Wannian Temple

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Samantabhadra sanctuary in Wannian temple

The Wannian Temple ( Chinese  万年 寺 , Pinyin Wànnián sì  - "Temple of Ten Thousand Years; etc.") is one of the most important Buddhist temples in the Emei Shan Mountains ( 峨眉山 ) in the area of Emeishan in the southwest Chinese province of Sichuan , which belongs to one of the four sacred mountains of Buddhism in China . It is a national focus temple of Buddhism in Han Chinese areas .

The temple was founded by monk Mingche in the fifth year (401) of the Long'an era of the Eastern Jin Dynasty (317-420) . Originally it was called Puxian Temple (" Samantabhadra Temple" ) and became "Baishui Temple" during the Tang Dynasty , in the third year (876) of the Qianfu era of Emperor Xizong of the Tang Dynasty (618-907) "And later renamed " Wannian Temple "(" Temple of Ten Thousand Years ") during the Wanli Period of the Ming Dynasty .

In the fourth year (979) of the Taiping Xingguo era of the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127) the abbot of the temple, monk Maozhen , was called to the court by the emperor and was honored by the emperor Taizong , Zhao Guangyi. The emperor sent a senior official, Zhang Renzan , to escort monk Maozhen back to Chengdu City , who took 3,000 tael of gold with him. With the gold they bought 300,000 jin (15 tons) of copper to cast a statue of Bodhisattva Samantabhadra , the so-called "Copper and Iron Buddha Statue of Shengshou Wannian Temple in Emei Shan".

Copper-and-iron Buddha statue

The copper-and-iron Buddha statue, a statue of the Bodhisattva Samantabhadra on a white elephant , is 7.35 meters high and weighs 62 tons. Samantabhadra sits on the lifelike-looking white elephant with shining eyes with a golden crown on his head, a Ruyi scepter (S-shaped ornamental object made of jade ) and looks very collected. The statue is a well-proportioned and elegantly modeled representative of the foundry art of the Song Dynasty (960–1279).

monument

Its buildings and artifacts from the Song to Ming Dynasty have been on the List of Monuments of the People's Republic of China (1-133) since 1961 . The temple is also on the Sichuan Province Monuments List .

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  1. ↑ Mingche heshang 明彻 和尚
  2. ↑ Pǔxián sì ( 普贤 寺
  3. ↑ Chinese 白水 寺 , Báishuǐ sì or 白水 普贤 寺 , Báishuǐ Pǔxián sì
  4. ↑ Maozhen heshang 茂 真 和尚
  5. ↑ 张仁 瓒
  6. ↑ Chinese Pǔxián Chinese  普贤
  7. ↑ chinaculture.org: The Copper and Iron Buddha Statue in the Wannian Temple ( Memento of March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ); china.com.cn: Emei Shan Shengshou Wannian si Tongtie Foxiang ; see. chinabaike.com: Emeishan Shengshouwanniansi Tongtie Foxiang
  8. ↑ With the Chinese technical name: Emeishan Shengshouwanniansi Tongtie Foxiang 峨眉山 圣寿 万年 寺 铜铁 佛像; engl. Copper and Iron Buddha statue in Shengshou Wannian Temple of Mount Emei
  9. ↑ Chinese Pǔxián 普贤
  10. ↑ chinaculture.org: The Copper and Iron Buddha Statue in the Wannian Temple ( Memento from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
Wannian Temple (alternative names of the lemma)
Wànnián sì 万年 寺, Wannian Temple, Wannian si, Temple of Ten Thousand Years, Baixian si 普贤 寺, Baishui si 白水 寺, Baishui Puxian si 白水 普贤 寺, Shengshou Wannian si 圣寿 万年 寺

Coordinates: 29 ° 34 ′ 55.1 ″  N , 103 ° 22 ′ 50.1 ″  E