Tour guide to Baoguo Temple in Mount Emei

The Baoguo Temple in Mount Emei is located at the foothills of Mount Emei. It is the first temple in Mount Emei, the seat of the Buddhist Association of Mount Emei, and the center of Buddhist activities in Mount Emei. Below is the tour guide of Baoguo Temple in Mount Emei that I compiled for you. I hope it can help you. Guide to Baoguo Temple in Mount Emei 1

Baoguo Temple has an elegant layout and has five halls, including the Tianwang Hall, the Main Hall, the Guanyin Hall, the Ksitigarbha Hall, and the Patriarch Hall. It mainly enshrines the statues of Maitreya Buddha, the Four Heavenly Kings, Skanda Bodhisattva, Sakyamuni Buddha, Medicine Buddha, Amitabha Buddha, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva, Eighteen Arhats, and the statues of ancestors such as Simo, Ben Kong, and Liyu. There are nearly sixty statues, and the statues are vivid and solemn. Among them, there are 23 jade Buddhas of various sizes brought back from Myanmar. Among them, the Jade Buddha is four meters tall and weighs more than ten tons. It is indeed a rare cultural relic. At present, it is rare to have such a large number of Burmese jade Buddha statues in domestic temples. The abbot of Zhongxing Monastery, the centenary-year-old eminent monk Liyu Master, is a master of the Zen sect.

In view of the Dharma-ending period, the Pure Land Dharma is even more opportune. In the 1940s, when the Dharma was promoted in Chengdu, the "Revelation from Desires and Mindfulness of Buddha Hall" was immediately built. The breadth was destined. And practice by observing the precepts to purify the body and mind; use compassion to help the world and cultivate merit (recipe left by Master Li Yuan). Cultivate blessings and wisdom, transform others on your own, and establish a good moral style. The current abbot, Master Changzhen, has inherited the Master's last wish and built the "Liyu Chanting Hall" that can accommodate 200 people to chant the Buddha's name. It holds Buddha's Day regularly every year.

Constructed a teaching building with an area of ??more than 2,000 square meters, and held "Jingzong Dharma Propagation Talent Training Class" every year for four disciples across the country, specializing in Jingzong Sutras (Collected Works of Master Chang Zhen), and cultivated A group of talents for spreading the Dharma. In order to meet the requirements of the lay people, we first opened the "Nanbutsu Nursing Home" and then built the "Leave the Desire and Nianfo Garden" to provide the lay people with a place to spend their old age, pure recite the Buddha's name and help them die.

At the same time, the temple has always insisted on carrying out activities to promote Dharma and benefit people in various forms. For example: holding popular lectures on Buddhism, cooperating with brother temples to organize "Zen Purity Practice Camp", "Buddhism and Life Seminar", publishing Buddhist books and periodicals, etc. It has also held long-term activities such as student aid, poverty alleviation, disaster relief, animal release, and road construction. In 1995, it was rated as "an advanced collective in the construction of two socialist civilizations in the religious circles of Sichuan Province". Nowadays, Baoguo Temple has become a pure Taoist temple with simple and honest Taoism and specializes in practicing Pure Land Sect. It is known far and wide as the "Pure Land in Sichuan" and a tourist resort. The second guide to Baoguo Temple in Mount Emei

Baoguo Temple is surrounded by nan trees and surrounded by red walls. This temple faces west to east, welcoming the rising sun in the morning and sending off the setting clouds in the evening. Facing Phoenix Castle in the front, leaning against Phoenix Ping in the back, facing Phoenix Lake on the left, and Feng Pavilion on the right, it looks like a beautiful, auspicious golden phoenix about to fly in the morning sun. In front of the mountain gate, there is a pair of stone lions carved in the Ming Dynasty. They are vivid and majestic in shape, just like the left and right gate guards, guarding this famous mountain temple.

