Foguang mountain

Foguang mountain is the most famous Buddhist holy land in Taiwan. The temple buildings on the mountain are magnificent in scale and famous for their huge sculptures. The most prominent sign is that the golden body is connected with the leading Buddha. The leading Buddha's left hand is drooping in the shape of a bow, his right hand is raised to the shoulder, his palm is forward, and his fingers are upward, which means "connecting with heaven". In addition, there is an impressive Buddha memorial hall, with eight pagodas on both sides, and huge Buddha statues sitting behind the main hall. From the lunar new year to the Lantern Festival is the busiest season in Foguang mountain. The mountain is full of lanterns, and there is a sea of lanterns at night. This tradition does not disappear because of the closure of the mountain. You can enjoy the lanterns during the 15 day opening period.

Foguang mountain

Foguang mountain, located in the northeast of Dashu Township, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan, China, is a famous Buddhist resort at home and abroad, known as "Buddha capital of Southern Taiwan". In 1967 (56), it was founded by the disciples led by master Da de Xingyun, a contemporary eminent monk. It is the largest Buddhist monastery in Taiwan.

FoGuangShan has set up a Buddhist University to carry forward the theory of "human Buddhism" advocated by master Xingyun. It has developed into the most popular and famous Buddhist holy land in Taiwan.

General situation

FoGuangShan is the largest Buddhist temple in Taiwan. To promote the "human Buddhism", master Xingyun, the founder of FoGuangShan, built it brick by brick and became the most popular and famous Buddhist holy land in Taiwan.

After long-term repair, the temple has a grand scale, with four main buildings, namely, Da Xiong hall, Da Bei hall, Da Zhi hall and Da Yuan hall, scattered in the park. The main hall covers an area of 1800 square meters. It is the largest hall in the garden, with three Buddhas in it. They are all more than 20 feet high and solemn. There are 14800 small niches on the four walls of the main hall, which make the main hall more solemn and sacred under the illumination of ten thousand lights.

In addition to the main temple buildings, the most distinctive feature of Foguang mountain is the big Buddha city, which is 120 feet high and reflects thousands of golden lights under the sunlight. It is the landmark of Foguang mountain, surrounded by 480 small golden Buddha statues, with a solemn scene. In addition, the Museum of Buddhist cultural relics has collected thousands of Buddhist cultural relics at all times and in all over the world. It is worth visiting when you have the opportunity to go up the mountain.

From the lunar new year to the Lantern Festival is the busiest season in Foguang mountain. The mountain is full of lanterns, and there is a sea of lanterns at night. This tradition does not disappear because of the closure of the mountain. People can take advantage of the 15 day opening period to enjoy the lanterns.

Style layout

The temple building is grand in scale and famous for its huge sculpture group. Foguang mountain is originally a barren mountain, which is composed of five hills shaped like lotus petals. It has the conditions of pure land of Buddhism. In design, it imitates the four famous Buddhist mountains in mainland China. After long-term repair, the temple has a grand scale, with four main buildings, namely, Da Xiong hall, Da Bei hall, Da Zhi hall and Da Yuan hall, scattered in the park. The main hall covers an area of 1800 square meters. It is the largest hall in the garden, with three Buddhas in it. They are all more than 20 feet high and solemn. There are 14800 small niches on the four walls of the main hall, which make the main hall more solemn and sacred under the illumination of ten thousand lights. On the four walls of the main hall, which are set off by candlelight, there are about 15000 Golden Buddha statues, large and small, with exquisite shape and gentle expression. It is mainly composed of Daxiong hall, Dabei hall, Dazhi hall and Dashuo hall. The majestic Daxiong hall covers a wide area and is dedicated to Sakyamuni Buddha. The Dabei hall is dedicated to Guanyin, and there are more than 10000 Guanyin statues around the temple. There are 14800 small holes on the walls of the fourth hall, each with a Buddha statue and a light lamp.

The most prominent sign of Foguang mountain is the gold body connecting with the leading Buddha. The leading Buddha's left hand droops in the shape of greeting, his right hand is raised to the shoulder, his palm is forward, and his fingers are upward, which means "connecting with heaven". The whole body of the Buddha is covered with gold. Every time it is set against the sunrise and sunset, you can see the golden light and dazzling. There are a circle of Buddha with the same appearance and posture on the platform at the foot of the Great Buddha. From the release pool at the foot of the mountain to the two sides in front of the Great Buddha, there are also 480 Buddha statues larger than those of real people. According to statistics, they are all plated with gold. They are magnificent and solemn. It's like joining the Buddha kingdom.

