Dabaoen Temple Ruins Park

Dabaoen Temple Ruins Park

Dabaoen Temple Heritage Park is located outside Zhonghua Gate, Qinhuai District, Nanjing city. It is the highest specification, largest scale and most complete preserved Temple site in China. The Heritage Park protectively displays the Millennium underground palace and precious Gallery of Dabaoen Temple site, as well as world-class national treasures such as Shihan, Tiehan, Qibao Ayu tower, gold coffin and silver coffin unearthed from the underground palace. It is the Qinhuai scenery belt of Confucius Temple Important components.

The high-profile glazed Pagoda in the Heritage Park was not rebuilt in accordance with the original historical form, but reappeared in the form of a light steel framed glass protective tower. On the premise of complete protection of the site, it was endowed with symbolic meaning and connotation, leaving everyone with unlimited imagination of the past macro structure and grand scene.

The whole site park covers an area of about 140000 square meters. The first phase is the core area of Dabaoen Temple site park, including site protection area, Dabaoen Temple Site Museum, Dabaoen pagoda, etc. it will offer induction relic, display Millennium national treasures such as Shihan, Tiehan, Qibao Ayu pagoda, gold coffin and silver coffin unearthed from the underground palace, and protectively display Millennium underground palace, gallery and other Dabaoen temple sites.

In 2008, from the underground palace of Changgan temple, the predecessor of Dabaoen temple, a large number of world-class cultural relics and sacred objects, such as the world's only "true bone of Buddha", "sensing relic", "sacred relic" and "Qibao Ayu tower", were unearthed, which shocked the world and the Buddhist world. It is the highest specification, largest scale and most complete preserved Temple site in China. In 2011, it was rated as "the top ten new archaeological discoveries in China in 2010". In 2012, as a heritage site of China's Maritime Silk Road project, it was included in the preparatory list of China's world cultural heritage. In 2013, it was approved and announced as a national key cultural relics protection unit by the State Council.

Evolution of construction

Dabaoen Temple glass Heritage Park project is mainly divided into four sub projects: Dabaoen temple, glass tower, Heritage Park and Ming and Qing blocks. It will focus on the characteristic building of glass tower. The implementation of this project will also connect Confucius Temple, Qinhuai River and Yuhuatai.

In 2007, the Nanjing municipal Party committee and government launched the reconstruction of Dabaoen temple, and began a four-year archaeological excavation, which lasted until 2014. During the excavation, more than 20000 pieces of various precious cultural relics were unearthed. These include the Ming Dynasty architectural components unearthed in the site, especially a large number of exquisite glass components.

In 2008, a large number of national cultural relics and Buddhist relics were unearthed in the underground palace of Changgan temple, the predecessor of Dabaoen temple.

In 2010, the golden age of "Buddha's top bone", "sensing relic" and "sage's relic" was revived, which shocked the Chinese world and the Buddhist community. Dabaoen Temple site is also called "the highest specification, largest scale and most complete preserved ancient temple site in China" by the expert group of the State Administration of cultural relics, and is rated as "China's top ten archaeological discoveries in 2010".

In 2012, in order to protect the site and inherit the culture, the project was adjusted to "Dabaoen Temple Site Park" and officially started construction.

In 2015, the new tower, museum, tourist service center, stele Pavilion and Sanzang hall were completed and put into operation.

At 10:18 a.m. on December 16, 2015, the opening ceremony of Dabaoen Temple Ruins Park in Nanjing was held.

Overall layout

The main building of the Da Bao temple is divided into Perfume River Bridge, perfume river channel, central axis main road, heavenly king hall, hall, tower base, Guanyin hall, law hall, imperial stone pavilion base, and glass tower. According to the plan, there are Ruins Museum, Chinese Buddhist Culture Museum, Chinese Sutra Museum, Chinese Buddhist Architecture Museum, new tower of repaying kindness, Jianchu temple, tourism supporting service facilities, etc.

Across the mountain gate is the Perfume River, the Perfume River Bridge ruins, and the imperial road ruins, where we can also see the complete preservation of the perfume river stone revetment. The two stele pavilions on both sides of the arch bridge are the original site of the imperial stele pavilions of the ancient Baoen temple. When you enter the main hall, you can see the tower of repaying kindness when you look up. When you look down, you can see the ruins of Tianwang Hall of the ancient temple of repaying kindness.

Exhibition area distribution

Site exhibition area

The exhibition area of Dabaoen Temple site mainly displays the development history of Dabaoen temple, Temple site, gallery site and unearthed cultural relics from underground palace, respectively presenting: thousand year Buddha vein, thousand year view, past and present life, hydraulic site and Yijing, unearthed cultural relics (Shihan, Tiehan, Ayu tower), etc.

At the back of the Shihan, there are some cultural relics unearthed from the Shihan, the Tiehan and the seven treasures gilded Ayu pagoda (the largest, most complicated and most exquisite Ayu pagoda unearthed in China can be called the "tower king").

