Introduction of Maitreya Buddha in Xuedou Mountain Scenic Area

Xuedou Mountain Scenic Area is a famous mountain full of humanistic temperament and an important Buddhist shrine. It is said to be the Dojo of Maitreya, which has a long history and attracts a large number of pilgrims and tourists every year. Let's introduce it in detail below.

China is an important inheritor and disseminator of Buddhism, and also the most important developer and innovator of Buddhist culture. Now there are various temples and famous Buddhist mountains all over the country, which have a long history and cultural heritage and strong incense, attracting a large number of good men, women and tourists to worship Buddha. So what are the five famous Buddhist mountains in China?

Xuedou Mountain is located in the northwest of Xikou Town, Fenghua District, Ningbo City, Zhejiang Province. It is the highest peak of the branch of Siming Mountain, 800 meters above sea level, and has the reputation of "Penglai at sea and Tiantai on land".

Xuedou Temple, the full name of Xuedou Zisheng Temple, was built in the center of Xuedou Mountain, surrounded by nine peaks.

Temple was founded in Jin Dynasty, flourished in Tang Dynasty and flourished in Song Dynasty. More than 1,700 years ago, it occupies an important position in the history of Buddhism. In the Southern Song Dynasty, it was designated as one of the "Five Mountains and Ten Temples", and in the Ming Dynasty it was listed as "Ten Temples and Five Courtyards of Zen in the World". Incense declined after the Republic of China. Demolition at 1968. The present building was newly built in the 1980s.

Song Renzong Zhao Zhen once sleepwalked on this mountain, and Song Lizong Zhao Yun pursued the book Dream of Famous Mountains. According to the records in the temple, during the Tang and Song Dynasties, Xuedou Temple received 4 1 imperial edicts from many emperors, and there are still 5,760 scriptures, imperial seals, robes, dragon bowls and jade buddhas in the temple.

The "three-learning bridge" means that the three studies symbolize Buddhism's precepts, precepts and wisdom, practice the three studies, and convert to the three treasures of Buddhism, Buddhism and Buddhism. Bridge is the carrier of crossing the river and the symbol of getting rid of all sufferings. It requires us to act according to teaching, stop evil and promote good, and get happiness from suffering.

Xuedou Temple is large in scale and has a far-reaching influence in the Vatican Palace, covering an area of 85,847.4 square meters, with an existing building area of 19873.4 square meters. From the outside, according to the central axis, it is the mountain gate, release pool, Zhaobi, Tianwang Hall, Maitreya Hall, Daxiong Hall, Feng Ruquan and Fatang Hall, which are built on the mountain and raised one by one.

Located in the center of the central axis, there is a kind-hearted and smiling Maitreya Buddha statue.

The mountain gate is shaped like a "mountain" and consists of a mountain gate hall and a bell and drum tower. There are five gates, which symbolize the five precepts of Buddhism, namely; No killing, no stealing, no whoring, no lying, no drinking. There is a big plaque "Southeast of Xiujia" hanging on the gatehouse, which was inscribed by Shen Peng, a famous calligrapher in China. Southeast of Xiujia is a praise of Meng Ying's charming natural scenery and long-standing Buddhist culture.

There is a wooden plaque hanging in the book. "

The construction of Wanshou Snow Fighting Yushu should be a famous Buddhist temple that is always dreamed of. "There is a statue of Xiangyun Maitreya Buddha designed by China arts and crafts master Mr. Huang Quanfu in the middle of the hall. The Buddha statue is1.56m high. Step on the cirrus cloud with your back against Xiangyun, holding Ruyi in one hand and a cloth bag in the other, smiling.

The temple is dedicated to a bronze statue of Maitreya Buddha, a 4-meter-high Buddha statue, wearing a robe and holding a long-handled lotus lantern. The four heavenly kings are on both sides, each with a height of 8 meters, clay sculptures and colorful gold, and the eight ghosts are covered with power and grandeur.

Daci Monastery, with double eaves and a roof, is Song-style, with nine bays and five entrances. All-wood structure, traditional tenon-mortise structure, construction area of 1.500 square meters, known as "the first hall in the south of the Yangtze River".

There are three sumeru tables in the temple dedicated to the "Three Saints", with a Maitreya Buddha in the middle, sitting on the lotus throne. Buddha Fayinlin is on the left, with a delicate crown on top, purple lotus in his left hand and lotus handle in his right. Bodhisattva Damiaoxiang lives on the right, wearing a crown of seven sons, holding a lotus handle in his left hand and a purple lotus in his right hand, and kneeling on both sides to support the bodhisattva.

The two sides of the main hall are decorated with traditional cloisonne murals in China, which are "instructions from Sakyamuni", "pocket words" and "remember when to come".

Brother Wei Tuo, Bodhisattva Wei Tuo is the left protector.

Galand Pavilion, with Bodhisattva Galand as the right protector.

Ping 'an Hall, forged copper structure, was built in 20 13 years, with a height of 7.5 meters and a consumption of copper 12 tons. China Ping An Insurance Group Co., Ltd. and Mingyuan Foundation help each other in good faith.

In the center of the temple stands a bronze lamp with "Five Lights Meeting Yuan", and five lotus lanterns are collected from Manjusri lamp in Wutai Mountain, Pu Xian lamp in Emei Mountain, Guanyin lamp in Putuo Mountain, Dayuan lamp in Jiuhua Mountain and Maitreya lamp in Xuedou Mountain.

Climbing high and overlooking, Xuedou Temple has a panoramic view.

Outside the temple is the Zen rhyme of a flower, a leaf and a bodhi.

Temple is the ancient meaning of apricot blossom full of branches.

Xuedou Mountain is also the Dojo of Maitreya Buddha, which contains Maitreya Buddha in Xuedou Mountain.

Fenghua is the legendary place where Maitreya turned into a cloth-bag monk, where he grew up, became a monk and died.

According to historical records, the real name of the cloth bag monk is Changting Pavilion, and he was born in Fenghua in the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties. He is fat, frowning, paunchy, lives in an impermanent place, is silent, can show good or bad, and can know whether the weather is sunny or rainy. Because he often fights with a cloth bag, he is called a cloth bag monk. After the death of the cloth bag monk, everyone thought that he was the reincarnation of Maitreya and was regarded as a potbellied Maitreya.

At that time, Master Taixu, a Buddhist master, proposed that Xuedou Mountain was the fifth famous mountain. According to our five elements in China, Guanyin is in the south, Pu Xian is in the west, Tibet is in the north, Manjusri is in the middle, and Maitreya in Xuedou Mountain is just in the east.

1987 During the reconstruction of Xuedou Temple, Zhao Puchu, then president of the Chinese Buddhist Association, visited and agreed with this statement, and suggested that Xuedou Temple under reconstruction should add a Maitreya Hall, which is not available in other temples, in order to highlight the characteristics of Wuyue and Maitreya Dojo.

In 2004, Fan Jing Buddhist Culture Seminar was held in Maitreya Dojo. The exorcist, vice president and secretary general of the Chinese Buddhist Association, personally attended the seminar and delivered a speech. "Fan Jing is a famous Maitreya Dojo in China, a famous Buddhist mountain in China, along with Manjushri Dojo in Wutai Mountain, Emei Bodhisattva Dojo in Sichuan, Jiuhuashan Bodhisattva Dojo in Anhui and Putuo Bodhisattva Dojo in Zhejiang".

Up to now, it has become the name of Maitreya Dojo, the fifth famous Buddhist mountain in China, but Xuedou Mountain and Fan Jingshan are still controversial.