Wanfu Pavilion

Wanfu Pavilion is the fifth entrance hall and the last main hall of Yonghe palace. The main building in the middle has three floors, the Yansui Pavilion on the left and the Yongkang Pavilion on the right, both of which have two floors. There is a main corridor connected with the main Pavilion. There are tens of thousands of small Buddha statues on each floor of Wanfu Pavilion. "Buddha" and "Fu" sound close, so it is called Wanfu Pavilion.

The most remarkable figure in the pavilion is Maitreya carved from the whole sandalwood. The precious wood is paid tribute by the seventh Dalai Lama. The Buddha is 26 meters high, 18 meters above the ground, 8 meters below the ground, and 8 meters in diameter. It stands on the white marble Xumi seat, holding hada in hand, and has a towering posture.

The sandalwood Maitreya statue, the golden nanmu Buddha niche and the sandalwood Luohan mountain in the Falun temple are known as the "three wonders" in the Yonghe palace.

Wanfu Pavilion

Wanfu Pavilion is the last hall in the Yonghe palace. It is magnificent in shape. The main building in the middle is three stories, with Yansui Pavilion on the left and Yongkang Pavilion on the right.

brief introduction

Wanfu Pavilion is the fifth entrance hall and the last main hall of Yonghe palace. The main building in the middle has three floors, the Yansui Pavilion on the left and the Yongkang Pavilion on the right, both of which have two floors. There is a main corridor connected with the main Pavilion.

There are tens of thousands of small Buddha statues on each floor of Wanfu Pavilion. "Buddha" and "Fu" sound close, so it is called Wanfu Pavilion.

The most remarkable figure in the pavilion is Maitreya carved from the whole sandalwood. The precious wood is paid tribute by the seventh Dalai Lama.

The Buddha is 26 meters high, 18 meters above the ground, 8 meters below the ground, and 8 meters in diameter. It stands on the white marble Xumi seat, holding hada in hand, and has a towering posture.

The sandalwood Maitreya statue, the golden nanmu Buddha niche and the sandalwood Luohan mountain in the Falun temple are known as the "three wonders" in the Yonghe palace.

Out of the Falun hall is the 25 meter high Wanfu pavilion with triple eaves.

On both sides are Yongkang Pavilion and Yansui Pavilion. The two pavilions are connected by a flying Gallery, which is towering and high, just like a fairy palace tower, with the architectural style of the Liao and Jin Dynasties.

In the Wanfu Pavilion stands a Maitreya Buddha (Maitreya Buddha), which is 18 meters high and 8 meters underground.

The body of the Buddha is 8 meters wide. It is a tribute from the seventh Dalai Lama and is carved out of the whole precious white sandalwood.

It is said that Emperor Qianlong used more than 80000 taels of silver to carve the Great Buddha. This Great Buddha is also one of the three unique wood carvings in Yonghe palace. There is also a three unique wood carvings in the east side hall in front of Wanfo Pavilion. It is called Jinsi nanmu Buddha niche. It uses openwork carving technique. There are 99 cloud dragons in total, which are lifelike.

Main structure

Wanfu Pavilion is the last Hall of the Yonghe temple, which is the highest and grand hall in the whole temple.

The main building in the middle is three floors, with Yansui Pavilion on the left and Yongkang Pavilion on the right. Both of them have two floors, with flying corridors connected with the main building. The three pavilions are integrated, with flying gold painting, which is very magnificent.

As there are tens of thousands of small Buddha statues in the inner wall of the hall, it is known as "Wanfo tower" and Wanfu (Buddha) Pavilion.

Wooden Giant Buddha

Wooden Giant Buddha is also one of the "three unique" cultural relics.

Standing in the main building of Wanfu Pavilion, it is made of the whole white sandalwood, with a total height of 26 meters. It is 8 meters underground, 18 meters above the ground, and 8 meters in diameter. Standing on the white marble Xumi seat, it is a giant statue of Maitreya Buddha with a hand-held hada and a magnificent posture. It is one of the largest single wood carving Buddhas in China and the world.

Construction process

The pavilion was built between the 13th and 14th years of Qianlong (1748-1749).

According to legend, when the Yonghe temple was converted into a Tibetan Buddhist temple, Wanfu pavilion was not built. It was just a Guanyin hall, in which Guanyin Bodhisattva was worshipped, with wooden mountains in the background.

After the change to a temple, Emperor Qianlong felt that the northern side of the temple was spacious and wanted to build a tall Pavilion as a barrier to the north.

However, he has been suffering from the lack of a large Buddha statue to match it. When the seventh Dalai Lama learned of the news, he immediately sent people to search for the raw materials of the statue.

It happened that the kingdom of Nepal transported back a tall white sandalwood from India. After hearing the news, the Dalai Lama bought it with a large number of treasures and transported it by water from Tibet to the capital via Sichuan.

After the arrival of sandalwood in Beijing, Emperor Qianlong ordered Chahan Darhan living Buddha to direct the design, and the construction of "Guangmu", "Muzuo", "lacquer" and "diaolun" was in charge of the Yonghe palace.

According to the Manchu documents in the archives of the Yonghe palace in Qing Dynasty, which is compiled by the first historical archives of China and the Yonghe palace, the main building of Wanfu Pavilion in the Yonghe palace is on March 20, 1748. After the pavilion in Jingshan was demolished, a gap was opened in the wall to the north of Jingshan, and the gap was transported to the Yonghe Palace by car with wood and stone sutras.

