Jialan Hall

Jialan Hall

Jialan hall is the general name of the temple and the representative image of Buddhist Jialan God. In a narrow sense, "Kalan God" refers to the guardian God of Kalan land; in a broad sense, "Kalan God" refers to all the good gods who support Buddhism. The statue of Kalan Bodhisattva we see is wearing a broad dark green robe with a round collar, and a piece of armor is hung on the chest, showing the gorgeous and rich spirit. In addition to flying dragon patterns on the front of the abdomen and knees, there are also cloud patterns scattered on the robe body, and petal patterns on the sleeve edge and hem, decorated with red and orange. There's a robe on it.

Introduction to architecture

The east side of the main hall is the Jialan hall.

Usually, the main halls such as Shanmen hall, Tianwang hall, Daxiong hall and cangjing pavilion are distributed in the middle, and the bell tower, Drum Tower, Jialan hall and zushi hall are arranged symmetrically on both sides.

Jialan hall is generally for Jialan.

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Kalan is the provincial name of sanghalammo, Yiyun Zhongyuan. When Sakyamuni Buddha was alive, there was an old man named xudaduo in shewei state who could give alms to the poor. People called him a lonely old man. It is said that he wanted to invite the Buddha to Shewei kingdom to preach enlightenment, so he chose a place for the Buddha and his disciples to live with him. After much consideration, he chose only a few gardens for the prince of shewei. But the prince had no intention of selling the garden, so he said to the lonely elder, "if you can fill my garden with gold, I will sell it to you." For the lonely elderly, I really did. The crown prince was so moved that he asked for less of his gold to buy back the trees. They invited Buddha to live together. This is the famous tree only garden in India. Later, King bosni, the king of Shawei, also believed in Buddhism and made a lot of contributions to the establishment of Buddhism. Therefore, in the middle of the Galan Hall of the temple for future generations is the king of Persia, on the left is the crown prince, and on the right is for the lonely elders, in memory of their merits in protecting Buddhism.

Guardian God of Kalan

In a narrow sense, Kalan refers to the guardian God of the land; in a broad sense, it refers to all the good gods who support Buddhism. According to the seven Buddhas and eight Bodhisattvas mantra Sutra, the Buddhist God Kalan is the God who protects Kalan (Temple). Buddha said that there are eighteen gods to protect Galan, namely, Meiyin, fanyin, Tiangu, tanmiao, tanmei, momiao, Leiyin, Shizi, miaotan, Fanxiang, renyin, Buddhist slave, Songde, Guangmu, Miaoyu, penetrating listening, penetrating seeing and universal seeing.. It is represented by the image of Kalan bodhisattva (Guan Gong). Since the Tang and Song dynasties in China, there has been a custom of worshiping the God of Kalan in the Buddhist temples. "Shi Shi Yao Lan" says: "the temple has 18 gods to protect, and the residents should also encourage themselves. They should not be lazy, for fear that they will be reported." However, there are countless Karan temples in the world. How can they be guarded by only 18 gods? The book also says: "all gods have countless dependents, even if they are appointed as guardians."

In the daily morning and evening chanting in the Taoist temple, "Galan Zan" will be recited: the Galan master, who is powerful in the temple, inherits the Buddha's imperial edict and loses all sincerity; he supports the Fawang City, who is the Han and the Ping, and the Fancha is always peaceful. In order to appreciate the great merits and virtues of Dharma protection and teaching of Kalan Bodhisattva.

However, in China's Buddhist temples, Jialan hall is sometimes used by Guan Gong. The statue of Kalan Bodhisattva we see is wearing a broad dark green robe with a round collar, and a piece of armor is hung on the chest, showing the gorgeous and rich spirit. In addition to flying dragon patterns on the front of the abdomen and knees, there are also cloud patterns scattered on the robe body, and petal patterns on the sleeve edge and hem, decorated with red and orange. There's a robe on it.

Guan Gong and Jialan God

Guan Gong (or emperor Guan) was originally a historical figure from Shu Han of Three Kingdoms. He was a general under Liu Bei. He was famous for his upright personality. Later, he was killed by Sun Quan when he attacked Cao Wei in the north. Later, Guan Yu was worshipped as a God to drive out danger. In the Northern Song Dynasty, he was worshipped as a Taoist God. Buddhism gradually became popular and integrated various beliefs, He also regarded Guandi as a god of worship, known as "Jialan Bodhisattva".

Since modern times, Guandi (Guanyu) has always been regarded as the God of Kalan in Chinese Buddhism. It is said that master sophist, the founder of Tiantai Sect in the Sui Dynasty, once entered Ding at Yuquan mountain in Jingzhou. In Ding, he heard from the air: "return my head! Give me back my head It turned out that Guan Yu's head was cut off by the enemy. He was angry and looked for his head everywhere. The wise master asked: "you used to chop off the heads of others. Why don't you pay them back today?" He also talked about Buddhism. At the moment, Guan Yu felt ashamed, and asked the wise master to teach him three conversions and five commandments. He became an official Buddhist disciple and vowed to be the Dharma protector of Buddhism.

Since then, Guan Yu, a hero who has been highly respected by Chinese people for more than a thousand years, and Wei Tuo Bodhisattva, have been called the two great Dharma protectors of Buddhism. Jialan Bodhisattva is the right Dharma protector, and Wei Tuo Bodhisattva is the left Dharma protector.

