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Guiyuan Temple is located on Guiyuan Temple Road, Hanyang District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province. It was built by Master Bai Guang in 1658, the fifteenth year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty. It covers an area of ??153 acres, has more than 200 temples, and more than 7,000 volumes of various Buddhist classics. Guiyuan Zen Temple belongs to the Caodong Sect, one of the five schools and seven sects of Zen Buddhism, so it is called Guiyuan Zen Temple.
Guiyuan Zen Temple is also known as "the first place in western Han Dynasty" because of its towering ancient trees and lush flowers and trees. It is also the seat of the Wuhan Buddhist Association. Together with Baotong Temple, Lianxi Temple and Gude Temple, it is collectively known as the Four Jungles of Wuhan. Guiyuan Zen Temple is a national key Buddhist temple in the Han area and a national AAAA tourist attraction.
The Main Hall
The Main Hall is the main hall, or main hall, of the temple. It is also the place where the monks in the temple attend morning and evening classes. It was first built in the 18th year of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty and has been repaired many times. The current Mahavira Hall was rebuilt in the 34th year of the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty. In the middle of the hall is a seated statue of Sakyamuni, flanked by his disciples Ananda and Kasyapa, both of whom are bodiless sculptures. The four characters "Daxiong Palace" on the banner were written by Feng Jiahao, a great calligrapher of the Qing Dynasty.
On the high platform in the center of the hall, there is a statue of Buddha Sakyamuni. In the niche on the back of the Buddha statue is a colorful clay sculpture of "Island Guanyin". This group of large-scale sculptures, 6 meters high, 4 meters wide and with an inclination angle of 30 degrees, is made of silk, palm linen and other raw materials. On the walls on both sides of the main hall are stone carvings of the Eighteen Arhats. In most temples, the Eighteen Arhats appear in the form of statues.