The gallery in the temple is also a major feature, which is different from the small courtyards of other temples. The courtyards in the Dabaoen Temple restore the large pattern of the Royal courtyards in the Ming Dynasty and are surrounded by galleries. In the south is a restored 8-meter-deep corridor, which can be walked on both sides. In the middle is a painted wall telling Buddhist stories. In the north, the gallery retains its original true appearance based on archaeological findings. In addition, the innovative design of the tower also reflects the times.

After visiting the museum, you can get out from the side door to the square in front of the tower in the inner courtyard of the museum, which is the great gratitude tower. South gate into the first look placed seven treasure Ayu pagoda, set up the sensing relic of the relic underground palace. Then take the elevator to the ninth floor and enter the Yunzhong Buddha Hall. You can see the misty rain in the south of the Yangtze River and enjoy the charm of Jinling. The open space in front of the tower is another scene in the evening.

Entering the South Gallery, it was recorded in the Ming Dynasty that dabaoenshi gallery was "the most magnificent in the world". The museum displays the original site of the North gallery and the restoration of the South Gallery, displaying exquisite Thangka works.

Cultural exhibition area

The exhibition area of Buddhist culture highlights the unique status of Nanjing Buddhism in Chinese Buddhism and even in the world, mainly presenting the ancestral halls, 480 temples in the Southern Dynasties, the center for spreading Buddhism to the East, and the Buddhist light of relic.

"Buddhist light of the sari" here coincides with the record of seven times of light of the sari. The exhibition hall will turn into seven colors of light from time to time. You can make a wish quietly in your heart to see if you can feel your wish to repay your kindness in this magical place. After going out, it is the "economic change Gallery" that tells the story of nine color deer.

Tibetan scriptures exhibition area

It mainly displays the vast Buddhist Scripture culture, including the great cause of carving, the Ming Dynasty's Tripitaka, the eastward spread of Buddhism and the scripture edition of Jinling's carving.

Surrounded by Scripture frames, three Tibetan scriptures and twelve Holy Scriptures, it shows Nanjing's magnificent bearing as an ancient national center of printing scriptures.

Ancient Indian scene: a series of sand relief sculptures show the history of Sutra collection, sutra collection and Sutra transmission, and a video image is used to intuitively feel and experience the way of Sutra collection.

Jinling Scripture engraving office: there is a scripture engraving board displaying the essence of traditional Buddhist engraving culture. On the top and wall are the scriptures of Hongwu nanzang. On one side are the bronze statues of Jinling Buddhist contributions and REVIVERS.

Main landscape

The overall scenic area includes nine major landscapes, namely, Millennium Buddha light, site wonders, relic underground palace, great benediction tower, relics Expo, live performance, Jiangnan first temple, benediction forum, Mingjie Mingfeng, etc.

The great benediction tower

Baoen new pagoda is located on the original site of the glazed pagoda of Dabaoen temple in Ming Dynasty. It not only inherits historical memory, but also protects the underground palace. In order to avoid disturbance to the site, four groups of steel tube inclined beams are used to cross over the site, and the foothold of the ground beam is located outside the whole tower foundation site, forming a new "covered bowl" underground palace, which creates a new space for the worship of sacred objects and the ceremony on the original Underground Palace site.

Based on the principle of minimum interference and identifiability, the new tower is not allowed to adopt the form of ancient tower restoration, and the new tower adopts advanced steel structure, ultra white glass and other light materials. At night, Da Bao en tower uses intelligent control LED and long-range projection to reappear the dreamlike glass Buddha light.

The height of the new tower is 93.157 meters. The plane outline of the new tower coincides with the octagonal plane of the ancient tower. The inner core consists of two squares, which are rotated and interlaced to form a lotus petal shape. It contains huaman Bodhi. Through layer by layer collection and reconstruction of the top of the tower, the ancient charm of the new tower is reconstructed with contemporary technology.

When visitors enter the pagoda, they can first see the underground palace of the sensing relic in Anfeng, and then take the elevator to the ninth floor to enter the Buddha Hall in the clouds, where they can enjoy the charm of Jinling.

Live performance

Created by Mei shuaiyuan, the first real landscape artist in China, the 270 degree ring screen theater has been unveiled simultaneously with the Dabaoen Temple Heritage Park. The outdoor night scene large-scale live performance of Buddhist culture will be performed in the square in front of the pagoda in March 2016, when there will be the reappearance of the holy pagoda and the Buddha light.

Jiangnan first temple

The second phase of Dabaoen temple ruins park will build Chusi on the basis of the existing Sanzang temple, promote its historical status as the first temple in the south of the Yangtze River, and inherit the Millennium Buddha vein.

Forum of repaying kindness

Dabaoen temple and its predecessor, the first lecture temple in China, are all inclusive Buddhist forums. Ji Xianlin, a master of traditional Chinese culture, once personally titled "Dabaoen lecture Temple". On the premise of protecting the site, the second phase of Dabaoen Temple Heritage Park is to build a re translation building and a Buddhist Research Center.

Ming Street and Ming Feng

The second phase of Dabaoen ruins park will build a mingyunming street to experience the Jinling style and the remains of the market, and reproduce the flourishing scene of Dabaoen temple with numerous fanchas, merchants and prosperous Temple market.

Overall planning

The whole site park covers a lot of land

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