Binxian Giant Buddha Temple is located at 1 1 km west of Binxian, Xianyang City. From the winding and spacious West (An 'an)-Lanzhou (Zhou) Highway on the west edge, walk about five or six kilometers, cross water curtain cave (where the Monkey King, a mythical novel in Journey to the West, lives), and then walk six kilometers to the west. Looking from the south side of the highway, there is a towering classical pavilion standing against a cliff, and the surrounding cliff holes are like beehives.
The Great Buddha Temple, formerly known as Qingshou Temple, was built in the second year of Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty (AD 628). To celebrate his mother's 60th birthday, Li Shimin sent Wei Chijingde to supervise the renovation, hence the name Qingshou Temple. Most of the grotto statues here are works of the Northern Dynasties, except that the giant Buddha in the temple building was carved in the Tang Dynasty.
The grottoes of the Great Buddha Temple are chiseled along the mountain. The temple has a pavilion building with three floors and a height of more than 50 meters. There is a mirror stand at the entrance of the building. Looking out on the stage, you can see the big Buddha statue in the south and a wide path to the east in the north. Walking into the grottoes, the walls of the grottoes are full of statues. If you count carefully, there are 70 niches, 100 1 statue. Sakyamuni sat in the middle, with two bodhisattvas leaning on both sides. Looking up at this statue of Siddhartha Gautama, the largest in Shaanxi, with a height of 24 meters, a shoulder width of 13 meters and a finger length of 2 meters, he sat cross-legged on the hexagonal lotus seat against the rock. The upper body goes up through the center of the cave. Dressed topless and bare-backed, it has a round face, a straight nose, drooping ears, bent eyebrows and fine eyes, eyes staring down slightly, a slightly convex chest, dignified and kind, and smiles at every visitor who comes in. There are seven sitting buddhas in relief around the head of the Giant Buddha, and the edge of the Buddha flies around 19, which is a very decorative and exquisite sculpture. On both sides of the giant Buddha, the Buddha statue is about 5 meters high, commonly known as Zhangba Buddha, wearing a jade crown, gorgeous wreath, narrow skirt and natural and amiable posture. In addition, there are many shrines on the cave wall, with about 400 buddhas and bodhisattvas carved. The Buddha's body is very big. It is said that one finger is the waist. Visitors can only look up at the bottom of the cave or go upstairs to see it. Cliff-shaped Buddha statues prevailed in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, and the Great Buddha Temple was also named after the cliff-shaped Buddha. The existing Cliff Buddha in Tang Dynasty in China should be the first in Leshan, Sichuan, followed by the Lushena Buddha in Fengxian Temple in Longmen, Luoyang, Henan and the Thousand Buddha Cave in Dunhuang, Gansu. Among these giant buddhas, the giant Buddha of Binxian Big Buddha Temple was built earlier, and its successful experience of digging has had a great influence on digging Buddha in the mountains in the future.
Binxian people have a jingle: there is a big Buddhist temple in Shaozhou, which makes the ceiling creak. And spread the story of Zhang Ba Buddha meeting Buddha. According to legend; The reputation of the giant Buddha spread far and wide, reaching the ears of Zhangba Buddha in Jingchuan County, Gansu Province. Not convinced, he wanted to compete with Binxian Giant Buddha. When Zhang Bafo saw the giant Buddha, he really lived up to his reputation. He is much shorter than me and has to admit defeat. The Buddha invited him to visit caves all over the world and let him taste the famous local pears and dates. Zhang bafo is determined to be the follower of the giant Buddha. Later, I meditated in Fu Ying Temple on the west side of the grottoes. In order to show my respect for the Buddha, Zhangba Buddha has been standing up to now. Walking up the narrow stone steps on the west side, you will come to Fu Ying Temple, and you will see eight Buddha statues still standing there. After a small door, not far from the door, enter from another temple door, and you will arrive at the grottoes commonly known as Luohan Cave. There are four small grottoes in the north, with different shapes, depths and heights. In addition to the third grotto in the west, there are more than 60 stories of relief Buddhist scriptures engraved on the wall, and there are inscriptions by tourists since the Tang and Song Dynasties. In the other three grottoes, there are several three-dimensional statues of Buddha and Bodhisattva, which are vivid and beautifully carved. Then from the Luohan Cave Group, bypass the open stope in front of the mirror on the second floor of the Big Buddha Temple building, walk more than 100 meters, and then turn another corner to another cave group, namely the Thousand Buddha Cave. The Thousand-Buddha Cave consists of three grottoes arranged in the east-west direction. It looks like an old hall with one bright and two dark. The center is slightly smaller and the plane is square. The east and west suites are deep, so the plane is rectangular. In addition to a few three-dimensional statues of Buddha and Bodhisattva, there are more than 300 reliefs on the wall and carved portraits in the cave, which are real and lifelike.
The statues and stone carvings of the Great Buddha Temple reflect the exquisite art and modeling style in the early Tang Dynasty in China, and are the crystallization of ancient craftsman art, among which the Great Buddha is particularly prominent. The Great Buddha Temple has also preserved 6 steles 177 left by tourists since the Tang and Song Dynasties. Elegant poems, cursive scripts, official scripts and seals are admired by visitors.