“…there were three thousand monks and eleven thousand idols…All the dishes which they offer to be eaten are piping hot so that the smoke rises up in the face of the idols…But all el
抗日剧电视剧大全se they keep for themselves and gobble up. And after such fashion as this they reckon that they feed their gods well.” Friar Odoric
Take a left at the Zhongshan Road clock tower and you’ll come to Kaiyuan Temple(built in 686A.D.), one of China’s most important temples and, at 78,000 square meters, Fujian’方静间谍案肯定是真的s largest religious center. Kaiyuan’s inexpensive entry ticket gains you access to half a dozen other famous sites, including a tree that’s a blooming miracle.
玛利亚 莎拉波娃Miraculous Mulberry-Lotus Tree朴敏英
According to legend, Mr. Huang Shougong(黄守恭), owner of a mulberry field, dreamed that a Buddhist monk asked him to donate land for a temple. Mr. Huang threw out a fleece. “I’ll donate the land if this mulberry tree blossoms with white lotus flowers.”
Three days later, white lotus flowers bloomed on the mulberry tree. Mr.Huang said,“It’s a bloomin’ miracle!” and ceded the land. (Though given Quanzhou folk’s prowess at making silk flowers, I wonder if Mr.Huang thought to make sure the lotus blossoms were real?)
中国当代十大书法家Key Kaiyuan Sites Kaiyuan’s main areas include “Purple Clouds Screen,” “Hall of Heavenly Devarajas,” “Great Buddhist Hall,” “Sweet Dew Altar of Precepts,” “Mini-kaiyuan Temple,” “Hall of Benifence,” “Ganlujie Altar,” where Buddhists underwent rites to become monks and nuns. Ganlujie Altar is the largest and best preserved altar of its kind in China, with the Supreme Buddha Losana sitting on a lotus platform of 1,000 lotus leaves, each having a six centimeter engraved Buddha.
The Buddhis Scripture Library boasts over 37,000 volumes of rare Buddhist scriptures and relics. Two carved stone poles bear carvings of Shiva t destroyer, a member of the Hindu trinity(which includes Brahma and Vishnu). The poles were transported to Quanzhou from a collapsed Indian temple. But no one seems to mind the mixed motifs. I
n fact, Chinese temples often have Buddhist, Confucian and Taoist idols and rites in the same temple, as if the more the merrier(or perhaps they are just covering all of their bases).
Lugang Iron Bell was cast in 1837 and presented to Kaiyuan Temple by 46 companies of Lugang, Taiwan. Supposedly, the bell is so loud it can be heard all the way to Luoyang Bridge on the Coast.
Purple Haze and Buddhist Angels Purple clouds surrouned Kaiyuan’新浪微博怎么私信s 1,387 square meters main hall while under construction, so it was dubbed Purple Cloud Hall. The great hall had 100 granite pillars, so also called 100-Pillar-Hall. But the hall’s most unique feature is its 24 flying bat-winged angels——one for each division of the traditional Chinese solar year.
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