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Zhangye Buddhist Temple Review

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The Great Buddha Temple is named for a 34.5-meter Buddha's Nirvana image of Sakyamuni. Located in the southwest corner of Zhangye City, Gansu Province, it is an important group of historical sites on the Silk Road. It is also a landmark building of Jinzhangye, a famous historical and cultural city. Founded in the first year of Yongan, Xixia (1098), formerly known as the Kaye Tathagata Temple, the Ming Yongle Nine-Year (1411) Named Baojue Temple, and the Qing Kangxi Seventeen-Year (1678) Named Hongren Temple, the Great Buddha Temple, also known as Sleeping Buddha Temple, because of the huge statue of lying Buddha in the temple. The Great Buddha Temple now only has such buildings as the Great Buddha Hall, the Tibetan Sutra Pavilion and the Earth Pagoda on the central axis. The Great Buddha Hall is nine rooms (48.3 meters) wide, seven rooms (24.5 meters) deep, 20.2 meters high, two floors, and the top of the double eaves Xie Mountain. There are 31 painted clay sculptures in the hall, which are relics of Xixia Dynasty. The reclining Buddha is 34.5 meters long and is the largest indoor reclining Buddha statue in China. There are ten statues of disciples behind the Buddha, beside which there are statues of Youboyi, Youbosai and 18 Arhats. Tibetan Jingge is 21.3 meters wide and 10.5 meters deep, with a single eave and a hilltop. The earth pagoda, formerly known as the Mituo Thousand Buddha Pagoda, is a brick-and-clay Mizong covered pot Pagoda with a height of 33.37 meters. The Temple houses the largest indoor reclining Buddha in China, the Nirvana image of Buddha Sakyamuni. He sleeps peacefully on the Buddhist altar 1.2 meters high in the middle of the hall. The Buddha is 34.5 meters in length, 7.5 meters in shoulder width, 4 meters in ears and 5.2 meters in foot length. One of the middle fingers of the Buddha can lie down on his back, and eight people can sit side by side on his ears. This shows how huge the statue is. The scenic spots of Dafo Temple are Dafo Temple built in Xixia, Longevity Wooden Pagoda in Sui Dynasty, Mituo Thousand Buddha Pagoda in Ming Dynasty, Bell and Drum Tower and Shanxi Guild Hall in Qing Dynasty, which is famous in Northwest China. The temple has many ancient buildings, towering trees, green grass and beautiful environment.

Zhangye Buddhist Temple

Posted: May 10, 2017
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    Historical value of machinery! There is an irreplaceable role for Buddhist research, and there is a large number of literature! There are several dynasties of various daily necessities, Buddhist supplies, indicating which era, Buddhism is very prosperous in Zhangye!

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    Posted: May 21, 2024
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    The Big Buddha Temple is located in Zhangye City. It is a landmark of Zhangye. It is also a place that can't be missed when you come to Zhangye. The Big Buddha Temple's Big Buddha Hall is dedicated to a body 35 meters long, shoulder width 7.5 meters, ears length about 4 meters, feet length 5.2 meters, and even the middle of the Buddha finger can sleep one person. The largest mud in the country is like a reclining Buddha. The reclining Buddha sleeps in the middle of the hall. The reclining Buddha sleeps on the top of the lotus Buddha altar, with the head pillow on the lotus table, lying sideways, with his eyes half closed and his lips slightly evocative. The natural, peaceful and lifelike appearance makes people calm down immediately after watching. However, the reclining Buddha is not solid, but hollow. There are various scriptures such as the "Da Tibetan Sutra" and stone monuments, bronze Buddha, bronze environment, copper pots and other cultural relics. You can see it in the back halls, which is really shocking. (Photos are prohibited in the hall)

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    Posted: May 6, 2024
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    Zhang Shu, is the throat of the Hexi Corridor, Han Wu Emperor said "Zhang Guo arm", so named Zhang Shu, it can be seen that the Han Empire through Zhang Shu to the west expansion of the strategic ambition [Fu] since it is the throat, in addition to the strategic position, is a prime location for economic and trade, cultural gathering. Founded in Xixia, the Big Buddha Temple, all dynasties have attached great importance to it, constantly repairing and strengthening, the Nirvana Reclining Buddha in the Big Buddha Temple (picture four lower parts, the temple is prohibited to take pictures, the picture comes from the Internet), is the world's largest indoor reclining Buddha statue, Buddha statue smile, lying on the lotus table, giving people a warm feeling, The menace of the Bodhisattva and Luo Han on both sides and behind the protection of the law, the face is majestic, the paintings on the body are still rejuvenated, the dragon pattern on the main hall columns is colorful and lifelike. The white Sheli Tower behind the Great Hall has a typical style of the Buddhist Pagoda Temple in the Western Region (Figure 7). The solemnly standing [Fu] Big Buddha Temple has precious paintings, statues, scriptures, and many of them are relics of the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The prevalence of engraving printing has created conditions for the spread of classics. The most famous is the Beizang scripture printed in Beijing during the Ming Yingzong period, and the emperor personally gave the Great Buddha Temple to treasure [Fu] Xixia, the late Tang Ping Huangchao has merit, the ancestors and grandchildren of the three generations of the Western Region, defeat the Huiqi, establish a regime, although he and the Central Plains Dynasty if they are away, and often with Song, Liao, Mongolia's war broke out, but Confucianism and Buddhism were strongly advocated by the rulers, so this is not a cultural desert. The Ming and Qing Dynasties in the future were in this tea-horse exchange, making the economic and trade culture here more prosperous.

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    Posted: May 4, 2024
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    Zhangye's more distinctive Buddhist temple. In the urban area, it is very close to the hotel where you live. Before going to the Danxia Landform Scenic Area, I took the elderly at home to visit. The sleeping Buddha is very impressive. Someone also explained for free. It is more convenient to buy tickets, and it is very convenient for the elderly to enter and exit. Entering the Buddhist temple, there is no photo taken to watch with a pious heart.

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    Posted: May 3, 2024
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    The statue of Sakyamuni Nirvana Reclining Buddha is very shocking, the temple building is very old, it is best to follow the explanation and stroll around

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    Posted: May 17, 2024
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