Wenshu monastery
The Wenshu Monastery ( Manjushri Monastery) located in the Wenshu Yuan Street no. 66 in Chengdu , Sichuan Province , is the best preserved Buddhist temple in Chengdu City. It is the headquarters of the Buddhist Society of Sichuan Province and Chengdu City.
history
Originally built in the Tang Dynasty (618–907), the Wenshu Monastery was called Xinjiang Temple. According to legend, a Buddhist monk settled there in 1681 during the reign of Emperor Kangxi ( Chinese 康熙, Pinyin Kāngxī , W.-G. K'ang-Hsi) in the Qing Dynasty (1644–1911), and when he was cremated the Manjushri ( Sanskrit : m., मञ्जुश्री, Mañjuśrī ; Chinese 文殊, Pinyin wén shū , W.-G. Wen-shu ; Japanese Monju ; Wylie : 'jam dpal dbyangs ) appeared in the flames, whereupon the monk was believed to be his reincarnation . After that, the name was changed to Wenshu Monastery.
Cultural background
In addition to an eleven-story pagoda , the so-called peace tower in the temple section on the right, the library and a large collection of cultural antiquities make up the main image of the Wenshu monastery. Over 500 works of art have been stored here since the Tang and Song dynasties . In the so-called sutra conservation room ( Sanskrit सूत्र - “thread”, “chain”, more precisely: teaching text in verse), many well-known, handwritten exhibits, works of art and paintings have been restored to date. Some well-known Chinese artists and scholars who contributed to the collection include Zhang Daqian , Zheng Banqiao, and Feng Zikai . Most valuable for the collection, however, is a skull fragment of the famous Buddhist pilgrim monk of the Tang Dynasty, Xuanzang . The monastery also owns a jade Buddha statue that was brought to China on foot by Xing Lin from Burma ( Myanmar ) in 1922 . It is said that some of the sutras on display were written in the 18th century by three Buddhist monks with the blood of the tips of their tongues. Last but not least, the monastery houses around 300 different Buddha statues made of various materials, such as B. wood, stone, iron, but also jade, many of them are richly decorated and variously decorated.
The Wenshu Monastery is also known for its tea gardens and solemnly decorated halls.
Individual evidence
- ↑ China Travel Agency, Small Group & Private Tour Service. Retrieved November 24, 2017 .
- ^ Marion Zorn: China Travel Guide 1999 . Ed .: Marco Polo. 6th edition. Mairs Geographischer Verlag, Ostfilden.