Wuxi Lingshan scenic spot introduction:
Lingshan Buddha is located in Wuxi Ma Shan Qin Cu Peak on the south side of the small Lingshan area, which was formerly known as the Tang and Song dynasties Xiangfu Temple of the former site for the preservation of monuments, the promotion of culture, the implementation of religious policy, by the restoration of the Xiangfu Zen Temple to build the Big Buddha statue! Preparatory Committee planning, in the restoration of Xiangfu Temple at the same time, the construction of eighty-eight-meter-high open-air bronze Sakyamuni Buddha statue. The location of the Buddha is named by Tang Xuanzang small Lingshan, so the name Lingshan Buddha. Lingshan Buddha Scenic Area is located in Wuxi Taihu Lake National Tourism Resort, covering an area of about 30 hectares. Walking from the large orchard parking lot to the Zhaobi Square, you can see the three mountains surrounded by the Lingshan Buddha stands tall, majestic and spectacular. Big Buddha south of Taihu Lake, backed by the Ling Mountain, the left pull the green dragon (mountain), the right hold the white tiger (mountain), the spirit of the earth, Feng Shui excellent, as a rare treasure of the Buddha's country. Lingshan big wall can be called the first wall of China, 39.8 meters long, 7 meters high, front "Lingshan will" stone group carving, the gods Tao Wei, thousands of thousands of faces, vivid; back for the "Tang Monk gives Zen small Lingshan map.
This grand and solemn Buddha is the largest event in the Chinese Buddhist community in the past hundred years. At the same time, it will also become one of the symbols of Wuxi, the Pearl of Taihu Lake, which is of great significance for social, cultural and economic development.
Buddhist scriptures say that all new statues of Buddha must be inaugurated before their sacred significance can be realized. Lingshan Buddha opening ceremony by the world's three major sects of monks and virtuosos *** with the host. The scene is decorated with ten thousand pots of flowers and thousands of meters of yellow silk. Five hundred meters of pilgrimage road all inserted Buddha flag, two hundred and eighteen levels of cloud road full of planting golden chrysanthemums, thousands of trees wrapped in yellow cloth, ten thousand pigeons flying around the Buddha. The sound of Sanskrit curls, drums and music, reproducing the scene of Buddha Tuo living in the world; believers gathered, burning incense, showing the virtue of returning to the heart of the Buddha. On the day of the light, from four o'clock in the morning, the faithful from all over the deduction, from the city to Mashan, the traffic stretches more than twenty kilometers, lasted nearly four hours. Is the day, the mist hangs low, with the light wind in the Buddha around the slow dance, with the great master of the wonderful sound of the scriptures, the auspicious clouds rise, the mist is scattered, the Buddha's compassionate face appeared: half-curved eyebrows, like a smile is not only wisdom; compassionate eyes closed, want to speak first heard. Tens of thousands of believers devoutly worship, silently wishing, Dharma happiness will be full of auspiciousness. Now, the Buddha enlightenment site are retained as is, the enlightenment video will soon be broadcast on a loop, so that more worshippers who were unable to visit the enlightenment site to enjoy the enlightenment of the scene, *** Junction of Dharma, with the joy of Dharma!
The Buddha is cast in tin bronze, in addition to the bronze pieces lasting forever, but more importantly, the bronze art is the essence of classical art from the Stone Age, but also a part of the traditional culture of the Chinese people in the extremely brilliant. The ancient simplicity and elegance of the bronze art and its beauty and meticulousness enjoy a high status in the world. The casting of the Buddha is a large-scale and highly difficult project, and the Preparatory Committee decided that Nanjing Chenguang Group would undertake the project. Nanjing Chenguang Group has reliable technology and has accumulated rich experience in the construction of the Hong Kong Tian Tan Buddha. The structural design of the Buddha was undertaken by the East China Architectural Design Institute, which is famous for designing the Oriental Pearl TV Tower in Shanghai. The artistic modeling of the Buddha was undertaken by Nanjing artist Wu Xianlin, who was responsible for the sculpture design.
The main data of the Lingshan Big Buddha are as follows:1. The height of the Lingshan Big Buddha is 88 meters, the body of the Buddha is 79 meters, and the lotus petals are 9 meters.2. The body of the Lingshan Big Buddha (excluding the lotus petals) is made up of 1,560 pieces of 6-8mm-thick copper wall panels, with welded seams of more than 30 kilometers.3. The Lingshan Big Buddha is made of cast copper of about 700 tons, and the area of the copper panels reaches more than 9,000 square meters, which is about the size of one and a half soccer fields.4. Due to the use of high-tech, the Lingshan Big Buddha is made of copper. the use of high technology, the Lingshan Giant Buddha is able to withstand a 14-magnitude typhoon and an 8-magnitude earthquake.
The molding of the Lingshan Giant Buddha was completed according to the Buddhist scriptures of the thirty-two forms of Rudra. The Buddha smiles, looking at all living beings, the right hand "Shi fearless seal" on behalf of the elimination of pain, the left hand "and wishing seal" on behalf of giving happiness, are the blessing of the phase, the entire statue of the Buddha's form of solemn and complete, peaceful and serious and detailed, showing the Buddha's compassionate dharma.
Reviewing the history of China and the history of Buddhism, in every prosperous era, there will be highly civilized art crystallization, thousands of generations, everlasting. For the Buddha statue, the achievement is extraordinary, from Yungang, Longmen to Dunhuang, Dazu and now Lingshan Buddha, thus in the country to form the east of Jiangsu Wuxi Lingshan Buddha, south of Hong Kong Temple of Heaven Buddha, west of Sichuan Leshan Buddha, north of Shanxi Yungang Buddha, there are Henan Luoyang Longmen Buddha of the five sides of the five Buddhas Terri towering standoff and echoing the pattern.
Lingshan Buddha stands in Wuxi Taihu Lake on the small Ling Shan, reflecting the blessed treasure of East China's economic development, cultural prosperity, social stability and peace, but also China's freedom of religion is an important embodiment of the policy, and symbolizes the peace and life as bronze, as evergreen.
Lingshan Shengjing is 17 kilometers away from Wuxi city, there is a special tourist highway, located in Shanghai-Nanjing Expressway and Beijing-Shanghai artery, the traffic is very convenient. The recent opening of the high-speed yacht will be Ling Shan Shengjing and soft-shelled turtle, Three Kingdoms City, Water Margin City and other old and new attractions in 15 minutes, and there are cruise ships and Suzhou, Huzhou, Hangzhou connected to the ring around the Taihu Lake from the formation of a more compact tourist plate.