Guanyin Hall

Guanyin Hall

Guanyintang is located on a small hill 7.5km west of Datong City. It was built in Liao Dynasty. It was destroyed by war. In 1122 ad, the Jin soldiers captured Datong, and the Guanyin hall was destroyed again. The existing building was rebuilt in 1651 A.D. in the 8th year of Shunzhi, and has been repaired many times. In January 1996, it was announced as a provincial cultural relics protection unit. There are many Guanyin halls in other parts of China.

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Shanxi

da tong

The layout of the temple is compact. The stage, Guanyin hall, Sanzhen hall and Taidian pavilions are arranged from front to back along the central axis. The structure of the gate is a brick door with the words "Guanyintang" written on the forehead. A stage, sitting south to north, is built at the entrance of the cave 8 meters above the ground. Under the cave is the ancient road for chariots, horses and people. The stage and the main hall (Guanyin Hall) are separated from each other by the waist wall and enter the waist gate. There are bell and Drum Tower platforms and stele corridors on both sides. The main hall is three rooms wide and two rooms deep. The top of the hall is a suspended mountain style, covered with glazed tiles. In order to expand the Buddhist activity space, a new building was built in the hall. In the center of the hall is a 6-meter-high stone statue of Avalokitesvara, with a corolla leading to the roof. There are two 2-meter-high stone statues standing on both sides of Guanyin. These statues are all decorated with gold powder and were made in the Liao Dynasty. There are ten Ming kings standing on both sides of the hall. There are also 24 paintings on the wall, telling the story of Guanyin Bodhisattva's rescue. In front of the temple, there is a glass screen wall with three dragons. It is the only double-sided screen wall in Datong City. It is a relic of the Ming Dynasty. On the cliff in the west of the temple is engraved the word "Buddha" with two hooks, which is three meters square. According to the research, it is a relic of the Liao Dynasty. (the picture shows the three dragon walls in front of Guanyin hall in Datong)

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Guanyintang is located in liangjiazhuang, 5 kilometers northwest of Changzhi, Shanxi Province. It is a temple built in the Ming Dynasty. Guanyin hall faces south. I didn't see the temple when I entered the gate. I only saw a small mound with desolate grass and wild flowers. In the west, there is a small arch bridge with two pools of water leaking. It passes through the middle gate of the bridge and is paved with green bricks. It is still empty and there is no temple. No king's hall to the East. It's full of twists and turns, ethereal and deep feeling. Tianwang hall is the front hall of Guanyin hall. In fact, the front and back doors have long been used as passageways. There are bell and drum towers on both sides. You can climb up the stairs and have a panoramic view of the four fields. Out of the palace of heavenly king, there are three auxiliary halls in the north and the south, facing each other from left to right, and the layout of the roof is rigorous. The back hall is Guanyin hall. There is a large carved plaque hanging on the door of the hall, which is the three characters of "Guanyintang" written by Gao Qin, the Minister of military affairs in the winter of the 10th year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty. Guanyin hall naturally worships Guanyin Bodhisattva.