In December of this year, we began to assemble pavilions and carve Giant Buddha. After hard work, the project was successfully completed. Therefore, Wanfu pavilion was moved from Jingshan.

On September 30, 1749, the Yonghe Temple began to prepare for the completion of Wanfu Pavilion and the opening ceremony of Maitreya Buddha. In the past, the folk saying that "first there was the Great Buddha, then there was the Wanfu Pavilion" was not very accurate.

At that time, more than 80000 taels of silver and more than 800 taels of gold were successively spent on the project and its ancillary buildings from the state treasury.

Maitreya is a transliteration of Sanskrit, with the surname of "Cishi", the name of "ayido", the name of "Qiangba" in Tibetan and "maidala" in Mongolian. According to the Sutra of Maitreya shangsheng and the Sutra of Maitreya Xiasheng, Maitreya was born in a Brahman family in India and was a contemporary of Sakyamuni. He became a monk with Sakyamuni, practiced Buddhism and became a Buddhist disciple. He died before Sakyamuni died. Sakyamuni once predicted that after Maitreya left the world, he would lead shangshengdou to the heavenly palace, where he would preach Buddhism with the heavens, and later enter the world. Sakyamuni predicted that once the ephemeral blooms in 3000 years, Maitreya, the holy emperor of the wheel, will honor the Buddha. Therefore, Maitreya has become a Buddha. Therefore, Maitreya statues can be divided into Bodhisattva costumes and Buddha costumes. The wood Buddha in Yonghe palace is the Buddha's statue of the holy emperor Maitreya. The Buddha's face is solemn and solemn, and he wears the crown of five Buddhas. His eyes are slightly drooping and his lips are closed, giving people a feeling of kindness. There are flower baskets on the left and right shoulders. The flowers in the basket are budding. There are magic objects on the flowers. The left shoulder is the pure bottle, and the right shoulder is the Falun. The two hands "supporting the heaven and covering the earth" pattern symbolizes Maitreya's inheritance of Sakyamuni Buddha's preaching in the future world and the universal salvation of all living beings. In Wanfu attic, there was a string of 12 meter long top-grade Buddhist beads, called "gemstone official material big Buddha beads". Each bead has a diameter of 10 cm, which was made in Qianlong of Qing Dynasty. Now this Buddhist bead is hidden in the palace. When you stand in front of this Great Buddha, you must look up to see his face clearly. This is the expression of Maitreya's enigmatic mood in the temple. The chest of the Buddha is on the second floor of the pavilion, and the face is on the third floor of the pavilion. In August 1990, the Giant Buddha was recorded in the Guinness Book of records. In 1992, the Yonghe Temple renovated and re subsidized the Giant Buddha at a cost of 500000 yuan. In October 1993, the Yonghe Temple held a grand celebration of the opening of Maitreya Buddha. Hokan walst, director of the Asian Department of the Swedish National Museum and Sven heding foundation, was invited to visit the Lama Temple. After attending the signing ceremony of the first volume of the English version of the Yonghe palace, he boarded the Wanfu attic, which he had been looking forward to for a long time. Looking from the fence, he could not help but say with emotion: "when Swedish Explorer Sven heding came to the Yonghe palace, he only looked under the Wanfu attic for a long time and took photos, but he didn't go upstairs. I feel very lucky that I realized this wish."

Development and change

Yonghe palace is the largest lama temple in Beijing and a famous historical site at home and abroad. It is described as follows in Zhenjun's tianjinouwen in the Qing Dynasty: "the Yonghe palace is in the east of Guozijian, and the Shizong residence is changed into a temple, where lamas and monks live. The palace is grand and beautiful. At six o'clock, qingfan was the flower of Tianyu Manda; at seven Zhang, Jinrong was the image of sandalwood. Feige's reply is nothing more than a clean feast; painting the wall and Xuan's title is the first view of the yellow picture, and the fragrant forest of the cyan garden. "

As a royal temple, the most amazing thing about the Yonghe temple is the wonderful carving of Buddha statues, which is known as the "three wonders" of the Yonghe temple. Among them, the white sandalwood Maitreya Buddha is the crown of "three wonders". The other two are: the golden nanmu carved niches in Qianlong's mother's Buddhist worship place; the 500 Arhats made of hardware and the Luohan mountain made of precious red sandalwood.

Maitreya is Sanskrit, Tibetan is "Qiangba Buddha", Mongolian is "maidal Buddha". According to the Buddhist scriptures, he is one of Sakyamuni's eight disciples. It is said that he was born in the Brahman family in India, and later became a disciple of the Buddha. However, he went to the inner courtyard of the doushutian palace before the Buddha. As soon as the Epiphyllum bloomed, 3000 years later, he was born into the world, became a Buddha under the Longhua tree in Hualin garden, and became a Falun. Therefore, it is also called "future Buddha", "supreme Cishi" and "Cishi Bodhisattva".

Maitreya Buddha in Yonghe palace is carved from a complete white sandalwood. It is 18 meters high on the ground and 8 meters underground. The whole Buddha statue stands on the throne of Xumi carved from white marble. The head of the Buddha directly tops the caisson in the attic. After the Buddha statue was made in those years, the only way to make a robe for the Buddha statue was to remove 1100 meters of yellow satin. Therefore, Wanfu Pavilion is also called "Great Buddha tower". Today, however, few people know that this Maitreya Buddha was built by Chahan V renbuqi, the living Buddha of Han temple in Arhorqin banner, Chifeng City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. This is an important event in the life of Chahan V living Buddha, and it is also an internal event

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