, magnificent and magnificent, the three Buddha statues of Shakyamuni, Samantabhadra, and Manjusri are plump in shape. The eyebrows of each Buddha statue are like a crescent moon, and the eyes are like a plum of autumn water, revealing concern and insight into the world. All the light of wisdom is the ideal embodiment of beauty, with high nose, thick lips, long eyes, fullness, broad shoulders, stability, and kindness, giving a strong impression.
Sitting in the middle of the lotus seat is the founder of Buddhism, Shakyamuni. Before he became a monk, his surname was Gautama and Siddhartha. He was born on April 8, 565 BC in the kingdom of Kapila, which is now Nepal. In the territory, his father is King Jingfan and his mother is Mrs. Maya. As the prince, he belongs to the Sakyamuni clan. People call him Sakyamuni, which means, the saint of the Sakyamuni clan. He was good at contemplation since he was a child. Although he lived a comfortable life, he was aware of various phenomena such as birth, old age, sickness and death in reality. He believed that to save mankind, only through the practice of monkhood is the way to liberate from suffering. When he was 29 years old, he entered the forest. , To seek the truth of liberation from suffering, after 6 years of asceticism, at the age of 35, he finally enlightened and became a Buddha under a bodhi tree and became the founder of Buddhism. This was more than 2500 years ago. The Buddha Shakyamuni that I see now, sitting cross-legged, placing his left hand on his left foot, raising his right hand, making a ring with his fingers, is speaking to sentient beings. Standing on both sides of him were Venerable Kassapa and Venerable Ananda. They were outstanding disciples of Buddha Shakyamuni. After Buddha Shakyamuni Nirvana, the older Kassapa presided over the Buddhist followers’ work at Lingjiu Mountain. At the first gathering, Ananda was the cousin of Buddha Shakyamuni, clever and wise, good at memory, followed Buddha Shakyamuni for 25 years, and wrote the words of Buddha Shakyamuni on the leaves of the bay leaf tree. , This is the earliest Buddhist scriptures, so there are the verses of "Truth Book Bayeux, Dharma Fruit Zheng Bodhi".
The Bodhisattva on the left of Shakyamuni Buddha is Manjushri. Manjushri is a knowledgeable, eloquent and eloquent bodhisattva symbolizing wisdom in Buddhism. He was a teacher of seven Buddhas, so he is also called the Great Wisdom Manjushri. Li Bodhisattva, looking from a distance, his face is square, his eyes are staring, his lips are soft, and he holds a scripture in his hand. He has a scholarly graceful demeanor. Here, the sculptors are knowledgeable, energetic, and confident of Manjusri. The subtle expression of the sculpture is meticulous and incisive. The green lion under the seat raises its head and roars, symbolizing the power of awakening and deterring wisdom. It shocks the soul like the roar of a lion, and relieves people's confusion. Therefore, in Buddhist doctrine, the superb wisdom and infinite rationality of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are often compared to the roar of a lion. From this we can see that smart craftsmen are often good at embodying profound philosophies in concrete statues, which is truly brilliant.
The Bodhisattva on the right of Shakyamuni Buddha is Samantabhadra. Samantabhadra is one of the four great bodhisattvas in Buddhism. He is characterized by reason first and virtue first. He holds the pestle in his hand and can satisfy the good wishes of all beings. Known as the Daxing Samantabhadra, he wears a square flower crown on his head, a silk strap on his shoulders, a round and graceful face, a leaning forward, his gaze downwards, and his mouth pursed to laugh. Incisively and vividly, the white elephant under the seat of Samantabhadra looked back while advancing, and more successfully demonstrated Samantabhadra's graceful and elegant, elegant and super dusty. Together, these three Buddha statues are called the Three Sacred Images of Huayan.
There are eighteen arhats on the left and right sides of the three sacred images of Huayan. In the late Tang and Five Dynasties, most of our country was dominated by sixteen arhats. After the Northern Song Dynasty, the eighteen arhats became popular. Then, who are the two extra arhats? The sayings are different. Some people say it is the Buddhist monk Qingyou and the eminent monk Xuanzang from Sri Lanka, some say it is the Budai monk and the ancestor of Bodhidharma, and the folklore says it is the dragon descending arhat and the tiger arhat.