The position of Bodhisattva in the Buddhist kingdom is second only to the Buddha, also known as "great master". Their duty is to help Buddha to deliver all living beings to the paradise, get rid of all troubles and be happy forever. Guanyin, also known as Guanyin, is the first Bodhisattva in the Buddhist world, also known as "Guanzi Zi" and "Guanyin master". In Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin's name was taboo, so the word "Shi" was omitted and it was called Guanyin. "Avalokitesvara" means that when all living beings are suffering and recite their names, Bodhisattvas will "observe" the voice and immediately rescue them. Perhaps because of this, Guanyin Bodhisattva is more widely known among the Chinese people than Sakyamuni, the Tathagata Buddha. In the journey to the West written by Wu Chengen, a writer of the Ming Dynasty, as long as Tang monks and disciples are in trouble, Guanyin will reach out to help each other. Maybe it's the "God" in the text. The image of Guanyin Bodhisattva is getting bigger and bigger. In many temples, Guanyin stands in pavilions with a jade tree facing the wind, holding a willow branch in one hand and a bottle in the other. Or sit down, hands together, face dignified, Yiran everyone sacred. But Guanyin here is unique. She sat on the lotus platform with a kind face and eyes. Her body was slightly forward, her eyes were looking down. Her left arm was naturally straight, her left leg was drooping, and she stepped on the tail of Linlin beast, her right leg was bent, and her right hand was resting on her knee. It seems that she is not an immortal. Instead, she is a pretty daughter-in-law who is tired of going back to her mother's home to visit her relatives. She is sitting on a stone beside the road and taking a rest. This is in sharp contrast to the solemn, devout and solemn Manjusri and Puxian who sit on her left and right sides with one palm standing on her chest. There are eighteen Arhats on the north and south sides of Guanyin hall, nine in the East and nine in the West. Some are ferocious and blue faced, while others are quiet and dignified, gentle and elegant, with different expressions. What's interesting is that the Tatu Maitreya Buddha, the legal successor of Sakyamuni Buddha and the future Buddha of the Buddha Kingdom, who "can tolerate the things that are difficult to tolerate in the world; laugh when he opens his mouth and laugh at the ridiculous people in the world", somehow falls down to his status and wanders around the corner of the eighteen Arhats' seats, holding the golden boy and the lady of the tower with one hand and enjoying himself there. On the eighteen Arhats are the 24 heavens. They are Dharma protectors in the Buddhist kingdom. Among these immortals are the four heavenly kings, the empress of sending children, and the Lord of hell. It is said that she was a pregnant shepherdess, who had been cheated into miscarriage and vowed to eat up all the children in the world. Later, she was reborn as a medicine fork girl. She gave birth to 500 children and made a living by eating other people's children every day. Knowing this, the Tathagata Buddha hid one of her children. She was very sad and asked the Buddha to return her children. The Buddha said, "you have 500 children who are still distressed, but if you eat other people's children, you won't be distressed." the medicine fork girl woke up from her dream and repented, and immediately went to Buddhism. Because she was a prolific mother, the people respected her as a mother to send her children. However, she is tolerant and generous about her "faltering" experience, which can be regarded as "the boundless power of Buddha's grace". Then there is the twelve Yuanjue Bodhisattvas, who are the disciples of the Buddha and the young Buddhists. Indeed, they are different from the gods. They are respectable and dignified. There are three statues on the top of the beam in the center of the hall. In the middle is Sakyamuni Buddha, Lao Tzu on the left and Confucius on the right. It is a marvel that all the sacred things believed in in ancient Chinese society are gathered together and sutured together. In addition, the walls, pillars, beams and shelves of the temple are filled with figures from various walks of life, including Tianfu holy land, GUIDIAN Orchid Pavilion, Qionglou Yuyu and the three religions. Nearly a thousand statues of different sizes are lifelike. The most amazing thing is that these statues are connected only by the horizontal pillars behind them, suspended in the air on all sides, and surrounded by auspicious clouds, which makes them feel like a fairyland in heaven. Out of Guanyin hall, there is a small stone tablet embedded in the wall on the left side of the gate, recording the whole story of the empty hall. According to records: in the ninth year of Wanli (1581 AD), Liang Shuilu, a farmer in liangjiazhuang village, Erli, hengzhangdu, Changzhi County, Lu'an Prefecture, had to sell his 12 mu land for 2500 yuan because his family was poor. The neighbor Chang Chaorun bought the land. In the 10th year of Wanli, local people raised funds to build the Guanyin hall. There is an ancient pine tree in the middle of the courtyard. It is several feet high, tall and straight, with a cloud like canopy. The trunk can only be encircled by two people. As the sun sets and the evening wind rises, it seems to tell a long story. Touching the stripped trunk, you can discern the deep impression left by history.

On June 25, 2001, as an ancient building of Ming Dynasty, Guanyin hall was approved by the State Council to be listed in the fifth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

Guangdong

Chaozhou

Guanyin hall, also known as Bodhi jingshe, is located at No.14 Guangao Lane in Chaozhou City, Guangdong Province. It was built in the Wanli period of Ming Dynasty (1573-1619), rebuilt by Fang Yao (from Puning county) in the first year of Guangxu period of Qing Dynasty (1875), and used by Beima primary school during the cultural revolution. In 1998, it was recovered and managed by the municipal Buddhist Association. In 1999, it was rebuilt by Shi Daoyuan, vice president of Xiangqiao Buddhist Association.

The stone gate of Guanyin hall in Ming Dynasty still exists.

In the second year of Xianfeng (1852) of the Qing Dynasty, there were three years of torrential rain in Chaozhou counties, which caused widespread disasters and was also worth the war of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. In 1854, Wu Zhongshu and others attacked Xiakeng, entered Guanshan and Longtian, and besieged Chenghai City. Under the influence of natural disasters and wars, the hall was abandoned because there was no permanent resident until 1939-1945 when the Japanese invaders occupied.

During the "Cultural Revolution", the "Red Guards" broke through the four old ways, and all the statues of deities and Buddhas in the temples and nunneries were copied and piled up in the Zhaitang school. With the end of the "Cultural Revolution" in 1976, bringing order out of chaos and freedom of belief, the nunnery was restored and completed in 1985 and reported to the Religious Bureau for approval. In 1999, a two-story Buddha Pavilion and reception hall were built after the original Buddha Hall, with a total construction area of about 600 square meters.

Guanyin hall, also known as Puji Buddhist temple, is located in the main road of the Deputy General of the United States. It is one of the three Buddhist temples in Macao with large scale, long history and magnificent architecture. Built in the late Ming Dynasty, about 360 years ago, the temple is majestic in appearance, deep into the three entrances, and connected with several temples. It has the characteristics of Chinese famous mountains and ancient temples. The main hall is opposite to the Buddhist temple. It is majestic and grand. It worships three statues of the three precious Buddhas. All of them are eight feet in gold. One of them is Sakyamuni. Enter the main hall, Guanyin hall, worship Guanyin master lotus platform, camphor wood sculpture. The eighteen Arhats are arranged on both sides of the main hall, with fine carving and vivid modeling. Guanyin hall is the main hall of the Buddhist temple. During the birthday of Guanyin, the hall is full of incense and there are an endless stream of good men and women. Guanyintang was also the place where China and the United States signed the unequal Sino US Wangxia treaty in 1844.

Foshan

Baolin Temple (Guanyin Hall), originally known as liubo'an, was built in 942 A.D., the first year of Guangtian, the Southern Han Dynasty, in the late Tang and Five Dynasties. Before the Song Dynasty, it was mainly dedicated to Guanyin.

Guanyin Hall of Baolin temple covers an area of 10000 square meters

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