The Sun and Moon Twin Towers Cultural Park integrates the culture of the three religions of "Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism". It has the largest bronze statue of Sakyamuni in Guilin, the bronze statue of Medicine Buddha, the bronze statue of Confucius, and the bronze statue of Laozi (above) The bronze statue is being cast); there is the first tantric "Mani Cha" in inland China, and in the Moon Pagoda Underground Palace, there is the first edition of Guangxi's "Medicine Buddha and Twelve Divine Generals" mural relief (which is being carved); There are Tai Chi drums on the first floor of the Moon Pagoda, and a prayer bell on the first floor of the Sun Pagoda. In the small square of the Moon Pagoda and on the first floor of the Moon Pagoda, there are the "Bamboo Leaf Stele", "Sakyamuni Tathagata Footprint Stele", and "Skyta Tathagata Footprint Stele", which are known as the most unique steles in China. "Portrait Monument", "Composition of Calligraphy and Painting Monument", "Millennium Life Monument".
1. The "Bamboo Leaf Stele" is a stone stele with poems hidden in the painting. This tablet is engraved with clumps of bamboo leaves. From a distance, the bamboo shadows are whirling, which is a vivid picture of ink bamboo. A closer look reveals that the bamboo leaves are composed of five character poems composed of Chinese characters: "Without thanks to Dongjun, Danqing has its own name, Mo The lonely leaves are so weak that they will not wither for a long time. "The seal of Guan Yu" and "Hou Tinghou of the Han Dynasty" are engraved on the upper right corner of the stele. This bamboo painting integrates poetry, stories, bamboo paintings, and epigraphic inscriptions. It can be regarded as a piece of art that is pleasing to the eye, both elegant and popular, and is sincerely loved by the majority of tourists.
2. The "Portrait Stele" is the "Portrait Stele of the Three Religions and Nine Streams of Hunyuan". This stele was erected in March of the 44th year of Jiajing in the Ming Dynasty (AD 1565). The author is Zhu Zaiyu, the son of King Zheng. . It mainly uses unpredictable stone carving techniques to integrate the three Chinese religions of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism into one body, allowing one human figure to transform into three heads at the same time. The picture is composed of the heads of Sakyamuni, Laozi, and Confucius sharing the same nose. These three heads are put together, with the shoulders and upper body closed, and they are integrated into one body. They hold the "Nine-flow Hunyuan Diagram" in both hands, forming a The "Hunyuan Three Religions Picture" of Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism and "Nine Streams" has a very profound meaning.
"The stele with calligraphy and painting" is a stele with calligraphy and painting that looks like a painting but not a painting, and looks like a person but not a human being. This stele was engraved during the reign of Chun Tongzhi (AD 1862-1874) of Emperor Mu Zong of the Qing Dynasty. The author was Ma Dezhao, also known as Ziming, who claimed to be from "Western Shu". A portrait of "Wen Kui" is also engraved on the stele. The "Wen Kui" on the stele seems to be dancing. His ingenious imagination and ingenious composition are all amazing. The image is vivid and the spelling is clever. It is an excellent work of word games.
3. The "Footprint Monument of Sakyamuni Tathagata" is a copy of the statue of Buddha's feet carved by the stonemason Li Tianzhao at Yuhua Temple in Tongchuan in his later years by Master Xuanzang of the Tang Dynasty. Master Xuanzang traveled west to seek Dharma. During his tour in India, the Buddhist country, he visited several relics of Buddha's feet in India. Master Xuanzang brought the patterns back to his country and presented them to Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, who ordered them to be carved into stones according to the pictures and enshrined. The Buddha's disciples and the vast number of monks respect and worship the Buddha's feet as much as the Buddha himself. It is true that "seeing the Buddha's feet is like seeing the Buddha, and worshiping the feet is like worshiping the Buddha."
4. The author of the "Millennium Life Monument" is Wang Yuanren, a native of Shanyin, Zhejiang (now Shaoxing). He was a calligrapher in the Qing Dynasty and after the calligraphy sage Wang Xizhi. He was good at writing bound calligraphy and claimed to be the best in the world. In the fifth year of Daoguang's reign (1825), when he was the county magistrate of Chongshan (now Chongzuo), the stone tablet with the word "Shou" was engraved on it. Upon closer inspection, it was composed of the three words "Qian, Nian, Shou". The main brush strokes of this painting with the character "Shou" are carved in the form of positive carving, and then each stroke is engraved with a small "福" character in the negative. There are a total of a thousand characters. It is complete with real grass, seal and official script, and the fonts are different, none of them are the same. .
The park is also engraved with the character "Buddha" by Wang Yuanren of the Qing Dynasty and the character "福" by Guo Sijing, both of which are excellent examples of Tibetan paintings in the characters.
In addition, there are also stone carvings with the word "heart" as the theme. There are stone carvings with the word "heart" by Liu Gongquan and Mi Fu, as well as variations of the word "heart". These variations of the word "heart" are from Buddhism's so-called three worlds are all one mind, and the mind is the root of all dharmas.