Generally speaking, Buddha statues will give people the impression of solemnity and kindness, such as the smiling Maitreya Buddha statue in the temple.
However, there are three "weirdest" Buddha statues in the world, two of which are in China and the remaining one in Japan.
Sendai Kannon, watching sentient beings
First of all, let's talk about the "weird" Buddha statue in Japan - the Sendai Tendo White-clothed Great Kannon Statue.
The statue was built in 1989 and took three years to complete, costing 4 billion yen. It can be seen that the Sendai City Government "took great pains and money" to create this statue of Kannon.
So, why does the Sendai Kannon statue feel weird?
This is because the statue is so tall, with an overall height of 121 meters, 21 of which is buried deep underground.
When people stand at the bottom of the statue and look up, they will feel incomparably small, as if they are in a different world, and a sense of oppression arises spontaneously.
Since Sendai City covers an area of only 788 square kilometers, you can see the statue at a glance no matter where you are in Sendai.
Also, because of the gentle terrain of Sendai, there are few buildings that can hide the statue.
In addition, when designing the statue, the government painted it all white.
In this way, even in the dark of night, as long as there are sporadic flickering in the sky, the people here can still see the statue clearly.
Therefore, this has caused many Sendai citizens to have an unreal feeling that they are not "watching" the Kannon statue, but that the Kannon statue is "observing" them, which makes people's hairs stand on end.
And those who have evil thoughts in their hearts, when they look up and see the statue of Guanyin who is "staring" at him, they do not dare to commit adultery again. So in the crime data released in Japan, Sendai has a much lower crime rate than other cities.
In addition, this statue of Guanyin is different from the image of the traditional Chinese statue of Guanyin, in which the right hand holds the wishing stone and the left hand holds the net bottle downward.
Since the mouth of the bottle is facing the ground, when you look up, you will inevitably feel uneasy that the bottle will be taken away.
Therefore, the Sendai Heavenly Way White-clothed Great Guanyin is considered to be a strange Buddha statue.
The Central Plains Buddha seems to be able to walk
Next, let's talk about the two strange Buddha statues in China, namely the Central Plains Buddha in Pingdingshan, Henan Province, and the Jizo Bodhisattva statue in Jiuhua Mountain.
The Central Plains Buddha is the pinnacle of Buddhist statues in the world, and it is also the world's tallest Buddha statue.
The original body of this Buddha statue is Shakyamuni Buddha, that is, the founder of Buddhism, because it is the Buddha statue of the Buddha, so the government does not dare to slack off in the construction of the matter.
According to records, the construction of the Central Plains Giant Buddha began in 1997, and it took 12 years to pour this 208-meter-high copper alloy Buddha statue.
When the Buddha statue was built, countless Buddhist believers came to see the "true face" of the statue of Shakyamuni. However, some people have a strange feeling from the bottom of their hearts after seeing the Central Plains Buddha.
Why do they feel this way?
First of all, like Sendai Kannon, the Great Buddha of the Central Plains is too tall, and standing underneath the Buddha statue creates a sense of oppression.
From a psychological point of view, this is called giant phobia. Patients are frightened and panicked when they see something huge. In severe cases, they may faint when they see a huge object.
In addition to this reason, the fact that the Central Plains Giant Buddha can make people feel strange is also related to the location where the Buddha statue was built. This Buddha statue was built in a flat-topped mountain, surrounded by mountains and covered with mist.
Therefore, sometimes the Buddha statue is hidden in the white mountain mist, which will make people feel unreal, as if the Buddha statue has turned into a real Buddha and soared to bliss.
Moreover, whenever the clouds around the Buddha statue rise and flutter, it will give people the illusion that the Buddha is moving, which adds a sense of weirdness.
In addition, mountain fog and water vapor can also disturb people's visual senses, making it difficult for people to judge the distance between themselves and the Buddha, which invisibly strengthens the feeling of coercion brought by the Buddha statue.
Of course, there is another reason that there are supernatural legends about Pingdingshan among the people, and with the blessing of these factors, the Central Plains Giant Buddha has become more "weird".
Jizo Bodhisattva, like a true Buddha
Finally, let's talk about this weird Jiuhua Mountain Tibetan Bodhisattva statue.
First of all, Jizo Bodhisattva itself is enough to make people feel weird. According to the Buddhist scriptures, this is a bodhisattva who reincarnates evil spirits in hell and is in charge of the reincarnation of sentient beings in the six realms.
The duties of the Jizo Bodhisattva are destined to bring strange feelings to people.
Secondly, there are also countless folk legends in Jiuhua Mountain, such as the incident of resurrecting the soul by borrowing the corpse recorded in the "Jiuhua Mountain Chronicles".
Therefore, when the local Tibetan Bodhisattva Buddha statue appears in the mountain, it will make people feel that the Buddha statue is here to suppress some evil spirits and ghosts, which will inevitably give people goosebumps.
In addition, the Jizo Bodhisattva, built in the early 90s of the last century, is not short, and the base is 155 meters high, so the Buddha statue will also bring an invisible oppression to the viewer.
But these are not the strangest of all, the strangest thing is that whenever the sun rises, the golden sunlight shines on the bronze statue of Jizo Bodhisattva, and the front of the Buddha statue appears dazzling "Buddha light".
Although the Buddha statue has been standing in Jiuhua Mountain for more than 20 years, no scholar has been able to explain why the Buddha statue shines around its body. Also, weirdly, the light only appears at certain times in spring and autumn.
Therefore, when people come to worship the Buddha, if they are lucky enough to see the Jizo Bodhisattva who radiates the light of the Buddha, in addition to the devotion and respect of the Bodhisattva, they will also feel that the Bodhisattva in front of them is very strange.
In addition to these factors, there is another peculiarity about this Jizo Bodhisattva Buddha statue. At the time of design, the craftsman installed lights on the inside of the Buddha statue.
When night falls, the lamp in the body of the Jizo Bodhisattva is turned on, and when you look at it from a distance, it looks as if the Buddha statue is glowing, as if the Jizo Bodhisattva has descended from hell to the world.
Moreover, the light in the Buddha statue will turn into a dazzling gold under the influence of the bronze Buddha body, and these golden lights seem to pierce the darkness and impact the heart. Because the Jizo Bodhisattva Buddha statue will bring such a strange visual experience, the viewer's eyes do not dare to linger more.
But in fact, it's not that the three Buddha statues themselves are weird, it's just that people think the Buddha statues are weird. If you are open-minded, even if you are standing in front of the true Buddha, then you don't need to be afraid of panic. So, perhaps the existence of these three Buddha statues is to warn the world not to do evil.
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