July Suzhou tour -----( 2)
Debu early morning we played yesterday, fatigue has been a very good rest, we are prepared to go to West Park, stroll, take a bath later, people feel a refreshing.
Saionji is located in Suzhou City, West Park Road, West Park Lane, as a warning and the West Garden Temple law buildings Fangsheng Chi in general. The monastery was built in the Yuan Dynasty to the first year, the first name "Guiyuan Temple." Ming dynasty, when Tai-Chi Tai Pu Jian-Dong Park (that is, later Lingering Garden), and Guiyuan Temple into villas and homes, changed its name to "West Park." Later, when the son of Tai-Yuan Xu Rong homes for Temple, still name "Guiyuan Temple." Chong Zhen eight years, the abbot of the monastery monks Maolin, in order to promote the Lvzong, changing Temple, called "Ring Temple law buildings." "Building" is the meaning of the flag, "ring block" is a discipline for the banner promoting quit law temple. Temple has also become one of the famous Lvzong Dojo. Qing Xianfeng decade (1860) was destroyed by war. Kuang Hsu Dynasty (1875), a monk from the Guang-Hui financing to build repair, and renamed the "West Park Ring blocks Temple", commonly known as "Saionji."
Existing temples are mostly built by the late Qing dynasty, is the largest temple in the city of Suzhou. Central axis from south to north in turn has Miankuo three of the arch, Mountain Gate, King Hall, Fangsheng Chi, the Great Buddha, Buddhist scriptures floor. Out of the east of King Hall of Guanyin Temple, west of Arhat Hall. There are Buddhism temple hall, France, Yun Tang, reception room, zhaitang, warehouse and other buildings. Saionji is a full-scale, magnificent temples, statues solemn, but also characteristics of both a large monastery garden.
Main Hall Miankuo 5, into the deep 7, the former with a terrace, double eaves and Xieshan Ding, the daring, magnificent. Basilica of the west side of 500 Rohan Hall, West Park, Temple of the most unique architecture, large-scale, three-48, to the four famous mountains plastic seat as the center, arranged along the walls of the body 500 Rohan, like clay, big more than ordinary people, the posture different, vivid style, constitute a group of superb statue of a complete group. There is a high art and national character, particularly with a statue of Chi Kung Feng Seng exemplary. Exquisite, lifelike. Rohan Hall for the first Jin-Kuan-yin and the embodiment of 84大悲咒image and surrounded by the Buddhist goddess of Avalokitesvara.
West Garden Temple Hill gate, there is a more than 2000 square meters square, seed 10000 Naki. Guang-Ren Fang Shengchi West Garden Temple, built around the pavilion hall corridor. The pool is located an octagonal pavilion, called "pavilion", Wing-yin stand in the water, in order to Quqiao linking the two sides to build a quite ingenious. Pavilions surrounded by flowers and trees set off the pond, the fish swimming, more of a few rare turtles, as elsewhere, are not, for several hundred tortoises, valued at more than kilograms of weight, often surfaced, with the visitors amused. The southern Chinese scenery, small and exquisite gardens of Suzhou and its style melt into the temple built, making Saionji Meaningful has become more subtle, rich colors and sense of history, culture, people food for thought. When we went to, just to the two monks and a fish feeding in to the pool, food falling into the pool at the moment, he was the fish of the Qiangzhe Chi, and attracted visitors and monks are very happy. Reminds me of someone previously said: the fun of fishing is not fishing for the number of fish, fish bait in the joy of that moment.
West Garden Temple of "Law School buildings Ring Inscription," "Inscription of the reconstruction Saionji Tower" and other inscriptions 6, Buddhist scriptures floor in the possession of a complete "dragon hiding" 4 and later sent to a Hong Kong Po Lin Monastery; Yuan Shin Ji-Master in blood of "Sutra" and other scriptures more than 80000 volumes.
Tomorrow would also like to go to work, we swim, West Park sihou, also for home. Although the Suzhou trip over, but I think I have a spring and Suzhou dating, and we did not go after all, there are many scenic spots.
(Concluded)
July 15, 2003 was written in Shanghai
This article has made reference to the Places of Interest.
Author: laimin
