Mengdingdong Buddhist temple

Mengding Dongjing Buddhist temple is located in Dongjing village of Mengding Town, the national port of Gengma Dai and Wa Autonomous County. It is a national cultural relic protection unit.

Its architectural structure and furnishings belong to the mountain forest sect of Theravada Buddhism. Inside the hall, there are one golden Buddha of Sakyamuni and 22 Sleeping Buddha of Maitreya, with different looks. It is famous in Southeast Asia for burying Sakyamuni's "relic". According to the history of Dongjing Buddhist temple, after the death of Sakyamuni, his corpse was burned to get the crystal bone, that is, the crystal bone of "sarizi", which is divided into eight parts and spread all over the country. It has the Buddhist power of surpassing the public morality, that is, to help all living beings. Part of Sakyamuni's "relic" was introduced into Mengding and buried in Dongjing Buddhist temple. In 1994, when the pagoda was rebuilt, 69 Buddha statues, jewels, bronze statues, pagodas and other objects were excavated. At the same time, two copper inscriptions unearthed recorded the fact that the temple had a sacred relic, in which a 3cm long Crystal Oval Buddha bone (Sakyamuni's relic) was excavated. The discovery of "relic" casts a mysterious color on Dongjing Buddhist temple, which affects the whole Southeast Asia. Therefore, Dongjing Buddhist temple has become a Buddhist holy land for Buddha to save the world and save the world.

Mengdingdong Buddhist temple

Mengding Dongjing Buddhist temple is located in Dongjing village, Mengding Town, Gengma Dai and Wa Autonomous County. It is a municipal cultural relic protection unit. Its architectural structure and furnishings belong to the mountain forest sect of Theravada Buddhism. Inside the hall, there are one golden Buddha of Sakyamuni and 22 Sleeping Buddha of Maitreya, with different looks. It is famous in Southeast Asia for burying Sakyamuni's "relic".

Sariki

According to the history of Dongjing Buddhist temple, after the death of Sakyamuni, his corpse was burned to get the crystal bone, that is, the crystal bone of "sarizi", which is divided into eight parts and spread all over the country. It has the Buddhist power of surpassing the public morality, that is, to help all living beings. Part of Sakyamuni's "relic" was introduced into Mengding and buried in Dongjing Buddhist temple. In 1994, when the pagoda was rebuilt, 69 Buddha statues, jewels, bronze statues, pagodas and other objects were excavated. At the same time, two copper inscriptions unearthed recorded the fact that the temple had a sacred relic, in which a 3cm long Crystal Oval Buddha bone (Sakyamuni's relic) was excavated. The discovery of "relic" casts a mysterious color on Dongjing Buddhist temple, which affects the whole Southeast Asia. Therefore, Dongjing Buddhist temple has become a Buddhist holy land for Buddha to save the world and save the world

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brief introduction

The temple covers an area of 106 mu. It's called a Buddhist temple. In fact, it contains one temple and one tower. The temple is called Dongjing Buddhist temple, and the tower is called Dongjing pagoda. "Dongjing" means clavicle in Dai language. The various legends spread also make Dongjing Buddhist temple covered with magical color. According to the Buddhist scriptures of the Dai nationality, mengdingdong Jingfo temple was built in 874 A.D. (1512 A.D.), with a history of nearly 500 years

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The courtyard of the Buddhist temple is surrounded by beautiful environment and intoxicating fragrance of flowers. The main entrance of the Buddha Hall is painted in vermilion, with 10 lattice doors carved with the whole process of Sakyamuni's practice and becoming a Buddha. The picture is vivid and golden. There are two statues of yushagun and vasontali in front of the hall. Yushagong, located on the right, is said to be the God of the Buddhist temple. Vasontali on the left is the goddess who helped Sakyamuni become a Buddha. Sakyamuni was not moved by the world, and finally became a Buddha. He was merciful to all living beings.

There is a tall Buddha statue of Sakyamuni in the Buddha Hall. There are 22 statues of Maitreya Sleeping Buddha and Manjusri Bodhisattva attached to the front and back of the Buddha statues respectively. These statues are vivid and vivid. Against the background of Zhu Liang's paintings, the whole Buddhist hall is resplendent. The red, green, yellow and white banners hanging on the beams and columns of the Buddha Hall are said to be the ladder for believers to ascend to heaven after their death. The streamers embroidered all kinds of exquisite flower and bird patterns are the essence of Dai embroidery art. There is an elephant foot drum standing beside the pillar of the temple, about 3 meters high. Only Buddha and Bodhisattva can beat such a drum.

Out of the Buddhist temple, along the steps, to the right of the Buddhist temple on the hill platform, you can see the largest Pagoda in Lincang - Dongjing white pagoda. It is said that the construction of Dongjing white pagoda was earlier than that of Dongjing Buddhist temple, and the specific time and age can no longer be verified.

legend

According to the history of Dongjing Buddhist temple, after Sakyamuni's death, he burned his corpse and got the crystal bone, which is called "relic". The crystal bone is divided into eight parts, which are spread all over the world to help all living beings. Part of Sakyamuni's "relic" was introduced into Mengding and buried in Dongjing Buddhist temple

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In 1994, when the Dongjing pagoda was rebuilt, 69 Buddha statues, as well as jewelry, bronze statues, pagodas and other items were excavated. The two bronze inscriptions unearthed at the same time recorded the historical fact that the sacred object "relic" was stored in Dongjing Buddhist temple. Dig out a 3 cm long Crystal Oval Buddha bone (it is said to be Sakyamuni's "relic").

The discovery of Sakyamuni's "relic" casts a mysterious color on mengdingdong Jingfo temple. It has become a Buddhist holy land for the Buddha to save the world and help all living beings. Therefore, Dongjing Buddhist temple is very famous in Southeast Asia, attracting Buddhists to visit.

Address: 319 provincial road, Gengma Dai Wa Autonomous County, Lincang City, Yunnan Province

Longitude: 99.145562846558

Latitude: 23.598191573055

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