五台山显通寺英文导游词

五台山显通寺英文导游词city,shanxiprovince,70kmfromwutaicountytown,140kmfromxinzhoucitytownand240kmfromtaiyuancityinthesouthwestand210kmfromdatonginthenorth,withatotalareaofabout2837sq.km.wutaimountainscenicspotareaissituatedintheregionwithtaihuaitownascenterinthenorthpartofwutaicounty,withanareaof376sq.km.itisanational–levelscenicspotareaatnationlevelandanationalclass4atouristscenicspotareawutaimountainhaspeaksrisingonehigherthananotherandchainofmountainsinstaggerlikeacoilingdragonandcrouchingtiger.thewholemountainhasmorethan1100varietiesofplantand,amongthem,thewutaimountainmushroomisboththegoodfoodforeatingandvaluabledrugandwasdeterminedasanarticleoftributebyanemperorinhistorywutaimountainisthehighestmountainouslandinnorthchinaregion,withthenorthplatformtopbeingatanaltitudeof3058mabovesealevelandcalled“roofridgeofnorthchina”,wutaimountainhaditsnamebecauseithasfivemainpeakswithflatandbroadplatforms.ithasfivecalledcoolmountainbythebuddhistsbelieversandisoneofthefivemainbuddhistholylandsintheworldandalsoafamousactivityplaceofbuddhisminchina,rankingfirstamongthe“fourmainbuddhistfamousmountainsinchina,whereoftenreside1200monksandnunsnow,fromnorthweitoqingdynasty,theemperorsofthepastdynastiesallhavearrivedwutaimountainandtheeminentmonksandgreatteachersofwutaimountaincameforthinlargenumbers,thesegreatteachersandgrandmastersinthehistoryofchinesebuddhismhavemadeoutstandingcontributionsforthebuddhistcultureofwutaimountainsothatwutaimountainhasbecomeaninstitutionfortheoverseasbelieverstostudyabroadandlistentoscripturesandwrittendownabrillianthistoricvolumeofsino-foreignculturalexchange.wutaimountainisatreasure–houseofancientarchitectureofchina,wheretheculturalrelicsgathertogetherandtreasurescometogetherincrowds.now,wutaimountainhas47temples,andamongthemare4national-levelkeyculturalrelicpreservationunitsandnearly20areprovincial–levelkeyculturalrelicpreservationunits.ofthefourwood–structurebuildingsoftangdynastykeptinshanxi,twoareinwutaimountain,tangsong,liao,jin,yuan,mingandqingdynasties,hetemplesofthewholemountainatekept17445buddhastatues,224piecesofstonetablets,58piecesofhorizontalboards,7297volumesofscripturesbooksin928cases,heinitialperiodofthewarofresistanceagainstjapan,wutaimountainwasthefirstbaseareaofresistanceagainstjapanbehindenemy’slinesinchinaandthebirthplaceofshanxi–chahar–heyearsofrevolutionarywar,therevolutionariesofoldgenerationsuchasmaozedong,zhouenlai,liushaoqiandzhudeandtheinternationalcommunistfighterbatunefoughtandworkedhere.today,whatwewilltouratfirstisxiantongtemple,xiantongtempleissituatedatthesouthfootoflingjiupeakinthecentraldistrictoftaihuaitownandisoneoffivemainmediationplacesofwutaimountain.itisalsotheleadertemplemostworshippedinthebuddhistcircleofwutaimountain.xiantongtempleoccupiesalandof43700sq.kmandhas400housesand65hallsintotal.itwasinitiallybuiltintheeleventhyearofyongpingperiod,easthandynastyandhasahistoryofnearly2000yearstodate.sincethepeakofposatopisverysimilartothevulturepeakofindia(theplacewheresakyamunitaughtscripturesofhisdisciples),itwasnamedlingjiutempleafterthenameofthemountainlatermingemperorofhandynastyaddedtwocharacters“dafu”inchinese(meaninggrandnessandcreditability)before“lingjiutemple”sothatthecompletenameoftemplewasdafulingjiutemple.itwasrebuiltinxiaowenemperorperiodofnorthweidynastyanddividedinto12courtyards.itwasalsocalledgardentemplebecauseofthegardeninfront.later,itwarrebuiltonceagainbytaizongemperoroftangdynastyandrenamedgreathuayantemplebywuzetianbecausethenewlytranslatedhuayanscriptureswerecollectedhere.itfinallywasgrantedahorizontalboard“largexiantongtemple”byzhuyuanhang,thetaizuemperorofmingdynasty[belltower]belltowerisoftwo–storeyedandthree-eavestructure,andonthebeaminthetowerishungabronzebell,thelargestoneinwutaimountain.suchbellwascalledlongringingbellandalsocallednetherworldbellandcastinjulyoftheforty-eighthyearofwanlyperiod,mingdynasty.withaweightofupto9999.5jin.[dragonandtigertablets]thereisnoheavenkinghallbutonlytwopiecesofstonetabletsinxiantongtemple,thedragonandtigertabletsweseenow.thesetwotabletshavetheimpliedmeaningthatdragonandtigerisguardingthegateandthereisnoneedtotroublethefourmainheavenkings.[frontcourtyard]thetabletboard“rosycloudsdecoratedheavencity”hehallareworshipped3statuesofbodhisattvas,withguanyinbodhisattvainthemiddleandwenshubodhisattvaandpuxianbodhisattvaonbothsidesseparately,soitwasalsocalled“three-main-scholarhall”itwasalsocalledscripturecollectionhallbecausescripturebooksarefullyplacedonbothsides.ineachoftheleftandrighttabletpavilionsoutsideguanyinhallisatablet.thetwotabletpavilionsarecompletelythesameinsizeoftablet,shapesystemandpattern,onepieceengravedwith“tabletinscriptionofxiantongtemplepersonallywrittenbyemperor“andtheotherbeingcharacterlessandcalledcharacterlesstablet.thestonetabletsofwutainmountainareroughlydividedintoimperialtablet.officialdocumenttablet,meritsandvirtuestablet,eventrecordkeepingtablet,poemandwritingtablet,tombtabletandthespecialbuddhafoottabletandcharacterlesstablet.amongthespecialcharacterlesstabletsathome,threepiecesaremostattractive,iethefirstisthecharacterlesstabletleftonthetopoftaishanmountainforguardingagainstthesixstatesafterqinshiemperordefeatedthesixstates;thesecondisthecharacterlesstabletsetupbywuzetianatqiantombinxi’an,meaningthatmeritsanddemeritsaswellasrightandwrongwouldbeleftbehindtothelatergenerationstocommentandnohandwritingwasleft;thethirdisthecharacterlesstabletweseejustnow,whichwassetupbykangxiemperor.thecharacterlessofthetabletseemedtopraisethatxiantongtemplewassograndandmagnificentandbuddhismwassobroadandprofoundthatitwasdifficulttoexpresstheminwrittenlanguage.asrecordin“annalsofcoolmountain”,underthetwopiecesofstonetabletsweretwocircularwaterponds.accordingtolegend,afterkangxiarrivingatwutaimountainatthattime,assoonasheenteredxiantongtemplehesawatfardistancethatthedecoratedarchonposatoplookslikeabigdragon-head.thetwowoodpoleslooklikedragonhorns,andthe108flightstepslooklikedragontongues,afterenteringxiantongtemple,kangxiaskedatonetheoldbuddhistabbotsaidjustcoincidedwithwhatkangxisaw,theoldbuddhistabbotsaidthat,whenthesunshinesonthewaterpondsatnoon,therewouldappeartwolightringsonbothsidesofthedecoratedarchofposatopandposatopwasjustalivedragon.then,kangxigaveanordertoletthemonksofxiantongtemplefillupthetwowaterpondsandsetuptwopiecesofstonetablets,withonetabletbearingwrittenlanguageandtheothercharacterless.