In short, the above-mentioned arhats are outstanding disciples of Buddha Shakyamuni, and belong to people who have truly reached the primary level of self-cultivation. When Buddha Shakyamuni passed away, he specially asked them not to enter Nirvana and stay in the world forever. Dharma, Tetra Pak sentient beings. In the process of shaping these arhats, they also changed other temple statues. They consciously sculpted several arhat statues with different skin colors and different ornaments. Some of them had dark complexions with golden rings on their ears, and some had crimson skin and curly hair and beard. It shows the characteristics of the various ethnic groups in ancient India.
Behind the three sacred statues of Huayan is the three-dimensional Guanyin statue. Guanyin stands on the head of a fish, holding a clean bottle in his left hand and a willow branch in his right hand, symbolizing Guanyin spreading the world with great compassion and nectar. The fish under the foot of Guanyin is said to be the king of the sea , Blinking eyes, moving tails may cause landslides, tsunamis, floods and earthquakes. Only Guanyin can hold the fish and dominate. The tamed fish also became Guanyin's mount. The boy standing beside Guanyin on the left is the boy of Volcanocai, and the girl on the right is the daughter of Dragon King, Dragon Girl.
On both sides of the statue of Guanyin, there is a purple wood carving figure with the "Fifty Three Ginseng of the Good Fortune Boy" as the main body. The entire wood carving figure is exquisite and has shaped nearly a hundred statues of various shapes and sizes. According to the Buddhist scriptures, the Good Fortune Boy He is one of the five hundred elder boys in Fucheng. When Volcanocai was born, all kinds of treasures naturally poured out, hence the name Volcanocai. He once asked Manjushri Bodhisattva for advice on Buddhism. Manjushri Bodhisattva instructed him to travel to 110 cities in the south and visit 53 famous teachers. Finally, when you meet Samantabhadra, you become a Buddha. Therefore, the Buddhist architectural ladder is often paved with 53 steps, which is like 53 ginseng. Refer to the Buddha. The whole purple linden wood carving is vivid and natural, and the concept is exquisite. It is an artistic treasure in Buddhist culture. There are many prayer flags and various ritual instruments hanging in front of the Buddha statue in the hall, which makes the Daxiong Hall look solemn and awe-inspiring.
Various scriptures are an important part of the temple. Zhongling Temple has a Tibetan scripture pavilion behind the Daxiong Hall and other halls to store Buddhist scriptures. The white marble reclining Buddha is in the middle of the main hall, and the hall is under construction.
The side hall is composed of buildings such as the Garan Hall and the Zushi Hall. The Garan Hall is located on the left side of the Daxiong Hall. In the middle of the hall, there is a sculpture of King Bosni, his left sculpture of Prince Gonda, and his right sculpture for the lonely elders, who made important contributions to Buddha Shakyamuni’s promotion of Dharma and life. It is also to commemorate these earliest people. A good man who protects the Dharma. Now land, Hua Tuo and others have been added to the Garan Temple, which reflects the continuous absorption of Chinese culture during the spread of Buddhism in China.
The Patriarch Hall is located on the right side of the Daxiong Hall. The Patriarch Hall is dedicated to Bodhidharma, the Patriarch of Dongtu Zen. Bodhidharma was the 28th disciple of Buddha Shakyamuni, and Emperor Wu of Liang came to our country to establish Zen. He advocated reading the scriptures without words, and everything depends on enlightenment. That's why there is a verse that says "Damoses comes with nothing, just work hard with his own mind".
