An essay of about 450 words about visiting the Giant Buddha in Rong County during the winter vacation
When I was young, I heard from my father that the Leshan Giant Buddha is world-famous and is the largest Buddha in my country. This giant Buddha is majestic and spectacular. Visitors can clearly see the panoramic view of the giant Buddha standing on the opposite side of the river or on a cruise ship. There is a steep stone ladder on the cliff next to the Big Buddha. Visitors can follow the stone ladder to reach the Big Buddha, or climb to the feet of the Big Buddha to take photos as a souvenir. At that time, I really wanted to see the spectacular scenery of the First Buddha with my own eyes. Unexpectedly, this wish has not been realized yet, but I saw with my own eyes the Rongxian Giant Buddha located in Rongxian County, our city.
It was a Saturday during the winter vacation. The weather was really nice, with white clouds floating in the clear sky. We drove to Zhenruyan, about one mile away from Rongxian County, more than 40 kilometers west of the city center. Looking from a distance, you can see green mountains, lush trees, surrounded by pavilions, and the Giant Buddha standing on the mountain, like a giant standing in front of Dongshan, protecting Rong County, an ancient cultural city with a long history.
The mountain gate of Rongxian Dafo Temple is at the foot of Dongshan Mountain. Entering the mountain gate, the winding path leads to a quiet place. We slowly climbed up the stairs, and the first thing we saw was the Maitreya Hall. Enshrined in the hall is a Maitreya Arhat with a big belly and deep navel, open chest and bosom, who can laugh at the past and talk about the present, take in the sight of heaven and earth, and does not know the sorrow of the world. Standing in the hall, looking happily at Laughing Maitreya, the sorrows of the world suddenly disappear, adding a bit of joy to the visitors. Walking up the corridor, you will reach the spacious and tall main hall. The giant Buddha sitting on the cliff has kind eyebrows and kind eyes, and a peaceful expression. His upper body is exposed outside the temple, his head is as high as the mountain, and his lower body is hidden in the temple. My mother told me: Lu You, a patriotic poet of the Southern Song Dynasty, once served as the magistrate of Rongzhou (now Rong County). He called Zhenru Rock Dongshan, so this giant Buddha is also called Dongshan Buddha. The Buddha statue is in the shape of a cliff facing Sakyamuni from the south to the north. According to historical records, the Great Buddha Temple was first built during the Yuanhu period of the Northern Song Dynasty and took eight years to complete. It has a history of more than 1,800 years. The Buddha is more than 36 meters tall, with a head length of about 9 meters, a shoulder width of more than 12 meters, and a foot width of 3.5 meters. In terms of the vastness and scale of the project, it is second only to the Leshan Giant Buddha and is the second largest Buddha in the country. If it is distinguished only by the name of the Buddha, the Rongxian Giant Buddha is undoubtedly the largest statue of Sakyamuni in the country. As we chatted, we unknowingly climbed up to the Grand Buddha Tower, admiring the treasures in this Chinese stone carving treasure house with a history of more than 1,800 years from top to bottom. I was amazed by the exquisite skills of our ancestors and the light of wisdom that shone through them.
On the west side of the Big Buddha Hall is the vivid and elegant Bodhidharma Hall. Bodhidharma holds a rosary and stands on a reed leaf, standing in the waves. He went through hardships and came to China from distant India. , dedicated his life to the friendship between the people of China and India and to the mutual exchange of religion and culture. On the east side of the Great Buddha Hall, there are the abbot, sutra-storage building and Zen room. Buildings of different styles complement each other to form a group of various buildings.
When I left the Bodhidharma Hall, I felt that "the mountains and rivers are endless and there is no way out." Looking carefully at the miscellaneous trees, there is a narrow path that winds around the mountain and leads to the middle of the mountain. Climbing up, I saw a huge word "Xiaotai" carved on the stone wall halfway up the mountain. The cliff below the platform was soaring in the sky, shaped like a sheep's horn, and the smoke and clouds grew below the platform, which was a wonder of the Great Buddhist Temple. Lu You went to the "Xiao Tower" many times and wrote a poem: "There is no hermit Xiao in the abandoned platform, but there are still noble people in the abandoned house." Later, when he bid farewell to Rongzhou, he once again sang the swan song of "The wine clouds on the Xiaotai are walking on the shoes, and the fairy caves are looking for plum rain towels". When Zhao Yong, a poet of the Ming Dynasty, visited Xiaotai, he also wrote a seven-rhyme poem: "At dawn, the sun is clear on the east mountain, and I enjoy the pleasure and leisure of visiting Xiaotai. The road passes by the golden wall and rock, and people are walking in the paintings. Laughter does not harm the world. "Broad, full of joy, the cave dragon is startled. The spring breeze is full of sleeves, and I have a sentence to reflect on the moonlight." Zhao Xi, a Jinshi and calligrapher in the Qing Dynasty, wrote "Haoshan" after returning home. "No Lingyun Temple, only the sound of Wuyou Fengshui" has become the highest praise of future generations for the Giant Buddha in Rongxian County.
We walked across the Xiaotai, then spiraled up the zigzag steel plate suspension ladder, and reached the top of the mountain. Standing on the top of the mountain, overlooking the landscape of Rongju, you can see the Xushui River that goes around the city like a silk ribbon in the faint smoke. The streets in the city are neat and high-rise buildings are lined up in rows. Outside the city, there are fields, lush forests and green bamboos, and smoke from farmhouses. Looking up, the white pagoda known as the "vertical pen" on Longtou Mountain is immersed in the melting autumn sun and points directly to the blue sky, as if it is using the blue sky as paper to write the prosperity and prosperity of Rongzhou today.
In such a holy place, it really makes people wander back and forth. We kids were playing games and singing at the same time, and we had so much fun.
Just when I was having fun, my mother told me that it was getting late. We reluctantly left the Rongxian Giant Buddha, but the tall and majestic Rongxian Giant Buddha remained in my memory forever.