Buddha Temple: This is the Fosha as the "treasure" of the Buddha Temple, which is a long history and magnificent Buddhist temple. The Buddha Temple East, South and north sides, but open to the west, because of the mountain temple built, sitting east to the west, the entire temple area green pines and cypresses, towering temples, elegant environment; layout of the temple lichtung, arranged in an orderly manner. Has been the construction of the Northern Wei temple and many cultural relics, which are relatively rare in the country. In 1961, the Buddha Temple was announced by the State Council as the first batch of national key cultural relics protection units. Speaking of its artistic value and historical value, we cannot fail to mention its discoverer -- Mr. Liang Sicheng, an expert of ancient architecture in China (Mr. Liang Qichao, the son of modern thinker).
In the summer of 1937, four professors Mr. Liang Sicheng, Xing hurried to five, before that, they went to Dunhuang, in a number of murals in the bright and colorful, there is a map of Mount Wutai, which caught their attention: the screen, many ancient temples, visitors must not, also there is a never seen the pagoda......
Buddha in the temple, Professor Liang Sicheng to find a tower, and the painting of the 1400 groundless talk, as like as two peas, is still alive! It is a relic of the Northern Wei Dynasty, double the six corners, next on the air, brick cord cut, Shu Lianzhu in India. It is not only a treasure of ancient Chinese architecture, but also a monument to ancient cultural exchanges between China and India. Liang Sicheng was far beyond the expected, is in addition to the "tower founder", the Buddhist temple is an ancient art of the new world. Through careful research, surveying and mapping, the "Mount Wutai of the Buddha temple building a temple in Tang and Song dynasties of Wei Qi: four isolated cases of writing; a renowned Temple of Tang Dynasty four art". After the publication of the article, the Chinese and foreign architectural circles have been sensational. This not only belong to China Buddha Temple, also belong to the world, some foreign scholars openly call for "Asia Buddha Buddha temple".
Buddha Temple was built in the Northern Wei Dynasty, and later destroyed. Now the main hall of the Buddha Temple was built in the Tang dynasty. Because of the high ground in the eastern part of the temple, the Buddhist temple is the main hall, named the East hall. The Mount Wutai is one of the first. There are three Buddhas and Bodhisattva in the middle of the main hall, such as thirty-five Buddhas and Bodhisattva. Buddha is in the middle of the altar is Xiangmo as Sakyamuni Buddha in Maitreya, is on the left, on the right is Amitabha. Buddha, Maitreya has spiral hair, straight hair is Amitabha. The three statues were full of cheeks, curved eyebrows, and upright lips, with a very significant Tang wind. Dress with belt of Maitreya Buddha and Amitabha in the chest, abdomen, and Buddha and Amitabha down in the seat of the upper part of the trick clothing is very consistent, which is fixed in the form of the Tang dynasty. Bodhisattvas are leaning forward, waist slightly curved, slightly protruding belly, which is characteristic of the middle period of Tang Dynasty after the Buddha statue, the statue of Gansu and Dunhuang with a fan.
In addition, the Buddha are to support a full squat enough to kneel on the towering angiopteris. In addition to this statue of the Gansu Grottoes in Dunhuang and Shanxi Datong Huayan Temple, is also rare in china.
Buddhist altar left between the shoot and Samantabhadra riding like, two Bodhisattva retinues, Liao as the leading man, before a Tuo and Fugen like a boy like. The right tip of the Buddhist altar is the Manjusri Bodhisattva riding a lion, the lion and the two Bodhisattva. This is usually left in the right Manjusri, Samantabhadra configuration is not the same.
The two Blastophagus between the extreme front, stands a Dharma king, burly shape, standing on the remote; wearing armor, armed with a sword, a glare. It is very similar to the terracotta warriors and terracotta terracotta terracotta terracotta figures we have seen in the museum, but much larger than the terracotta warriors unearthed.
The left on the right side of the altar of King Kong, a plump cheek, just drop, about more than 40 year old middle-aged women statues, shape also wanran such as students,......
In addition, the Fodian gable of the two table is also arranged five hundred arhat statue. According to the East Hall of the Ming Dynasty Jiajing thirty-seven years (AD 1558) in October 23rd, Guang Temple rebuilt fill plastic tablets ocean cloud, indeed the relics of the Ming dynasty.
