—The Great Hall of the Buddha, The Doctrine Chamber, Inscription on the Big
Wild Goose Pagoda
Nice to meet you, everyone, i'm your guide of this tour. Today i will lead you to visit the Great Hall of the Buddha, the Doctrine Chamber, and Inscription on the Big Wild Goose Pagoda. We would have a nice day. Ok, let's go!
The building in front of us is the Great Hall of the Buddha which is the first hall in the Da Ci'en Temple and located in the central axis. Inside the Great Hall of the Buddha in the temple, there're three incartions of Sakyamuni. The one in the middle is Fashen buddha named Vairocana, which is on behalf of the Buddhist truth condensed into a Buddha body. the one in the west side is called Baoshen Buddha named Losana, which is on behalf of the merit achievement of retribution. The one on the other side is called Yingshen Buddha named Sakyamuni, which refers to the Buddha sentient beings should revel machine and presented various incarnations.
Sakyamuni, the founder of Buddhism, was prince of the Kingdom of Dapila in India. He was born in 565 B.C., and died in 486 B.C.. He was an approximated
contemporary of Confucius in China. Now we can see the Buddha on the west side beside the three incarnations is Ahnan, Sakyamuni's cousin. He served Sakyamuni for 25 years. And he is one of his 10 great disciples. The figure on the east side is Jia Ye, he is the greatest disciple under Sakyamuni. Along both sides are the 18 Arhats, who were also Sakyamuni's disciples. That's all about the Great Hall of the Buddha. Our next stop is the Doctrine Chamber. Please follow me.
This is the Doctrine Chamber—the second hall in the Da Ci'en Temple, in which the Amitabha Buddha is worshiped. He is in charge of the Weatern Paradise. At the world of the Amitabha Buddha, one will be led to the Paradise upon his death. Therefore, the Amitabha Buddha is also called the Buddha of Guidance.
On the wall at the east side of the Chamber, there are three rubbings. The one in the middle is called \"Xuan Zang on his way back to Changan\". With rolls of scriptures on his back, a pair of straw sandals on his feet and oil lamp on top of the rolls, XuanZang is making his way back to the capital. Beside the portrait of Xuan Zang, there are pictures of Yuan Ce and Kui Ji, two of his disciples. Yuan Ce was from Xinluo and Kui Ji was the nephew of the famous general YuChi Gong of the early Tang Dynasty. We could judge from the social status and background of the disciples that Xuan Zang was a renowned figure during his day. Alright, we stop here, let's move to the next attraction: Inscription on the DaYan Pagoda.
In the Tang Dynasty, every successful candidate who passed the imperial examnition would climb up the pagoda and write poems and inscriptions to indicate that he would have a soaring career in the future. The famous poet Bai Juyi once wrote, \"Here under the Ci'en Pagoda, i inscribe my name as the youngest of the seventeen candidates\". He revealed his pride and happiness when he became successful at a young age. The fashion of writing poems and leaving inscriptions on the horizontal bars over different doors and their stone frames by the candidates went on as far as the Ming Dynasty.
These poems and inscriptions have survived till this day as a fine mirror of the city's glorious past. Now let us do what those successful candidates did: climb the pagoda and enjoy the sight of the old capital. But the pity is that we can not inscribe our names and our poems on the pagoda as the successful people did long ago.
This is the end of our tour today. I believe tha all of us have had a meaningful day. We enjoyed a profound cultural heritage and classical cultural customs of the ancient city of Xi'an. It's really my pleasure to visit the attractions together with you. Thank you!
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