Walk forward along the Patriarch Hall. In front is the bell tower and drum tower used for the morning bell and the evening drum. On the left is the bell tower. The big bell is placed upstairs. Downstairs is the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. Opposite the bell tower is the Drum Tower. Dharma drum, downstairs is enshrined Guanshiyin Bodhisattva. The bell tower and drum tower are built in front of the Tianwang Hall inside the ring corridor, and are important halls for holding Buddhist events. On the north side of the Drum Tower is the North Corridor. Hanging in the corridor is the 32 incarnation of Avalokitesvara Pumenpin in the Lotus Sutra of Miaofa. The 32 incarnation of Guanshiyin displays various images of Guanshiyin in the world of Shifang with different identities, including gods, Buddhas, heavenly kings, civil servants and military officers, monks and men, men and women, etc., to show the great power of Purdue sentient beings. These purple wood carvings are beautiful in shape and finely carved. The posture is solemn and lifelike, with rich expressions, and has high artistic and ornamental value.
In the South Corridor, there are painted wood carvings with ten halls of Yan Jun and eighteen layers of hell as the main content. The Buddhist scriptures record that hell is to warn the world, not to be greedy for fame and fortune, and to fall into hell after death. After suffering from eighteen layers of hell, such as holding pillars, thousand blades, flowing fire, burning feet, pulling tongues, peeling skins, etc., they are subjected to all kinds of torture, persuading people to stop evil and promote good, and to purify people's souls. The ring corridor is the classical imperial garden technique introduced by Zhongling Temple, which is relatively rare in China.
The above is a relatively complete "garan seven hall system" jungle pattern.
There have always been high monks in famous temples, and there will be devout believers who visit the Taoist temple and worship the Buddha. The abbot of Zhongling Temple is a virtuous monk who has become a monk since he was a child. The eleventh generation of Dharma Master, majored in Pure Land, became a generation of great virtues and monks. Many people at home and abroad admired him and made a special trip to Zhongling Zen Temple to pay respects and ask for advice on the mysteries of Buddhism. Enlightened abbot to be compassionate to others, led his disciples to presided over large-scale Buddhist activities such as "Consecration of the Daxiong Palace, the opening of the water and land Purdue Dazhai, and the teaching of three altars and two monks ordination", to pray for all living beings to avoid disasters, and to promote for those who are destined Dharma.
The crater of the old volcanic medicine spring Volcanois flat and is more than ten meters above the crater wall. It contrasts with the volcanic barrier lake and the new and old volcanoes, forming a unique cultural landscape. There are very few temples built in the crater in the world, so Zhongling Zen Temple is also known as the first temple in the crater.
When you visit Zhongling Temple on Yaoquan Mountain, you will see many majestic, majestic and splendid halls of various shapes. There are many magnificent and magnificent statues in the halls, as well as colorful murals with superb painting skills. There are lush green pines and cypresses around, there are curling up cigarettes, and there are chanting chants that reverberate.
In the meantime, one can experience that the Buddhist culture accumulated over thousands of years is released in an instant. Religion is a kind of culture, and culture requires careful experience. To understand Buddhist culture, one must first understand the architectural layout of the temple and its cultural connotation.
The temple was originally a place for monks to worship and practice Buddhism, and later gradually developed into a complex of buildings with multiple comprehensive functions.
Zhongling Temple is a Buddhist monastery of Han Dynasty, belonging to Pure Land Buddhism and Zen Buddhism. It was built in the 18th year of the Republic of China. It was robbed several times and rebuilt several times. It covers an area of 25,000 square meters and a total construction area of 7227.2 square meters. The temple’s architectural style adopts the unique "Galan Seven Halls System", which breaks the architectural style of sitting north and facing south. With east to west as the central axis, keep a certain distance and build several halls. The buildings of Zhongling Temple are arranged in the following order:
Volcanomen Hall-Tianwang Hall-Daxiong Hall-Tibetan Scripture Pavilion-Reclining Buddha Hall. The supporting halls and ancillary facilities are distributed on the north and south sides of the central axis, and are composed of the bell tower, the drum tower, the north-south ring corridor, the Jialan Hall, the Patriarch Hall, the guest hall, and the French logistics pass. In this way, Zhongling Temple formed a group of large-scale and orderly buildings. Visiting Zhongling Temple makes you feel as if you are admiring a picture of a magnificent Chinese Buddhist temple. The spatial changes gradually unfolding from the outside to the inside seem to show the palace-style buildings of the Song Dynasty in China.
