Ten thousand Buddha Hall

Ten thousand Buddha Hall

Wanfo hall is also known as "Longquan Temple", formerly known as "Longquan Temple". Located in Fenghuangling, Fangshan District, Beijing, the site was first established in the Tang Dynasty.

Historical evolution

There is the famous kongshui cave under the ten thousand Buddha Hall. It is a huge karst cave developed in the Ordovician limestone area. It was originally called "shuilian cave". Because an old man from the biqiu River founded the ten thousand Buddha Hall in Xuanzong period of Tang Dynasty, it was renamed "kongshui cave of ten thousand Buddha Hall". There is a spring in the cave, and the water is turbulent.

On the wall of the cave are the sutras carved in 614 and the statues of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Most of the sutras are drowned in water. The Tang Wanfo hall has long been abandoned. Several ancient architectural relics and several Ming and Qing stone tablets are scattered beside the water hole of Wanfo hall. The existing Longquan Hall of Ten Thousand Buddhas is a reconstructed beamless building in the Ming Dynasty. The three walls of the hall are inlaid with white jade reliefs engraved in the fifth year of the Tang Dynasty (770), which are vivid and lifelike.

Layout structure

The statue of Sakyamuni Buddha sitting in the center and the statue of Manjusri Bodhisattva riding lion and the oak of Puxian Bodhisattva riding lion are carved on both sides.

Before and after the king, God, such as waiters. Or hands together, or offer flowers and treasures, different forms. Among them, the relief of Yuetian is the most exquisite. Heaven and man play all kinds of musical instruments with full muscles and free form. It is a masterpiece of carving art in the Tang Dynasty.

The original two huge stone gates of kongshui cave have long disappeared,

Only a stone beam with a width of about 20 feet lies across the entrance of the cave. People can cross the stone beam, cling to the wall of the cave, and cross the long and narrow Chuandong to the entrance of Qiulian cave. There are two stone Buddha statues on the stone wall at the end of the Chuandong cave, as well as the "Lotus Sutra. Guanyin Pumen 24pin" carved Sutra. These precious stone carvings of Sui and Tang dynasties can be clearly identified up to now.

In dry season, people can walk through the "water curtain cave" to enter the first large cave hall, and then they have to take a boat to feel the "underwater cave". There are three cave halls in the cave, among which the third one is the most spectacular. In front of the hall, a row of stalactites are low over the water. Behind the hall, there are crystal white stone flowers. On the south side of the hall, there is a "big crocodile" guarding the entrance of the "nine labyrinth". Visitors can't help clapping their hands.

Research value

On the hills near the cave, there are two Huata of Liao Dynasty and one brick pagoda of Yuan Dynasty. There are inscriptions on the Huata, such as "the sixth year of Xianyong" and "the seventh year of shouchang", which provide material materials for studying the age of Huata in China. There are three Wanfo halls in China: Beijing Wanfo hall, Yixian Wanfo hall and Hong Kong Wanfo hall.

architectural style

Huata is built on the northwest side of Wanfo hall. The plane of the tower is octagonal, single-layer brick structure, which is composed of three parts: tower base, tower body and tower top. The tower base is a typical Liao tower, which is composed of xumizuo and wooden imitation flat seat. The four facades of the octagonal tower body are built with a ticket gate, and the south gate can enter the chamber of the tower. The other three sides are false doors. On the outer wall of the pagoda are relief images of Bodhisattvas and strongmen. The vertical windows are built on the four inclined planes of the tower.

On the top of the pagoda, there is a waist eaves and a flat seat. Above the flat seat, there is a magnificent big pagoda. The shape of the pagoda is like a bamboo shoot, and its outline is arc-shaped. Its surface is made of bricks to form eight layers of niches. The lowest layer imitates the city wall, and has gates and towers. The upper seven layers are all single-layer niches. There are Buddha statues in the niches. Under the niches, there are niches in the form of round carved lions and elephants. The upper and lower niches overlap each other, with gradual and rhythmic patterns. The top is the brake top, which has been destroyed.

Most of the pagodas are popular in northern China, and there are still seven or eight. The origin of the word "Huata" may be due to the fact that this kind of Tasha is very fat and decorated, just like a blooming flower stick, which is famous as Huata. After careful examination, we can find that the decorative theme has a certain Buddhist connotation, that is to say, it shows the "Lotus World" in which pilushena Buddha lives.

Religious significance

According to legend, in this world, the Buddha of pilushana can incarnate into a thousand Sakyamuni and live separately in the great world. Each niche in huatatacha represents an incarnation of pilushana Buddha and constitutes the lotus world. According to the meaning of Buddhism, this kind of tower is called "Hua tower". It can be said that the shape of the pagoda is that the pagoda architecture began to get rid of the shackles of the imitation wood structure form, and strive to express the religious consciousness, thus opening the way of artistic innovation of the pagoda.

Address: cijiajia street, Hebei town, Fangshan District, Beijing

Longitude: 115.97030639648

Latitude: 39.7818946838

Tel: 010-65130828

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