Several arch - eyed murals on the inner column of the east hall are also the relics of the Tang Dynasty. The most precious of them is the banner on the front of the right interlock. It is divided into three groups: the middle group is centered on the Buddha, and the seven Bodhisattva threatens. The two groups are centered on the Bodhisattva, and next to the Bodhisattva, the king of heaven and the flying sky. The wall at both ends of monks and laymen have support like that is put on a line north of Jiasha monks, south of the robes was a big crown of the civil service. There are one, seems to weigh in length, on the mouth of the beard if floating in the air, and the Dunhuang painting almost no two. The murals are in addition to the green color, dark blue iron. The profile portrait of the Yi Wen is extremely smooth, with a charm in the Tang Dynasty, and face painting and calligraphy of the beard, but also contains the legacy of Han dynasty.
East hall about four under the beam and the inscription, such as: "imperial observation Dong Jie Du home the calibration of Ministry of Shang Shujian yushidafu Zheng" and "help build Zezhou Fodian Gongcao army Gongchang Zhang", "merit master have to send for female students. In public", "author Li Hangru" and other characters, clear and fresh heavy, it is more difficult to get the ink mediocre.
We have just introduced the East Building of the hall, statues, murals and four ink art, gather here, is known as Mr. Liang Sicheng been isolated cases of the "four no art".
All visitors:
Hello, first of all, welcome to the temple of the Great Buddha, I am the tour guide of Shanxi business travel, Zhang Yanhong. Many modern people have a dream, that is to dream of the Tang Dynasty, but China in this vast land, there are two places can help you achieve the hearts of the distant dream. Where is the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, another is now all in this millennium temple - Buddha light temple.
Buddha Temple is located in the Mount Wutai Buddhist holy land. As early as in 1961, it was announced by the State Council as the first national key cultural relic protection unit. "The first Asian ancient buildings" and "Guang Asia". His discovery, China's famous architect Mr. Liang Sicheng will be the Buddha temple architecture of the Tang Dynasty, painted sculptures and murals, known as the "four inscription in a". Praise is the first Buddhist Temple Treasures of ancient china.
But before that the Buddha Temple in Mr. Liang Sicheng, had threatened to "Chinese Japanese scholar, want to see the building before the Tang Dynasty, only to us Japan Nara". As a patriotic architect, Liang Sicheng and MS. Lin Whei-yin decided to give up the advantages of the United States, returned to the troubled country, from 1932 onwards, began the arduous work of ancient buildings. For six years, they traveled the country in ancient 2738, numerous hills and streams, a great wooden structure has been found, but not in the Tang Dynasty architecture. A chance Liang Sicheng saw in the Beijing Library of the French explorer Bashi and the sixty-first cave of the "cave of the Dunhuang", "the whole picture of the Mount Wutai", the Great Buddha Temple of light attracted his attention. On one evening in June of 1937, Mr. Liang Sicheng and MS. Lin Whei-yin rode a donkey to Mount Wutai. The day was shrouded in brilliant in the afterglow of Datang building ushered in the most pious visit its history'. When they open the dusty door, Liang Sicheng tears brim over with tears he can finally, announced to the world, Chinese have their own wooden buildings in Tang dynasty. In later recalled, Liang Sicheng said, this day is the happiest of his 10 years of ancient life in a day. In the end they go to study Buddha Temple, on behalf of the county of Shanxi near, that the "Lugou Bridge incident" broke out in the last few months of this year, the great architect at the start of a long way to escape.
We see the Buddha Temple sit east to West today, the whole temple of ancient quiet environment, green pines and cypresses, covers an area of 34000 square meters, but it is said that the history of the Buddha Temple is much greater than it is now, the country has "the Shimonoseki". At the same time, we can find that the layout of the Buddha Temple with us in the past to see little temple. Usually the temple take Yanzhong axis, and to cross the Buddha Temple layout of China's unique existing temple in. So, in any corner of the temple to temple panorama glance, the straight world wide "," the Yellow River comes from the sky "style usually seen with the temple" how deep is the courtyard "," small garden incense drive independence around "in stark contrast.
With just set foot on the 72 ladder, the hall in front of us is the Buddhist temple of the East Hall, the entire hall in order to give people a strong sense of visual impact, "platform, low eaves column stubby, roof eaves brackets large, gentle and profound, the whole palace colors." Some people say that the big roof like Chuang-tzu's bird to fly. This is the most perfect embodiment of the Tang culture. It is the atmosphere of the atmosphere of openness, confidence and tolerance. Is that "all rivers run into sea of tolerance," and "king of the Grand Palais dress worship" weather. If you catch the Xia Yu season, the entire hospital fragrant flower, or in the hospital about CITIC or sitting in a big step, look under the eaves shower curtain, Tooyama Aki, nearly four meters of the canopy, the big rain will not splash. You can feel the cool atmosphere of Xia Yu so leisurely, and there is no two in the Tang Dynasty. I don't know if everyone dreams of returning to the long Tang Dynasty.