Next, let us open the gate to appreciate the architecture and culture of Zhongling Temple!
The gate of Zhongling Zen Temple is an archway-style building with three gates. There is a gate in the middle and a slightly smaller gate on each side. As the door), it is also called "Sanmen". What we call "the empty door" is the gate for monks and nuns to enter the monastery-Sanmen, thus starting the monastic life of staying away from the hustle and bustle of the world, eating, eating, and reciting the Buddha.
Behind the Volcanogate is the Volcanogate hall, which is a passage-like rectangular building with a densely traced vajra statue on the left and right sides. It is shaped like a powerful man holding a vajra pestle. Legend has it that two princes in ancient India converted to Buddhism and vowed to follow Buddhism. Listening to all the preaching and all the secrets of the Buddha, so it is called the secret path vajra. The secret vajra in the gate hall of the Zhongling Zen Temple was replaced by the sculptures of the two generals "Huh (Zheng Lun)" and "Ha" (Chen Qi) in The Romance of the Gods. This is also a concrete manifestation of the sinicization of Buddhism.
Behind the Volcanogate is a rectangular temple called the Hall of Heavenly Kings. Maitreya Buddha is enshrined in the temple. Maitreya Buddha is also known as Maitreya Bodhisattva. According to Buddhist tradition, Maitreya Buddha is the “legal” successor of Sakyamuni Buddha, but he has to be in fifty-six. It will take hundreds of millions of years to come to the world to save all living beings, so Maitreya Buddha is the "future Buddha" we worship. In our country, the image of Maitreya Buddha originated from the cloth bag monk. In the Five Dynasties of the Liang Dynasty, there was a monk named "Qi Ji" in Fenghua, Zhejiang. Going to alms with a smile, and often showing good and bad luck, predicting the weather, and being very effective, so many people believe in him and call him a Budai monk. In the 3rd year of Liang Zhenming, in 917 AD, when he was dying, he said A verse: "The true Maitreya Maitreya, the avatar of hundreds of billions, always warns people, the world does not know me.". So far, people think that Budai monk is the incarnation of Maitreya. The Maitreya Buddha on the Heavenly King Hall of Zhongling Zen Temple that we see now has big ears with lobed shoulders and a smile with a kind eyebrow on the banner. The pillars on both sides of the Palace of Heavenly Kings are engraved with couplets containing profound oaths, "The kind face always smiles at the ancient smiles and laughs at the ridiculous people in the world, and the big belly can tolerate things in the world". The Volcanoghai Federation is to look at the world. All sentient beings are beautiful, fame, wealth and pornography, but they are empty for a hundred years. Isn't it not laughable? Xia Lian means that the Buddha's heart can bear and allow ignorant people to do everything. On both sides of the Maitreya Buddha are the four mighty heavenly kings. They are the heavenly king of the east, Doluoza. They are responsible for guarding the east. They have white faces and wear white armor. To support the country, the pipa in his hand means using music to influence sentient beings and also means "tuning" the sound. The south grows the heavenly king Piliuli, guarding the south, with a blue face and cyan armor. The magical weapon in his hand is the azure sword. Growth means to increase the good roots of all living beings. The sword is to protect the Dharma and also represents "wind." The Western King of the Broad Eyes, named Viliu Bocha, guards the West, has a red face, wears red armor, and a dragon on his hands. "Guangmu" means to observe the world with "Jingtian Eye", which means "Shun". Many people in the north are called Pishamen, guarding the north, with a green face, wearing a green armor, holding a banner (mixed ingot umbrella) in his right hand and a silver rat in his left hand. "Duo Wen" means fame is heard everywhere, and the magical instruments in his hand represent "rain" and subdue demons and protect the harvest. Buddhism believes that the four heavenly kings are the guardian deities and guardian deities. They are responsible for protecting the Buddha, the law, the monks, the country, and all living beings. The common people think that they represent "wind, tune, rain, and smoothness" to ensure the prosperity of the five grains, the prosperity of the six animals, and the safety of all living beings. On the back of Maitreya, there is a statue of Wei Tuo holding a vajra pestle, wearing armor and a