[largewenshuhall]wutaimountainistheplacewherewenshubodhisattvamakesbuddhistrites,andinmostofthetempleswerebuildwenshuhall.whilethenameofthiswenshuhallwasprefixedwitha“large”,andsuchaword“large”contains4meanings;thefirstisthatxingtongtempleistheoldesttempleinwutaimountain‘thesecondisthatxiantongtempleisthetemplewithlargestfloorareaamongthetempleofwutaimountain‘thethirdisthatxiantongtempleisthetemplemostcompletelypreservedinwutaimountain;thefourthisthatthenumberofwenshubodhisattvaworshippedhereismost(6statuesofwenshubodhisattvasintotal),sothatitiscalledlargewenshuhall,sincewenshuin5directionscanbeworshippedatthesametime,localpeoplecallit“convenientpilgrimageplatform”[daxiongprecioushall]daxiongprecioushallwasalsocalledlargebuddhahall,hehallisworshippedthehorizontalbuddhaofthethirdgeneration.daxiongwasthehonorifictitleofsakyamuni,sayinghewas“awarriorfearingnothing”thehallwasbuiltinthearchitecturalformwiththewoodstructureasprimarypartandtheupperfour–a-shapedroofsandlowerfourextendingcorridorsassecondary,with108woodcolumnssupportingthewholelargehallandthewallshavingonlythefunctionofshieldingoffthewindandresistingthecold,whenyouenterthehall,youwillfeelthatitisveryspacious.thishalloccupiesalandof1.2muandisthelargestdaxiongprecioushallinxutaimountain,itisalsotheplaceforholdinggrandbuddhistactivitiesinthetemple.thisisthefirstfeatureofxiantongtemple–completewoodstructure.[beamlesshall]beamlesshallisawhitecomplete-brickarchitecturalstructure.itwasbuiltbycompletelylayingupbrickswithoutuseofbeamsandhenceitsname“beamlesshall”,itlookslikeaeuropean–stylebuildinginappearanceandwaspaintedwhite.whiterepresentspurenessinthewest,whilesymbolizesthebuddhistpurelandandboundlessbrightnesshere.sincethishallismotsupportedbybeamsandcolumns,theweightofhalltopisbornebythethickandheavywallbodiesonfoursides,toformasharpcontrastwithformofemulatingwoodstructure,andthebrick-laidroundcolumnsanddipper–likearchesandcarvedextendingravesembodytypicalcombinedchineseandweststyles.thewholelargehallseemstohave7roomswhenyouarelookingexternally,butactuallyithasonly3rooms.itlookslikehavingtwofloorswhenyouarelookingoutdoorsbut,internally,itisaone-storeyedbuilding,theinteriorofthehalladaptedtheformofinternaldipper–likearch,whichisreducedfloorbyfloortoformaroofstyleofnaturalvault.thislargehallwasbuiltinthethirty–seventhyearofwanlyperiod,hemiddleofhallisworshippedlushenabuddha,thebodystatueoftheancestorofbuddhaandstandsduohaobuddhapagoda,thethirteen–storeyedwoodpagodaofmingdynasty,whichisalsotheonlywoodpagodainwutaimountain.beamlesshallwasalsocaked“seven-placeandnine-meetinghall”,whichmeansthatsakyamunihastaughtscripturesinsevenplacesfor9times,therefore,itlookslikehavingsevenrooms.[thousandalms–bowlwenshuhall]thewenshuwithonethousandalmsbowls,onethousandhandsandonethousandsakyasworshippedinthousandalms–bowlhallmayberatedararerushinthecastinghistory.itwascastintheninthyearofwanlyperiod,mingdynastythroughdesigningandfinancingfundsbyhanshanhimself,agrandmasteroftheage.[largebronzehall]largebronzehallisofworldrenown,whenyouarelookingexternally,youcanfindthatitisofdoubleeavesandlying–mountaintopanddividedintotheupperandlowerfloors.oneachofthefoursidesofupperfloorarenounted6lattice-fans,andontheupperandlowerendsofeachlattice-fanarecarvedandcastgrass,trees,flowersandplantsaswellasbirdsandbeasts.oneachoftheupperandlowerpartsofthefourcolumnandcolumnbasebeingoneintegratedmassandfixingthe100thousandjinheavybronzehall.thefoursidesoftheupperfloorofthebronzehallaresurroundedbyabout1mhighrails.inbothendsoftheroofridgeofhallarecastseparatelytwolegendaryanimalsappearingvividlytofly,withawindmillstoneandpreciou