Introduction of Luohan Temple

In the 11th year of Guangxu reign in Qing Dynasty (1885), Longfa monk rebuilt the temple, built the Lohan Hall in imitation of Baoguang Temple in Xindu, and made clay sculptures of 500 Lohan and Fang Gaiming Lohan Temple. 1942, Lohan Temple was bombed by Japanese planes and was later restored. During the Cultural Revolution, all the Luohan statues were destroyed, and the government allocated special funds 1984 for reconstruction. At the time of its initial construction, the Yuanchi Monument has now disappeared, and only the "West Lake Monument" embedded in the "Ming Monument Pavilion" is still faintly discernible. Among the 20-meter-long ancient Buddha rocks in Luohan Temple, there are more than 400 Buddha statues carved from rocks in the Song Dynasty, including sleeping Buddha (commonly known as "reclining Buddha"), Guanyin statue and portraits of donors. The style is quite close to that of Dazu Baodingshan stone carving. There are many treasures of Buddhist art in the Hall of Ursa Major, including 16 Buddha statues, that is, 16 students with the best academic record of Sakyamuni Buddha. There are bronze statues of the "Three Sages of the West" in the Ming Dynasty, "Sakyamuni became a Taoist Jade Buddha" in Myanmar, and copied the Indian mural "Sakyamuni became a monk". The Buddhist scriptures, Sanskrit, Tibetan scriptures, ancient books, calligraphy and painting stored in the Buddhist scriptures building in the temple are mostly treasures of the Tang and Ming dynasties. There are 524 statues in Luohantang, all of which are clay sculptures. Its modelling is exquisite, the expression is lifelike, there are often good men and women, silently counting arhats to measure good or bad luck.