helmet, known as the guardian deity Wei Tuo. Legend has it that the Buddha gave him the task of protecting the safety of the temple and the "Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha" three treasures, and he is the patron saint of the temple. According to Buddhist scriptures, Veda is a Buddhist god who is known for walking like flying with goodness. After the Buddha Shakyamuni’s Nirvana, an evil demon stole Sakyamuni’s bones and relics. It was Veda who rose up to chase after the remains. The relic recaptured. Therefore, he is believed to be able to remove demons and protect the Dharma. This Vedic looks young and handsome, majestic, wearing a golden helmet and golden armor, holding a vajra pestle. It is said that the dressing of this military commander shows that he is brave and good at fighting, and the face of a boy also shows that he has a "heart of a child". There is a very moral saying that the different postures of the statue of Vedic have different meanings for the walking monks. Everyone saw that the Vedo in the temple was like putting his palms together and holding the pestle, indicating that the temple welcomes the order and has the ability to receive wandering monks and laymen. If Wei Tuo is holding the pestle and squeezing the ground, he must consider it carefully, because Wei Tuo's posture at this time indicates that the temple does not welcome placing orders. Dear friends, have you noticed the posture of the Vedic statue in Zhongling Temple?
After exiting the back door of Tianwang Palace, facing the main building of Zhongling Temple, Daxiong Hall, also called Main Hall and Main Hall. When Sakyamuni was alive, the disciples called Sakyamuni the Great Master, which means that the master was as brave and diligent as the master. At that time, there were eight religions circulating in India at the same time, and Buddha Shakya was known as "one of the eight lions", so later generations referred to the main hall of the Shakya as the "Daxiong Hall." The Daxiong Hall is a double-edged and rested Volcanostyle. It is the main building of the Zhongling Temple. It is located on the center of the central axis of the entire temple building. The breeze is blowing slowly, and you can hear the crisp, beautiful and beautiful jingle sounds soon. The main Buddhist activities of Zhongling Temple are generally held here. Entering the Daxiong Hall, tall and bright, magnificent and magnificent, the three Buddha statues of Shakyamuni, Samantabhadra, and Manjusri are plump in shape. The eyebrows of each Buddha statue are like a crescent moon, and the eyes are like a plum of autumn water, revealing concern and insight into the world. All the light of wisdom is the ideal embodiment of beauty, with high nose, thick lips, long eyes, fullness, broad shoulders, stability, and kindness, giving a strong impression.
Sitting in the middle of the lotus seat is the founder of Buddhism, Shakyamuni. Before he became a monk, his surname was Gautama and Siddhartha. He was born on April 8, 565 BC in the kingdom of Kapila, which is now Nepal. In the territory, his father is King Jingfan and his mother is Mrs. Maya. As the prince, he belongs to the Sakyamuni clan. People call him Sakyamuni, which means, the saint of the Sakyamuni clan. He was good at contemplation since he was a child. Although he lived a comfortable life, he was aware of various phenomena such as birth, old age, sickness and death in reality. He believed that to save mankind, only through the practice of monkhood is the way to liberate from suffering. When he was 29 years old, he entered the forest. , To seek the truth of liberation from suffering, after 6 years of asceticism, at the age of 35, he finally enlightened and became a Buddha under a bodhi tree and became the founder of Buddhism. This was more than 2500 years ago. The Buddha Shakyamuni that I see now, sitting cross-legged, placing his left hand on his left foot, raising his right hand, making a ring with his fingers, is speaking to sentient beings. Standing on both sides of him were Venerable Kassapa and Venerable Ananda. They were outstanding disciples of Buddha Shakyamuni. After Buddha Shakyamuni Nirvana, the older Kassapa presided over the Buddhist followers’ work at Lingjiu Mountain. At the first gathering, Ananda was the cousin of Buddha Shakyamuni, clever and wise, good at memory, followed Buddha Shakyamuni for 25 years, and wrote the words of Buddha Shakyamuni on the leaves of the bay leaf tree. , This is the earliest Buddhist scriptures, so there are the verses of "Truth Book Bayeux, Dharma Fruit Zheng Bodhi".
