Moni Palace

20231024 Morning: 1. Mani Temple is located in Longxing Temple in the scenic spot of 4A. Longxing Temple is the royal temple in the ancient city of Zhengding. It is one of the oldest and best preserved temples in the country. It was built in the six years of the Emperor of the United Kingdom (586), the first famous Longzang Temple, Tang called Longxing Temple, Qing Kangxi 52 years (1713) changed to the current name, the local name is the Big Buddha Temple, the scale is large, divided east, West two roads, covering an area of 90,000 ㎡, the north and south are 600 meters long, and the east and west are 200 meters long. It is known as the "first district of Hainan Baocha". It has 6 national treasures commonly known as "six most". There are famous footprints such as Song Taizu, Qing Kangxi Emperor, Qianlong Emperor, Ouyang Xiu, Liang Sicheng and other famous footprints in history. ① Address: No. 109 Zhongshan East Road, Zhengding County, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province ② Transportation: Direct bus, good driving stop ③ Heavy season: No ④ Time: 4 hours ⑤ Ticket price: 50 yuan 2. Mani Palace was built in the Northern Song Dynasty Huangyou four years (1052), wide 7 into 7, the temple building has the highest gold content, one of the "six most", It is a cross structure of "Baoxia", with double-layer appearance, single-layer interior, 4 entrances, resistant to 7-magnitude earthquakes, and only seen in the Forbidden City (5A) and this temple, which is entered by "History of Chinese Architecture". Inside and outside the hall are: ① Shixiang Furnace: The Song Dynasty sculpture facing the hall, high 1.4 meters, surrounded by pharmacist Buddha and 12 gods ② The front of the hall: the main Sakyamuni mud-plastic gold statue, 1997 gold, both sides are Wenshu and Puxian Bodhisattva ③ East side of the hall: "Twelve Yuanjue Bodhisattva Tu" repainted in the Qing Dynasty, Depicting the western scenery ④ the west side of the hall: the "Eight Bodhisattvas" repainted in the Qing Dynasty, depicting the north side of the hall: relief "colored hanging mountains", long 15.7 meters, high 7.5 meters, is one of the "six most", there are more than 30 Buddha statues, the largest, located in the middle of the Guanyin with Erlang legs, Image secularization, known as the "Oriental beauty god", because it is located on the back of the hall, also known as "backside Guanyin". In the 12th year of the Republic of China (1923), Lu Xun saw her photo in the Yamamoto photo studio opened by Japanese in Beijing. He liked it and bought it. It is now on the four walls of the temple in the former residence of Lu Xun in Beijing: there are Buddhist story murals, all pigments are minerals, so it has not faded for thousands of years.

The Mani Temple is one of the main temples in Zhengding Longxing Temple. It is one of the few and well-preserved ancient buildings in the Song Dynasty. It is very large in size. The structure of the temple and the Buddha statues and murals inside are very exquisite. They are all national treasure-level cultural relics.

The unique layout of the Mani Temple, built in the Northern Song Dynasty, is "ten" type, supported by 72 thick teak trees, and the scale is large. The entire building and the temple are dedicated to the golden body of the Sakyamuni Buddha and murals.

The temple of Mani is a collection of art. The exquisite statue is a sculpture treasure, and the temple is dedicated to the five gold-clad Buddha statues. The center is the statue of Sakyamuni Buddha, solemn and refined. The disciple Jia Ye stands on the left and Anan on the right. The walls of the temple are also full of murals on Buddhist stories, with colorful colors, rigorous structure and smooth lines. However, the most striking thing is the colorful statues of the back wall of the Mani temple, also known as the back seat of the Guanyin.

Mani Temple is one of the main buildings of Longxing Temple. It is located in the front of the central axis. It was first built in Sui Dynasty, and was rebuilt in early Song Dynasty (four years of Huangyou in Northern Song Dynasty, 1052). The total area is 1400 square meters. The structure of the hall is a beam-lifting wooden structure with a cross-shaped plane. The Liangjia structure in the palace is consistent with the Song Dynasty's "Creating French Form" and the general plane of the palace still preserves the Song Dynasty style. The unique architecture of Mani Hall is an isolated example in China, which is one of the six unique features of Longxing Temple. Mani Hall is a collection of various arts. Exquisite statues can be called sculpture gems. Five gold-decorated statues of Buddha are worshipped on the Buddhist altar in the temple. In the middle is the statue of Sakyamuni Buddha, solemn and dignified, wise and free from vulgarity. On the left side stood disciple Gaye, holding his fist in both hands, honest and serious. On the right side, disciple Ananda stood with his hands together, wise and pious, showing the superb skills of the craftsmen of the Song Dynasty. The walls of the temple are also covered with murals with Buddhist stories. They are colorful, well-structured and smooth in line. However, the most striking is the multicoloured statue of Guanyin behind the back wall of the inner groove of Mani Hall, also known as the sitting Guanyin. Instead of sitting on the lotus terrace, holding the image of a bottle, she leisurely sits in the middle of the mountains, clouds lingering in the clouds, springs gushing in the colorful hanging mountains. Wearing a crown, the scarf hung from the front of the shoulder and floated out around the arms. Head slightly right, body slightly forward, left foot stepping on colorful lotus, right foot kneeling over the left leg. Gently stroke the left wrist with the right hand around the knee. Beautiful face, quiet manner, bent and long slender eyebrows, Phoenix eyes slightly open, slightly overlooking. The statue is 3.4 meters tall, proportionally proportionate, elegant and dignified, with gentle feminine style. To integrate religious concepts with typical images in secular life is called the most beautiful Guanyin image in the world. The second image is the second unique of Longxing Temple.