GuiyuanTemple
alwaysconsistofagroupbuildingsfollowingafundamentalpatter,whichcan,however,owers,pavilionsandhallscanbemulti-storiedstructures.
omplexesstandonacentralaxis,usuallyanorth-southaxis:east-westonlyasanexception.(GuiyuanTempleisjusttheveryexception.)Themainbuildingsarestrungalongthiscentralaxis,theirbroadestsidesfacingsouthoreast.
ThemostimportantandmostfrequentlypresentedbuildinginsideaBuddhisttemplecomplexarethemainentrancegate,thebellanddrumtowers,theHalloftheHeavenlyKings,theHalloftheBuddhaandapagoda.
BuddhismissaidtobefoundedinIndiainthe6thcenturyBCbySiddathaGautama(BC565–BC486),hismadvocatesthatallthepeoplearecreatedequalandturnsagainstthecastesystemofBrahmanism,soitwaspopularwiththecommonpeople.
ebeginning,t200AD,ChineseversionofBuddhistscripturesbegantoappear,andthus,2ndcenturytolate6thcentury,translationandresearchofBuddhistsectswithChinesecharacteristicswerebecomingmoreandmorepopularandmanytempleswerebuilt,whichreacheditspeakinSuiDynasty(581AD-617AD)andTangDynasty(618-907)hismexertsagreatinfluenceonChinesephilosophy,literature,artandfolkcustoms.
statueistheimageofAvalokitesvara,whichhasbeenpopularwithChinesepeopleormorethan1,scalledtheGoddessofMercycordiallybyChineseandisregardedasthesymbolofkindness,wevisittheAvalokitesvaraPavilionafterawhile,owsthatallChinese,whetherinthemainlandorinTaiwan,areeagerforthereunionofthecountry,evenincludingreligionbelievers.
rdingtoBuddhism,nacertainspaceorinacertainperiodoftime,abhaBuddhaistheBuddhawhopresidesovertheLandofUltimateBlissinthewest,histscripturesdescribetheLandofUltimateBlissasawonderland,eword,it’anIgotosuchaparadise?ct,it’lyneedoftenmurmur‘MayBuddhapreserveus’’senough.
Yousee,saidthathecansaveallthelivingcreaturesfromthreekindsofterribledisasters.
Now,let’‘astatueofSakyamuni,scarvedbyMyanmarhandicraftsmenanddonatedtothetemplebytheRangoonBuddhistsin1935.
Ifwewatchthestatue,wemaysensethatthepeacefulexpressionontheBuddha’sfacehasbroughtustoaquietandharmoniousstate.
’dliketointroducehercarefully.
Asagoddess,ssaidthatonewouldbesavedfromtroubleanddisasteraslongashe(she)sheiscalledGuanshiyin,whichmeans‘hearingorlookingonthevoicesofthesuffering’useofherkindheartandbenevolenceshegotanothertitle‘theGoddessofMercy’.
AccordingtoBuddhism,bodhisattvaseshavenodistinctionofsex,thatis,theyareneithermalenorfemale,t’gesdidn’ttakeplaceuntilanemperor’thenon,Guanshiyin,thebodhisattvasbegantoappearbeforeherbelieversintheimageofabeautifulandelegantlady.
We’llpayavisittoaveryserious,rally,theGrandHall,wherethefounderofBuddhism,alwaysthecenterofaBuddhisttempleinconstructionandinBuddhists’mind.
eageof29,hewasconfrontedwiththesightsofanoldman,asickman,acorpse,eyesopenedtoaspectsoflifenewlyrevealedtohim,earslater,enfoundedanorderofmendicantsandspenthisnext45yearspreachinghisideasuntilhisdeath.
neontherightwassaidtobeSakyamuni’neontheleftwassaidtobethelordofBrahmnismandheoncewasSakyamuni’hebecametheeldestoneofallSakyamuni’sdisciples.
Next,we’llpayavisittotheAhratHallinthesouthcourt.
otalltempleshaveanAhratHall,especially,oneisamongthem,andwhat’smore,ithasitsownuniquecharacteristics.
Generally,kindofstructureshowsomeluckyimpliesinChineseBuddhistculture.
wereneithermadeupofwood,norstone,cialwaywastakeninmakingthem,whichcouldpreventsthemfrombeingburned,hesculptureswerefloatinginwaterwhileWuhanwasfloodedin1954,but,surprisingly,sreallyawonder.
henyouhavealookaroundthesculptures,’sonlybecausetheyweremoldedonthebasisofthepeopleinthereality,sotheyarehumanbeingsinourdailyliferatherthanimmortals.
Ahratsarethesymbolsofharmony,happiness,andgoodluck,ncountfromthefirstahratfromlefttorightorfromrighttoleft,nalsochooseanyahratasourstartingpoint,andcountinthesameway,xample,I’m25,dn’tyouliketohaveatrynow?Ifyouneed,Icanexplainconnotationofsomeahrats.
That’uhaveanyproblems,ldliketorepeatourbusnumber,sedon’oulater.