The Bodhisattva on the left of Shakyamuni Buddha is Manjushri. Manjushri is a knowledgeable, eloquent and eloquent bodhisattva symbolizing wisdom in Buddhism. He was a teacher of seven Buddhas, so he is also called the Great Wisdom Manjushri. Li Bodhisattva, looking from a distance, his face is square, his eyes are staring, his lips are soft, and he holds a scripture in his hand. He has a scholarly graceful demeanor. Here, the sculptors are knowledgeable, energetic, and confident of Manjusri. The subtle expression of the sculpture is meticulous and incisive. The green lion under the seat raises its head and roars, symbolizing the power of awakening and deterring wisdom. It shocks the soul like the roar of a lion, and relieves people's confusion. Therefore, in Buddhist doctrine, the superb wisdom and infinite rationality of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are often compared to the roar of a lion. From this we can see that smart craftsmen are often good at embodying profound philosophies in concrete statues, which is truly brilliant.
The Bodhisattva on the right of Shakyamuni Buddha is Samantabhadra. Samantabhadra is one of the four great bodhisattvas in Buddhism. He is characterized by reason first and virtue first. He holds the pestle in his hand and can satisfy the good wishes of all beings. Known as the Daxing Samantabhadra, he wears a square flower crown on his head, a silk strap on his shoulders, a round and graceful face, a leaning forward, his gaze downwards, and his mouth pursed to laugh. Incisively and vividly, the white elephant under the seat of Samantabhadra looked back while advancing, and more successfully demonstrated Samantabhadra's graceful and elegant, elegant and super dusty. Together, these three Buddha statues are called the Three Sacred Images of Huayan.
There are eighteen arhats on the left and right sides of the three sacred images of Huayan. In the late Tang and Five Dynasties, most of our country was dominated by sixteen arhats. After the Northern Song Dynasty, the eighteen arhats became popular. Then, who are the two extra arhats? The sayings are different. Some people say it is the Buddhist monk Qingyou and the eminent monk Xuanzang from Sri Lanka, some say it is the Budai monk and the ancestor of Bodhidharma, and the folklore says it is the dragon descending arhat and the tiger arhat.
In short, the above-mentioned arhats are outstanding disciples of Buddha Shakyamuni, and belong to people who have truly reached the primary level of self-cultivation. When Buddha Shakyamuni passed away, he specially asked them not to enter Nirvana and stay in the world forever. Dharma, Tetra Pak sentient beings. In the process of shaping these arhats, they also changed other temple statues. They consciously sculpted several arhat statues with different skin colors and different ornaments. Some of them had dark complexions with golden rings on their ears, and some had crimson skin and curly hair and beard. It shows the characteristics of the various ethnic groups in ancient India.
Behind the three sacred statues of Huayan is the three-dimensional Guanyin statue. Guanyin stands on the head of a fish, holding a clean bottle in his left hand and a willow branch in his right hand, symbolizing Guanyin spreading the world with great compassion and nectar. The fish under the foot of Guanyin is said to be the king of the sea , Blinking eyes, moving tails may cause landslides, tsunamis, floods and earthquakes. Only Guanyin can hold the fish and dominate. The tamed fish also became Guanyin's mount. The boy standing beside Guanyin on the left is the boy of Volcanocai, and the girl on the right is the daughter of Dragon King, Dragon Girl.
On both sides of the statue of Guanyin, there is a purple wood carving figure with the "Fifty Three Ginseng of the Good Fortune Boy" as the main body. The entire wood carving figure is exquisite and has shaped nearly a hundred statues of various shapes and sizes. According to the Buddhist scriptures, the Good Fortune Boy He is one of the five hundred elder boys in Fucheng. When Volcanocai was born, all kinds of treasures naturally poured out, hence the name Volcanocai. He once asked Manjushri Bodhisattva for advice on Buddhism. Manjushri Bodhisattva instructed him to travel to 110 cities in the south and visit 53 famous teachers. Finally, when you meet Samantabhadra, you become a Buddha. Therefore, the Buddhist architectural ladder is often paved with 53 steps, which is like 53 ginseng. Refer to the Buddha. The whole purple linden wood carving is vivid and natural, and the concept is exquisite. It is an artistic treasure in Buddhist culture. There are many prayer flags and various ritual instruments hanging in front of the Buddha statue in the hall, which makes the Daxiong Hall look solemn and awe-inspiring.
