Every New Year, my mother always likes to take us to visit Bai Yushan Temple.
Bai Yushan Temple is only a few kilometers away from my home. Go straight along the cement road that passes in front of my house until you come to Bai Yushan. The temple is located between green bamboo and tall trees.
When you enter the temple, the first thing you see is a long stainless steel publicity column. At one end of the publicity column, the words "Learn Party History, Understand Thought, Do Practical Things and Start a New Bureau" are posted, and then 19 concise Party History Table from the first Party Congress to the 19th Party Congress is posted in turn. Let me secretly marvel that the United front work has a strong leading role in ethnic and religious work.
There is a Buddhist language of civilized ceremony at the entrance of the temple. It is required not to set off fireworks and firecrackers, wear masks, check the hygiene rules and travel rules, and keep a distance of one meter. Mother put away a set of firecrackers, only lit two safe red candles and three tall incense sticks in the big censer tripod in the middle of the gate.
When you enter the gate of the temple and pass an automatic security gate, people passing by will say, "The temperature is normal, please come in."
Entering the door is the Great Buddha Hall, with many heavenly generals dressed in colorful clothes on the left and right sides, and the Guanyin icon on the back of the Great Buddha.
Go through the main hall and enter the atrium, which is surrounded by a small courtyard. At this moment, a woman came out. Her face is completely disfigured. She is wearing an apron. She seems to be helping the kitchen here. She smiled and greeted us casually: "Happy New Year!" We also responded quickly: "Happy New Year!"
Buddhism is compassionate and tolerant of suffering. I want her here. I've dissolved my feelings and got used to meeting such a generous person. Here, all beings are equal, and they don't need to care too much about the eyes of secular criticism and judgment. They can settle down with compassion. She is kind-hearted and cooks vegetarian dishes in the temple, which is a good place.
There is a golden statue of the ancestor of the Jade Buddha in the atrium. If you are riding a horse, with a cup in one hand and a whip in the other, you are wearing a yellow robe, a fisherman's hat and a long beard on your sideburns.
On the edge of the case, I saw a calligraphy work in black and white, which read "Good as water, peaceful and far-reaching, thinking about evidence, thinking about practice, Buddha blessing" and so on. The inscription on the left side reads "The bodhi old zu of Jade Buddha, born on the second day of the first month, with a glass of clear water in his left hand and a whip in his right hand to save the good people", and the inscription reads "Shaman of White Temple". Calligraphy works were written by monks in the temple and left for a short time.
Around the backyard, the backyard hall is newly built. In the center of the hall is the golden Buddha statue of Sakyamuni in the south, surrounded by many Buddha statues mentioned in Buddhist books, some of which are kind and magnificent, and the atmosphere in the hall is clean and solemn.
Buddha went out and looked back at the mountain gate. I saw a stone carving couplet, the first part is: Maitreya Buddha incarnates and laughs at the fame and fortune of the world, and the second part is: the ordinary Li family on the bank, accompanied by plum blossoms. Signed: Hu Jingyi.
Hu Lao is a native of Ningxiang and now lives in Changsha. He is a famous couplets and master of poetry in the province. Jade Buddha Hall is linked by famous artists, adding artistic conception and profound meaning.