The ancient temple of the Six Dynasties, known as the second Dunhuang of China, has a group of more than 3700 Buddha statues in relief

The ancient temple of the Six Dynasties ~ Shuilu Temple, known as the second Dunhuang of China. It is located at the foot of Wang Shun Mountain in Puhua Town, Lantian, Shaanxi, surrounded by water on three sides, resembling a lying fish's small island, hence the name Shuilu Temple. The area of Shuilu Temple is not large, but it contains the largest group of colored reliefs in China, with more than 3700 Buddha statues, using the method of comic strip, and the exquisite technique of relief, vividly interpreting the legendary story of Sakyamuni Buddha's life. The colored three-dimensional relief group sculpture looks very spectacular, with vivid character images, carved beams and painted buildings, superb and extraordinarily exquisite. Several Guanyin Bodhisattva statues in Shuilu Temple have beards, which is a very rare male appearance. It is said that Guanyin itself is male, and when Buddhism was introduced to China from the Western Han Dynasty, Guanyin gradually became female. The Guanyin we see in Lantian Shuilu Temple are all male. Shuilu Temple is relatively close to Xi'an, about an hour's drive, with good surrounding scenery, plus the attraction of Lantian's food, so it is often visited. If you often come to Shuilu Temple, you will find that, for the protection of cultural relics and colored reliefs, several main halls are often closed for maintenance. This Qingming Festival, I came to Shuilu Temple again with my family, and was delighted to see the colored reliefs again, to see the wisdom and exquisite carving skills of the ancients, and couldn't help but sigh at the wisdom of the ancients from the bottom of my heart.