The First Scenery of Zhengding - Longxing Temple (Part One)

I have visited many temples both domestically and internationally, but I didn't expect to be so 'shaken' by my visit to the 'Longxing Temple' in Zhengding this time. It truly deserves to be called the top attraction of Zhengding! With an area of over 80,000 square meters, you could wander around for half a day. The key point is that every Buddha statue in each room is worth exclaiming over! Take the multicolored hanging mountain for example, with its three-dimensional layers, exquisite and complex statues, and brilliant colors. It measures 15.7 meters in length and 7.5 meters in height. This relief sculpture art form, which combines sculpture with painting, miniaturizes the spectacular and lively scene of Guanyin preaching at Mount Putuo Luo on the wall. The Guanyin Bodhisattva sitting in the center breaks through the rigid style of religious Buddha statues. With its soft body curves and graceful and dignified posture, it is a superior work that interprets the secularization of Song Dynasty Guanyin statues, hence it is known as the 'Eastern Goddess of Beauty'. Also, because it faces south while sitting opposite to the direction of the main hall, it is also called the 'Inverted Seated Guanyin', one of the six unique features of Longxing Temple. If you look closely, the Guanyin appears so carefree and unrestrained. Even the Buddha is like this, yet we mortals often cannot let go. Alas, I still need to adjust my mindset . And then there's the wooden Maitreya Bodhisattva, standing 7.4 meters tall, carved from a single piece of wood during the Northern Song period, with a flame pattern halo over 8 meters tall behind it, symbolizing the boundlessness of Buddha's teachings and illuminating the earth. Such a standing wooden Bodhisattva is also rare. Don't rush to admire it, because there's still the 'Great Treasure' to come. The 'Samadhi Earth' Thousand-Handed Buddha can directly cure cervical spondylosis . Inside the Great Compassion Pavilion stands a tall bronze Great Bodhisattva, known as the 'Great Compassion Bodhisattva', which is 19.2 meters tall and stands on a 2.2-meter-high Sumeru stone platform. It is the best-preserved and tallest bronze Guanyin Bodhisattva statue in China. The statue was commissioned by Emperor Taizu of Song, Zhao Kuangyin, and has 42 arms, also known as the 'Thousand-Handed, Thousand-Eyed Guanyin'. Each arm holds objects such as the sun and moon, a purification bottle, a pagoda, a vajra, a treasure sword, etc. Unfortunately, the 40 pairs of bronze arms on both sides have been destroyed and replaced with wood, with only the two arms in front of the chest being original. Standing beneath it, one truly feels how insignificant they are. Take a bow, and may the grandeur of this Buddha's teachings drive away the demons of this world!