Broaden boundaries and observe nature —— Yan Futang Cultural Research Association visited Guangming Temple

On March 20th, 20021year, the eighth day of the second lunar month was the spring equinox, and everything was expected. The land was vast, the shore was green with willows, the grass was long in Fei Ying, the wheat was jointing, the rape was fragrant, the peaches and plums were white, and the spring scenery was yellow everywhere.

The eighth day of the second lunar month is also the day when Sakyamuni Buddha became a monk. The delegation of Anxi Yanfutang Cultural Research Association led by President Bai Dequan visited Guangming Temple, a famous temple in Xiamen.

The delegation was warmly received by Chairman Chen. Led by Xiao Ke, the management committee, they visited the Lotus Square, the performance stage, the Bell Tower, the Drum Tower, the Heavenly King Hall, the Ursa Mahayana Hall, the ancestral hall, the guanyin temple, the Bodhi Academy, the Prajna Academy, the Dharma Hall, the Arhat Hall, the Tibetan Sutra Pavilion and the meditation room one by one, and participated in the chanting activities in the morning.

Guangming Temple has a large scale, its geographical location and planning layout are in line with the grand view of Feng Shui, and its architectural style is very characteristic of ancient buildings in southern Fujian. Built on the mountain, strewn at random and orderly, with distinct layers; The temple is grand in design, magnificent in shape, simple and magnificent in bucket arch, and exquisite and bold in beam frame; Exquisite construction details, excellent materials and excellent labor force, red walls and yellow tiles, carved beams and painted buildings, resplendent, can be called masterpieces. Surrounded by deep cloisters, lush flowers and trees and pleasant scenery, it is really a holy place for sincere practice and promotion of Buddhism.

Wide wisdom is born and died, and good heart is like water;

Ming Zen machine is color, emptiness and movement.

Fa Lou is now kind to Yun Guan, and the autumn moon and spring flowers are full of dreamland;

It is nothing more than a little secret that the wisdom lamp hangs on the throne and listens to the morning bell and the dusk drum.

Yang Yaomu's Three Mountains and Ten Thousand Lotus Flowers Prove Bodhi.

Contributed by: Anxi County Longmen Yanfutang Cultural Research Association