简介
Reclining Buddha Temple, an ancient temple hidden in the mountains, is not very deep in the Yunyan Mountains, only 16 or 17 kilometers from Baoshan City, but the ancient trees and shade are "hidden" in this thousand-year-old temple, which is famous both at home and abroad: Reclining Buddha Temple. In Baoshan and even in the jungles of Yunnan, the Reclining Buddha Temple is considered to be a "senior elder". It was built in the fourth year of the Tang Dynasty (716), but now some local history researchers have found four words from the "Yongchang Prefecture": "built in the Han Dynasty". This pushes the "age of the temple" forward by at least 500 years.
Reclining Buddha Temple, the first thing that caught the eye is the blue pool outside the gate. The water is as clear as a mirror, spotless, surrounded by green willows like smoke, soft branches on the surface of the water. Gazing at the shallow bottom, the fish debris can be counted, the heart, also unconsciously like being "filtered", like a sense of peace and coolness. Pace into the mountain gate, the courtyard is divided into two, two compartments or for the monk house, for the tea room, simple and neat furnishings, for visitors to take a break. Inside the courtyard, the flowers and trees are so luxuriant that the fragrance is pleasant! Through the front courtyard, looking west, you can see a magnificent hall under the rocks covered by auspicious clouds and trees, with a plaque written in four big gold letters "Yunyan Reclining Buddha". The hall is not an ordinary hall, it is a natural stone cave, the cave stone pattern coiled knot, stalactites hanging protruding, the layout is ingenious, the cave hall is integrated, can be called "the unity of heaven and man" structure. Buddha is not an ordinary Buddha, but a jade Buddha carved out of jade, about 6 meters long, weighing more than 9 tons, facing east and west, lying on the stone platform on the wall.
Reclining Buddha Temple, modeling dignified and not lose the spirit of movement, grooming serene and not lose the floating. Yunyan ancient Buddha, the original is more than 1,280 years ago by the abbot monk some island to hire skilled craftsmen three, spent seven years, on the cave under the stone wall of a huge stone carefully carved and made. Buddha's body is three feet long, decorated with gold, head north and feet south, one hand curved pillow ear side, one hand flat out near the knee, eyes slightly closed, lying down, solemn and serene.