What is worth seeing in Zhengding Buddhist Temple?

Zhengding Buddhist Temple, also known as longxing temple, was founded in Sui Dynasty. It is one of the oldest, larger and well-preserved royal temples in China, with a total area of about 80,000 square meters. It is a thousand-year-old temple integrating history, culture and art. Tan Jie, Compassion Pavilion, Mani Palace, Runwheel Tibetan Pavilion and other scenic spots are all worth visiting.

Tan Jie is a place where Buddhist monks hold religious ceremonies when they are ordained. In ancient times, emperors attached great importance to longxing temple and rebuilt it many times, but ordinary temples were not qualified to build Tan Jie at all, which shows the scale and importance of longxing temple. There are two-sided bronze Buddha statues of Ming Dynasty in the altar, one is Amitabha Buddha, the founder of the western paradise (facing south), and the other is the pharmacist Buddha (facing north). They sit together back to back, back to back. These Buddha statues are extremely rare. ?

The Great Compassion Pavilion is the main building of longxing temple, which contains the highest and largest bronze Guanyin Bodhisattva in China-Thousand Hands and Thousand Eyes Guanyin. Guanyin statue is self-contained, beautifully carved and has a strong artistic style in Song Dynasty. There are stairs leading to the top floor in the pavilion, where literati of past dynasties once felt and wrote many poems and songs. Runwheel Tibetan Pavilion is a Buddhist musical instrument. Buddhist scriptures are in an octagonal cabinet, and there is a rotating shaft in the center of the cabinet. External rotation can accumulate virtue. Runner was built in the Northern Song Dynasty, but its design method is extremely rare in ancient buildings in China.

Mani Palace Mani means pearls and treasures. The Buddhist scripture says, "Manizu, put the turbid water in, and the water will be clear." The name of Mani Palace means "Clear away the turbidity and dirt, and get quiet", and there are statues of Sakyamuni in Mani Palace. There are murals of the Qing and Ming Dynasties in the temple, which is of great significance to the study of China's history and culture. In addition, friends who like calligraphy can visit the Longzang Temple Monument, which is the earliest existing regular script inscription in China. Longxing temple covers too much Buddhist culture and architectural culture. You can explore more things by yourself.