Lin Dong's ancestral hall is the first scene of pure religion on earth founded by Master Hui Yuan. Keep the precepts and recite the Buddha, and swear to move China and foreign countries. Since ancient times, generations of eminent monks and great virtues have been cast, and countless Buddhists have been transported to the realm of bliss lotus. Today, Amitabha Buddha was built in Tuolin Temple in Lushan Mountain, the first scene of this holy land, followed by an icon, which made people and nature happy, and the fate was unique, and the world was enthusiastic.
Lushan Buddha was first built by Master Guo. After more than ten years of brewing, under the leadership of abbot Chuan Yin, Master Da 'an led the second-order public of Tuolin Temple to complete the design of the Buddha statue, the examination and approval of the new site, the planning of the surrounding landscape, and the bidding for the foundry and pedestal project on the basis of the previous work. In 2007, the eighth day of the fourth lunar month was the birthday of the Buddha, which opened the prelude to the official construction of Lindong Buddha in Lushan Mountain.
Construction concept
The Lindong Giant Buddha Project in Lushan Mountain is based on the quiet concept of pure Buddhism and abandons commercial operation. Relying entirely on the power donated by the four disciples provides a solid guarantee for building a real pure land between people and cultivating a simple and quiet religious atmosphere. After completion, the Lindong Giant Buddha Pure Land Garden will not accept tickets. It is a pure land on earth integrating practice, faith, Buddhism, education, charity, rehabilitation and communication. This is a transit point to Elysium.
Macro layout
Lindong Giant Buddha Pure Land Garden covers an area of 3,300 mu, and is divided into five areas: Buddhist area, Buddhism area, Lian You practice area, love charity area and hermit culture area, which integrates pilgrimage, Buddhism, education, practice, charity and Buddhist exchange. Lichao District, the giant Buddha, is the central axis of the garden. From top to bottom, there are 48m Amitabha Buddha statue, trestle, Buddha worship platform, three temples, Changhuai Hall and Shanmen.
Buddha statue casting
Thanks to the joint efforts of Master Da 'an and well-known sculptors of Buddha statues, after four years and more than 20 revisions, the sculpture of Buddha statues is closer to perfection, striving to show Amitabha's great compassion and willingness to attract all beings. Nanchang Tongqing Metal Craft Group, the foundry of the Buddha statue, requires the employees involved in the casting to be vegetarian and recite the Buddha during the casting period, and infiltrate the quiet concept of the Buddha statue into every link. At present, it has entered the stage of enlarged casting.
Construction operation
The Pure Land Garden of Lindong Giant Buddha is planned by Tongji University as a whole, with Tsinghua University Architectural Design Institute as the constructive planning and Nanjing Branch of Zhongfu Company as the construction unit. The foundation earthwork at the top of the mountain, the five-kilometer fence in Fiona Fang and the construction of the engineering headquarters have been completed. At present, the main projects of the central axis, such as the Great Buddha Pagoda, the Three Temples, the Sakyamuni Hall and the Mountain Gate, are under construction, among which the Sakyamuni Hall was capped at the end of 2008.
Memorabilia of the construction process of Lindong Giant Buddha Project
1993, Master Guo, the former abbot of Tolin Temple, made a vow to build a 48-meter Amitabha Buddha to receive the statue, which was a great undertaking in the legal world.
1999, after six years of preparation, the preparatory committee for the Lindong Giant Buddha in Lushan Mountain was established.
In 200 1 year, the abbot of Jin Kui, Tolingi, became the acting abbot, and the construction of the giant Buddha entered a new stage.
In March 2006, the sample of Lindong Giant Buddha designed by Professor Sun Jiyuan was basically completed.
In September, 2006, after extensively soliciting the opinions of elders from various mountains and social elites, Toringi held several meetings to demonstrate, and finally finalized the construction concept of Lindong Giant Buddha: the construction of the Giant Buddha abandoned commercial operation and relied on the strength of four disciples; Show the pure sectarian spirit, and the ceremony does not accept tickets.
On May 24th, 2007 (the birthday of Sakyamuni Buddha on the eighth day of the fourth lunar month), a ceremony was held in Xing Zi County, Lushan, attended by thousands of believers.
On August 25th, 2007, after strict procedures, the bidding for Buddha statue casting was started, and Nanchang Tongqing Metal Craft Group won the bid, and a signing ceremony was held on August 25th.
June 5438+October 2007 10, the foundation project of Giant Buddha passed the bidding procedure, and Nanjing Branch of Zhongfu Company was awarded the right to undertake the construction.
June 5438+October 2007 10, the 4.8m Lindong Giant Buddha was successfully cast in Chinese, which provided the reproduction data for the giant Buddha's setting-out, marking that Lindong Giant Buddha has been advanced from the Chinese casting stage to the 48m bronze casting stage.
On June165438+1October 2/KLOC-0, 2007, the engineering team of Nanjing Branch of Zhongfu Company entered the site of the Giant Buddha, and the foundation project broke ground, and the Lindong Giant Buddha entered the stage of comprehensive construction.
65438+February 27th, 2007 (birthday of Amitabha in lunar calendar1month17th), the opening ceremony of the 4.8m bronze statue of China and the ceremony of offering the provincial nunnery master Yasheli were successfully held.
In March 2008, the 4.8-meter bronze statue of Lindong Buddha was successfully gilded, which truly expressed the meaning that "Amitabha is gold".
In March, 2008, the acceptance team of Lindong Giant Buddha and famous sculptors completely revised the samples of Lindong Giant Buddha. Strive to show Amitabha's kind, sad and noble religious character to the greatest extent through sculpture language. After the Chinese draft was confirmed, the scale-up casting began.
In May 2008, the mountain gate, Sakyamuni Hall, three temples and Buddhist altar of Lindong Giant Buddha were successively built.
In June 2008, the Preparatory Committee for the Giant Buddha expressed its sincere respect to the Giant Buddha by collecting the wishes of the majority of believers and decided to build a dome for the Giant Buddha.
June 5438 +2009 10, the Sakyamuni Temple was successfully capped.
In April 2009, the enlarged acceptance of the head of the giant Buddha was completed, and the Buddha statue was full of kindness, sadness and power. The four disciples are all very happy and enthusiastic, and then they will enter the final casting stage.