Do we have to go to Guiyuan Temple in the morning?
Guiyuan Temple is located in Guiyuan Temple Road, Hanyang District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province. It was built by Bai Guang in the 15th year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty (AD 1658). Covering an area of 153 mu, there are more than 200 temples and houses, and more than 7,000 volumes of various Buddhist classics.
Guiyuan Temple belongs to Cao Dongzong, one of the seven schools of Zen, so it is called Guiyuan Temple. Guiyuan Buddhist Temple is also called "Western Han Dynasty", because of its towering ancient trees and lush flowers and trees. It is also the seat of Wuhan Buddhist Association. Together with Baotong Temple, Xilian Temple and Gude Temple, it is also called the four jungles of Wuhan.
main building
The Hall of the Great Hero is the main hall of the temple, or the main hall, and it is also the place where monks in the temple have classes in the morning and evening. It was built in the 18th year of Shunzhi in Qing Dynasty (166 1 year) and has undergone many repairs. At present, the Hall of the Great Heroes was rebuilt in the thirty-fourth year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty (1908). In the center of the hall is a statue of Sakyamuni, flanked by his disciples Ananda and Ye Jia, all of which are intangible sculptures.
Feng Jiahao, a great calligrapher in Qing Dynasty, wrote the four characters "Hall of Great Heroes".
Siddhattha gotama is enshrined on the high platform in the center of the main hall, and the colorful clay sculpture of Guanyin on the island is in the niche on the back of the Buddha statue. This group of large-scale plastics with a height of 6 meters, a width of 4 meters and an inclination angle of 30 degrees are made of primary materials such as silk and brown hemp.