Behind dajieyin temple is FoGuangShan temple complex. The main hall is located in the middle of each hall. There are three big Buddha statues about 7 meters high in the hall. In the center is the Buddha kamuni, the leader of SopA world, on the right is Amitabha, the leader of Western Paradise, and on the left is the pharmacist Buddha, the leader of Oriental glass world. There are 14600 niches on the four walls of the main hall, each of which is dedicated to a small Buddha statue. There are small lamps in front of the Buddha. In the hall, 14600 long-standing lamps reflect a big Buddha, which is resplendent and resplendent. The style of the niches makes all Buddhist temples in Taiwan out of reach. Located on the right side of the main hall is the great compassion hall, which is 20 meters high. In the hall, a 7-meter-high Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva is worshipped. On the four walls of the hall, there are 10000 shrines dedicated to 10000 small Avalokitesvara statues. The hall is full of merciful Avalokitesvara Bodhisattvas, so it is also called "the great mercy Hall of Ten Thousand Buddhas". The hall of great wisdom stands opposite to the hall of great compassion, in which Manjusri Bodhisattva is worshipped. It is said that he once said for all living beings, so he is called "great wisdom". There are also two "invisible" buildings in Foguang mountain, namely "Buddhist relics exhibition hall" (Dayuan Hall) and "pure land cave kiln" (Paradise), famous for "pure land cave kiln". The so-called "pure land cave kiln" is a cave dug from the foot of the mountain into the belly of the mountain. The right cave goes in and the left cave comes out, forming a "?" shaped tunnel inside. There are 1250 Buddha statues and preaching scenes. The cave walls are painted with the imaginative shapes of the western three saints and other paradise, which is extremely rare in Chinese temple architecture. The building area of the main halls is more than 500000 square meters. Although they have different styles, they are magnificent and solemn.

Kaishan patriarch

brief introduction

Master Xingyun, a native of Jiangdu, Jiangsu Province, was born in 1927. At the age of 12, he became a monk in lizhikai, Nanjing. In 1957, the Buddhist cultural service office was established and later changed to Foguang publishing house. In 1967, Foguang mountain was founded to carry forward "human Buddhism" as its religious style, set up the tenet of "carrying forward Buddhism by culture, cultivating talents by education, benefiting society by charity, and purifying people's heart by common cultivation", and committed to promoting Buddhism education, culture, charity, and Dharma promotion, integrating the past with the present, drafting rules and regulations, so as to bring Buddhism to a new milestone of modernization. More than 200 temples have been established around the world, such as Xilai, Nantian and Nanhua temples, which are respectively the largest Buddhist temples in North America, Australia and Africa. It also founded nine art galleries, 26 libraries, publishing houses, 12 bookstores, more than 50 Chinese schools, 16 Buddhist jungle colleges, and Zhiguang, Pumen, juntou complete primary and secondary schools, as well as Xilai, Taiwan Foguang, Nanhua and Nantian universities in Australia. In 2006, Xilai University officially became a member of WASC, the first university in the United States founded by a Chinese and awarded the honor. Since 1970, we have successively set up a nursery, a Buddhist house, a compassion foundation, a Yunshui hospital and a Buddhist clinic to assist the Kaohsiung County Government in setting up apartments for the elderly. Together with the Fuhui foundation, we have set up dozens of Buddhist Primary and secondary schools and Buddhist hospitals in mainland China to raise children and support the poor.

works

In 1976, the Journal of Foguang was founded. The following year, the Foguang Tripitaka Editing Committee was established to compile the Foguang Tripitaka and the Foguang dictionary. In 1997, he published the classic treasure of Chinese Buddhist vernacular and the CD-ROM version of the Buddhist dictionary, established the Buddhist satellite TV (now renamed human satellite TV), and co organized the national radio station in Taichung. In 2000, he founded the first daily of Buddhism, human blessing. In 2001, he transformed Pumen magazine, which has been published for more than 20 years, into bimonthly journal of Journal of Pumen. At the same time, he set up the fazang library to collect master's and doctoral theses on Buddhism from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and Chinese theses from all over the world, and compiled 100 volumes of Chinese Buddhist academic classics and 100 volumes of Chinese Buddhist cultural treatises.

His works include the biography of Sakyamuni, the lecture collection of master Xingyun, the series of Buddhist books, the textbook of Buddha light, the hundred sayings of the past, the praying article of Buddha light, between the mystics, the thoughts of contemporary people, the series of human Buddhism, the quotations of human Buddhism, etc., and have been translated into more than ten kinds of English, Japanese, German, French, Spanish, Korean, Thai and Portuguese Language, circulating all over the world.

activity

Master education is extensive, including more than 1000 monks from all over the world, and millions of believers all over the world. All his life, he promoted human Buddhism, advocated the idea of "Earth man", and carried forward many ideas, such as joy and harmony, unity and symbiosis, respect and tolerance, equality and peace, nature and life, perfection and freedom, public right and public wrong, dedication and development, consciousness and practice of Buddhism. In 1991, the international society of Buddha light was established and promoted to be the president of the World Federation. In five continents, more than 170 national and regional associations were established, making it the largest organization of Chinese in the world. The ideal of "the light of Buddha shines on three thousand worlds, and the water of France flows on five continents" is realized. In 2003, it was approved by the United Nations that the world member conference was held in FoGuangShan, Taipei Chung Cheng gymnasium, Hong Kong Hung Hom gymnasium, Los Angeles Music Center, Toronto constellation Hotel, Vancouver University of British Columbia Peace Memorial, Sydney Darling Harbor Convention Center, Paris International Conference Center, Tokyo International Conference Center, etc And officially joined the United Nations non governmental organization (NGO).

honor

In addition to winning awards and praises at all levels in China, the master is also well-known internationally,

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