I have long heard that Yongqing Temple has Buddha statues of Burmese white jade, and has many Guinness World Records, but I still didn't expect to be so shocked by being there.
In early summer, Hainan is already scorching sun, and if you want to feel a touch of coolness in the south, we highly recommend the largest temple in Qiongbei - Yongqing Temple.
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Yongqing Temple is located in Chengmai County, Hainan Province, more than ten kilometers away from Haikou, with convenient transportation. Surrounded by the sea on three sides, the environment is excellent and rare. It is the place of play of generations of literati and has left hundreds of poems. Su Dongpo, Yang Weizhen, Shi Nai'an, Xu Chongcheng, Yuan Cheng, Zhao Zaigong and dozens of other famous literati have visited this temple and left ink treasures.
The most famous is Su Dongpo, who wrote when he first arrived in Hainan: "The ghost suddenly breaks apart, and the wind whistles to the sky." A thousand mountains move the scales, and ten thousand valleys are full of bells". and other famous verses.
Three years later, before ending this tribulation life and leaving Hainan Island, he revisited Yongqing Temple and left behind the ancient sentence "Nine Deaths South Wilderness I Don't Hate, Zi You Qi Crown Life".
The temple was built in the Song Dynasty, and later expanded to become the largest temple in Chengmai at that time, covering a total area of about 80 acres, with a construction area of nearly 10 million square meters, according to the shape of the Song Dynasty "Jia Lan Seven Halls", the hall is high, solemn and magnificent, the scale is grand and neatly laid out, the environment is quiet and the air is fresh.
Bell and Drum Tower
The temple enshrines Buddha statues are all carved from Myanmar white jade, and its quantity, weight and quality have set 13 Guinness World Records, making it the world's largest jade Buddha museum. The heaviest Burmese white jade Amitabha Buddha, the highest Myanmar white jade island Guanyin, the highest Burmese white jade Garan Bodhisattva, and so on.
As the temple with the largest number of white jade Buddha statues in Myanmar, it is a rarity.
This statue needs to be cleaned, and the next time I go I ask if I need volunteers, I will clean it
The building of Yongqing Temple was restored in 2009, and although it is only more than ten years old, it has a mottled feeling on the whole, and does not lack the thick sense of history.
The Four Heavenly Kings of White Jade
The hall enshrines Shakyamuni Buddha, Medicine Buddha, Amitabha Buddha and 18 arhats, three of which are about 9 meters tall and each of them is more than 30 tons.
There are 42 Buddha statues in total, all of which are meticulously carved from complete Burmese white jade.
Being able to admire more than forty white jade Buddha statues at once is indeed an extremely shocking thing! Each of these Buddha statues of different sizes and appearances is a precious work of art, and the entire hall is a huge museum of white jade Buddhas.
The reclining Buddha enshrined in the Reclining Buddha Hall is the largest reclining Buddha in the world. The whole body has smooth lines, natural and gentle expressions, and a stable atmosphere, which is a rare artistic masterpiece.
Excuse me: How many people in the world can understand it? (Excerpt)
Sit during the day and lie down at night, and you can eat more than two bowls per meal. The world has experienced the coldness, and the gains and losses have been seen. It's him who is right, it's me who is wrong, what to fight for?
Neighbors are harmonious, township parties are harmonious, and people are willing to suffer losses and good causes. Li Weng Zheng Po often gave fruits, and Brother Zhang and sister-in-law gave every harvest. There is tea and drink, there is something to say, what to worry about?
Sunset, sunrise, spring sowing, summer hoeing, autumn harvest. Precocious life is short, poor quality, and it is always right when the sky is right. The water is ready, the melon is ripe, what is the rush?
But do good, do evil, abide by the law and love the motherland. The new and old debts are shouldered, and there are no ghosts in the heart. Heaven and earth are just, show cause and effect, what are you afraid of?
High-ranking officials are prosperous, big and broad, and rich as clouds in front of their eyes. Green vegetables and radishes taste true, and Qinqi calligraphy and painting are happy. There are numbers of poor people, each has its own place, than what?
Dedication, hard work, sweat in exchange for gold and silver stacks. Industriousness leads to wealth and fortune for a long time, and cleverness and plunder will invite disaster. A lot of generosity, not much stinginess, what is it?
Patience and peace, contentment and happiness, and alms for things outside the body. Children and grandchildren have ambitions and do not rely on us, and future generations are ignorant of wealth is a curse. Teach the son Mingde, lead by example, what to accumulate?
The law is illegal, the Buddha is not a Buddha, what about worshiping all over the rivers and lakes? The destiny is made by me not to ask people, to sit on the lotus platform from nature. Unintentional conformity, pure liberation, what to ask for?
Who am I?
Who is I who has not given birth to me? Who was I when I was born? Growing up is me, who is it when I close my eyes?
Yongqing Temple is self-service offerings, and there are tributes in front of each hall, which can be scanned according to the price. Incense is burned outside the temple, and tribute is entered into the temple.
Yongqing Temple advocates the characteristic theme of Buddhist spiritual cultivation and leisure and health preservation, forming a new Buddhist cultural experience of "religious blessing--- cultivation of the mind and cultivation of the mind--- vacation health preservation".
Passing through the Reclining Buddha Hall is the Yongqing Houhai, blue sky and blue sea, golden sand, slightly sweet air, no less than any resort in the world.
If it is spring, it should be the best season, drinking a cup of tea by the sea, listening to the morning bells and evening drums of Yongqing Temple accompanied by the sound of the waves, and thinking about the question "who am I", it is estimated that there will be an answer.
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