Temple architecture in prajna temple

On both sides of the Tianwang Temple are mountain gates. At the main entrance, there is a gold plaque of "prajna temple" inscribed by the famous calligrapher Feng Rian, and at the back door, there is a horizontal plaque inscribed with "Three Continents Induction". There are couplets on both sides. The first part is "The miracle called me from the fire cave, but the furnace is there", and the second part is "The magical power is unpredictable, I believe that King Kong is still alive." Maitreya Buddha (also known as the cloth bag monk) is enshrined in the center of the temple. Behind Maitreya Buddha is Wei Tuo Bodhisattva, the protector with a magic pestle. There are statues of the four great kings on both sides. That is, the king of the East (burning Dorothy's voice) holds the harp; The southern growth king (burning glass) holds a sword; The wide-eyed king in the west (burning the box and leaving it in Boyi) holds a snake; In the north, it is said that the heavenly king (burning Buddha) is carrying a treasure umbrella. The majestic donkey kong guards the mountain gate and the three treasures of Buddha, Dharma and Monk. In the middle of the backyard of Ursa Major Hall, stands an iron-cast tripod, which was cast by prajna temple and his disciples in 1984, and the four characters "Prajna stresses the temple" are cast on it.

The Hall of Ursa Major is located behind the Temple of the King of Heaven, and four gold characters inscribed by the famous calligrapher Huo are hung above the main hall. On the east side, there is a plaque saying "All laws are empty". There is a couplet on the red column at the left and right of the temple gate: "If it is wonderful and solemn, the main companion Zhang Lingshan will be there; Originally, the Buddha was pure and holy, and the Bodhi Road is now round. " There are three Tathagata statues in the temple, carved with flowers to worship clay sculptures and gilded with gold. In the middle is siddhattha gotama, on the right is the pharmacist Buddha, and on the left is the Amitabha Buddha in the western paradise. In front of Gautama, disciples Ananda and Ye Jia stood around. Buddha lanterns, flowers, buildings and banners are solemn. There are 16 portraits painted on the gable walls on the east and west sides of the temple. On the windward screen behind the Buddha statue of Santa Hagata, there are portraits of Guanyin, Manjusri and Pu Xian, which are vivid and vivid.

The Buddhist scripture building is a two-story building with blue bricks in the second courtyard. There is a collection of the Twelve Classics of Sanzang in the building.

The ancestral hall is located in the east courtyard of the temple and was built in the thirty-fifth year of Kangxi (1676). The Hall of Great Heroes enshrines 28 Buddhist founders. There was a glazed porcelain altar in the Tang Dynasty with green leaves and red peony painted on it. It contains the remains of Zen master Gu Lin, the founder of prajna temple.