The horizontal plaques "Puzhao Zen Forest" and "Puang Guangming" have the same meaning: Buddhism calls Mount Emei "Da Guangming Mountain", where magical Buddha light appears during the day and thousands of holy lamps come to worship at night. , the whole Mount Emei is illuminated by light. On the right side, "Crane Zhu Yun Gui" means that the crane has stopped and the clouds are returning to the mountain. It is a metaphor for a cool and quiet place, which contains Taoist charm. The couplet on the door: "Thinking about metaphors alone, sitting down and preaching scriptures." ?The former means relying on your own thinking to understand the principles of Buddhist scriptures, which is the state of pacifism taught in Buddhism. The second sentence is about the eminent monk setting up his Dharma throne and preaching the Dharma to his disciples.

The entire temple is a typical courtyard building, covering an area of ??more than 60 acres, with one courtyard and one scene, with layers of depth and spectacular views. Many large Dharma meetings of the Buddhist Association are held here. Many party and state leaders as well as foreign celebrities and Buddhist groups have been received here. Baoguo Temple left a deep impression on them.

The main hall of the temple has four levels, built against the mountain. Each level is higher than the other, showing its majestic nature. Under the sutra collection building in the temple, there is a porcelain Buddha statue from the Ming Dynasty. It is vivid and generous in shape and is a precious cultural relic. There is a 7-meter, 14-story copper pagoda in the front hall. There are more than 4,700 Buddha statues cast on the pagoda body, and the full text of "Huayan Sutra" is also engraved on it, so it is called "Huayan Pagoda". It is also a precious cultural relic.

At the entrance of Baoguo Temple, there is a new pavilion with a large bell cast by Shengji Temple during the Jiajing period of the Ming Dynasty. The bell is 2.3 meters high and weighs more than 10 tons. When the bell is struck, the sound can be heard for more than 30 miles. Because it was struck at night, it was named "Shengji Evening Bell".

Baoguo Temple also houses the Emeishan Cultural Relics Management Office, which collects various ceramics and jade, literature, calligraphy and paintings, metal utensils, and weapons and crafts unearthed from the Warring States Period. The third guide to Baoguo Temple in Mount Emei

Baoguo Temple in Mount Emei is located at the foothills of Mount Emei. It is the first temple in Mount Emei, the seat of the Buddhist Association of Mount Emei, and the center of Buddhist activities in Mount Emei. Among the many temples in Mount Emei, Sichuan, Baoguo Temple is the gateway to the mountain and the starting point for visiting Mount Emei.

Baoguo Temple is surrounded by nan trees and red walls. The majestic hall is magnificent and resplendent with cigarette smoke and the sound of chimes. This temple faces west to east, welcoming the rising sun in the morning and sending off the setting clouds in the evening. Facing Phoenix Castle in the front, leaning against Phoenix Ping in the back, facing Phoenix Lake on the left, and Feng Pavilion on the right, it looks like a beautiful, auspicious golden phoenix about to fly in the morning sun.

In front of the mountain gate of Baoguo Temple, there is a pair of stone lions carved in the Ming Dynasty. They are vivid and majestic, just like the left and right doormen, guarding this famous mountain temple. On the gate of the mountain: "Baoguo Temple" is a large plaque, inscribed by Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty and written in Yufan's handwriting. There is a solemn plaque hanging in the main hall. The couplets on the pillars on both sides of the mountain gate? The phoenix spreads its wings towards the golden tower, and the bells and chimes are heard falling on the jade steps. It is a vivid description of the scenery around the "golden phoenix" of Baoguo Temple. The horizontal plaques "Puzhao Zen Forest" and "Publishing Light" have the same meaning: Buddhism calls Mount Emei "Great Guangming Mountain". During the day, magical Buddha light appears, and at night, thousands of holy lamps come to worship, and the entire Mount Emei is illuminated by light. .

On the right, "Crane in the Clouds Returning" means that the crane stopped and the clouds returned to the mountain, which metaphorically refers to a cool and quiet place, and contains a Taoist charm. The couplet on the door: "Thinking about metaphors alone, sitting down and preaching scriptures." ?The former means relying on your own thinking to understand the principles of Buddhist scriptures, which is the state of pacifism taught in Buddhism. The second sentence is about the eminent monk setting up a Dharma throne to preach to his disciples.

Baoguo Temple is particularly quiet in summer. No one forces you to offer incense or make donations. There are only moss-covered paths and smoky incense burners. With the ringing of bells, Mount Emei’s Purity is fully reflected here.