History of Buddhism

Buddhism is a kind of religion originated in ancient India. It has a unique way of observation and thinking about society and life. Buddhism was introduced into China at the end of the Western Han Dynasty and was regarded as a kind of alchemy at that time. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, Taoists attached to the idea that Laozi was a barbarian, which was a deliberate derogation of Buddhism by Taoism. With the wide spread of Buddhism and the gradual increase of believers, and in the northern and Southern Dynasties, the upper corrupt religion was not willing to belittle itself, and started a big debate with Taoism from the origin to the doctrine, and even gained the upper hand. However, Buddhism, after all, is a foreign religion. To take root in China, we must compromise with Chinese traditional culture and sinicize Buddhism. Huisi, the third patriarch of Tiantai Sect in the Southern Dynasty, tried to connect Buddhism with Taoism, so as to combine the two into one. Master Zhikai, a disciple of Huisi and the actual founder of Tiantai Sect, has a common surname of Chen. His father was granted Marquis of Yiyang in Nanliang. Zhikai's background makes him have a deep understanding of Chinese culture. At the same time, he is proficient in Buddhism, so he can find a suitable foothold for the Sinicization of Buddhism. When Buddhism was introduced to China, it had been popular in India for hundreds of years and formed many sects. The introduction into China was not carried out according to the order of sectarian origin, but was carried out at the same time. Although they all claimed that the sutra was originally said by Sakyamuni himself, they contradicted each other. Zhikai's judgment of the five seasons and eight religions not only integrates the doctrinal disputes of various sects, but also defines the self worshipped fahua Scripture as the last Scripture of Buddhism, which elevates the status of this sect. This is a great contribution of Zhikai to this sect and Buddhism. During the reign of Southern Chen Guangda, Zhikai traveled to Yuquan mountain in Dangyang, where he saw mountains as blue as orchids and purple clouds as cover. When you go to the mountain, you can see a thousand monsters at night. A great God enters the beautiful beard and talks with him. He calls himself general Guan Yunchang of the Han Dynasty. "If you feel like learning from Taoism, you can give up this mountain as a Taoist school to protect Buddhism.". Zhikai gave Guan Yu five precepts to protect the Dharma forever. This story is made up by Zhi Kai. The purpose is to make use of the folk superstition about Guan Gong's manifesting spirit, list Guan Gong as the protector of Buddhism, and promote the spread of Buddhism among the people. This is the basis for later generations to include Guan Gong in Jialan Ye. This combines Buddhism with traditional Chinese culture. This is another contribution of Zhikai to Buddhism. Zhikai's contribution made Tiantai Sect of Buddhism the most popular and lasting sect.

Hall decoration

Decorated with crystal carved glass frescoes and freehand brushwork mountains throughout the whole picture, the paper shows the arduous journey of Buddhism from the western regions to China. On the wall behind the statue is the full text of forty two chapters Sutra written by calligrapher Liu Taihao; on the left is the picture of "White Horse Temple", the statue of the venerable moteng and zhufalan, and the praise of Kalan Bodhisattva, which tells the meaning of Buddhism from the west to the East: in the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Ming emperor sent people from the west to receive the Sutra

Jialan hall photographed two venerable monks, moteng and zhufalan, who came to the East with white horse carrying scriptures, built a temple to translate scriptures and promote Buddhism, so they named China's first ancient temple Baima temple. Forty two chapters Sutra is the first Buddhist Sutra in China, which was translated by two venerable people in Baima temple. The "Kalan Zan" is the chant of the monks every evening. By praising the great merits of Kalan Bodhisattva's Dharma protection and teaching, it can alert the heart to accept the Buddha's Dharma and continue the Buddha's wisdom.

The crystal carved glass on the wall also depicts "Zhongtai Zen temple architecture", which expresses "the meaning of Jialan": "building a boat in a bitter sea is the branch of the root of faith". Jialan is a temple. Through the temple, we can learn how to practice good and evil, wake up from the pain and worry, understand how to purify the body and mind, and then push ourselves to others, so as to make the society more peaceful. The modern architecture of Jialan, Zhongtai Buddhist temple, shoulders the mission of inheriting the Buddhist dharma, carrying forward the Buddha's three thousand years of positive knowledge and views, so as to guide the people's heart, turn the public from darkness and sorrow to light and compassion, and achieve the vision of popularizing the masses and purifying the people's heart.

Guan Gong used to be a loyal and righteous general. He vowed to die as if he would return home. He was finally hurt by others. Because of his deep persistence, he was not relieved after his death. Fortunately, he was enlightened by Zen master. Now he looked back and realized his mind and nature. For thousands of years, the injustice that he had not solved immediately disappeared. He vowed to support the Dharma and subdue the demons. Now he became a Dharma protector Bodhisattva and became the God of Kalan in Chinese Buddhism.

The crystal glass on the left side of the hall is carved with the holy images of Baima temple and the venerable photographers of moteng and zhufalan, which shows the origin of China's first Buddhist temple and the first Buddhist sutra forty two chapters.

On the crystal glass on the left side of the hall, according to the Buddha's shadow line engraving, the statues of two venerable figures, shemoteng and zhufalan, are respectfully carved.

Jialan is the Dharma God who guards the temple. The folk call it Jialan Zunwang and Jialan qiansui《

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