Various scriptures are an important part of the temple. Zhongling Temple has a Tibetan scripture pavilion behind the Daxiong Hall and other halls to store Buddhist scriptures. The white marble reclining Buddha is in the middle of the main hall, and the hall is under construction.
The side hall is composed of buildings such as the Garan Hall and the Zushi Hall. The Garan Hall is located on the left side of the Daxiong Hall. In the middle of the hall, there is a sculpture of King Bosni, his left sculpture of Prince Gonda, and his right sculpture for the lonely elders, who made important contributions to Buddha Shakyamuni’s promotion of Dharma and life. It is also to commemorate these earliest people. A good man who protects the Dharma. Now land, Hua Tuo and others have been added to the Garan Temple, which reflects the continuous absorption of Chinese culture during the spread of Buddhism in China.
The Patriarch Hall is located on the right side of the Daxiong Hall. The Patriarch Hall is dedicated to Bodhidharma, the Patriarch of Dongtu Zen. Bodhidharma was the 28th disciple of Buddha Shakyamuni, and Emperor Wu of Liang came to our country to establish Zen. He advocated reading the scriptures without words, and everything depends on enlightenment. That's why there is a verse that says "Damoses comes with nothing, just work hard with his own mind".
Walk forward along the Patriarch Hall. In front is the bell tower and drum tower used for the morning bell and the evening drum. On the left is the bell tower. The big bell is placed upstairs. Downstairs is the Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva. Opposite the bell tower is the Drum Tower. Dharma drum, downstairs is enshrined Guanshiyin Bodhisattva. The bell tower and drum tower are built in front of the Tianwang Hall inside the ring corridor, and are important halls for holding Buddhist events. On the north side of the Drum Tower is the North Corridor. Hanging in the corridor is the 32 incarnation of Avalokitesvara Pumenpin in the Lotus Sutra of Miaofa. The 32 incarnation of Guanshiyin displays various images of Guanshiyin in the world of Shifang with different identities, including gods, Buddhas, heavenly kings, civil servants and military officers, monks and men, men and women, etc., to show the great power of Purdue sentient beings. These purple wood carvings are beautiful in shape and finely carved. The posture is solemn and lifelike, with rich expressions, and has high artistic and ornamental value.
In the South Corridor, there are painted wood carvings with ten halls of Yan Jun and eighteen layers of hell as the main content. The Buddhist scriptures record that hell is to warn the world, not to be greedy for fame and fortune, and to fall into hell after death. After suffering from eighteen layers of hell, such as holding pillars, thousand blades, flowing fire, burning feet, pulling tongues, peeling skins, etc., they are subjected to all kinds of torture, persuading people to stop evil and promote good, and to purify people's souls. The ring corridor is the classical imperial garden technique introduced by Zhongling Temple, which is relatively rare in China.
The above is a relatively complete "garan seven hall system" jungle pattern.
There have always been high monks in famous temples, and there will be devout believers who visit the Taoist temple and worship the Buddha. The abbot of Zhongling Temple is a virtuous monk who has become a monk since he was a child. The eleventh generation of Dharma Master, majored in Pure Land, became a generation of great virtues and monks. Many people at home and abroad admired him and made a special trip to Zhongling Zen Temple to pay respects and ask for advice on the mysteries of Buddhism. Enlightened abbot to be compassionate to others, led his disciples to presided over large-scale Buddhist activities such as "Consecration of the Daxiong Palace, the opening of the water and land Purdue Dazhai, and the teaching of three altars and two monks ordination", to pray for all living beings to avoid disasters, and to promote for those who are destined Dharma.
