Introduction: There are some “big Buddha” sculptures in many places in China, and each one has its own characteristics and is well-known to the world. For example, the Lingshan Giant Buddha that we are familiar with is located on the shore of Taihu Lake. It is assembled and welded by tin bronze plates. The height is 88 meters, the height of the Buddha body is 79 meters, the height of the lotus petals is 9 meters, and the weight is more than 700 tons. It consists of 1,560 blocks. -8mm thick copper siding is currently the world’s tallest open-air bronze statue of Sakyamuni. There is also the open-air bronze statue of Jiuhua Mountain Jizo Bodhisattva, which is also well-known to many people. Its height is 84 meters, and the height of the lotus seat is 99 meters. It is one of the largest and tallest Buddhist statues in the world.
Of course, there are far more than these Buddha statues in China, and there are many world-class Buddhist statues among them. But because of the large number, some of them were not well-known or even forgotten, and even more were forgotten because they were following the trend because they were questioned. Today, let’s talk about a forgotten Buddhist statue in China. It is located in Nanshan Tourist Area, Longkou City, Yantai City, Shandong Province.
First of all, Longkou. Located in Longkou, Yantai City, Shandong Province, in the northwestern part of the Jiaodong Peninsula, its coastline is 68.4 kilometers long. It is one of the important aquatic product bases in Shandong Province. Because of its long coastline, its seaside scenery is well-known. However, the only national AAAAA-level scenic spot in its territory is the Nanshan Tourist Scenic Area.
Nanshan tourist scenery is divided into three parts: religious historical and cultural park, theme park-Happy Canyon and Donghai Tourist Resort. The Nanshan Zen Temple, Perfume Temple, Nanshan Taoist Temple, and Lingyuan Temple in the Religious History and Culture Park are all relics of the Jin and Tang Dynasties. Among them, the two highlights of the scenic spot are the largest indoor jade Buddha in the country-the Nanshan Medicine Master Jade Buddha and The largest tin bronze sitting Buddha in the world-Nanshan Giant Buddha.
Nanshan was called Lushan in ancient times and is located in the south of Huangxian County (now Huangcheng, Longkou City). “Mountains are no longer high, but if there are immortals, they will be named.” According to legend, Lu Tongzi in the Jin Dynasty rose to Xiannan Mountain and became a famous religious mountain. Today, it is still full of incense. The Nanshan Giant Buddha sits on the Nanshan Mountain in Longkou and makes a statue of Sakyamuni. The Nanshan Giant Buddha smiles with a kind face. The right hand of the Buddha statue is pointed to the sky. It is called “Shi Wuwei Yin”, which represents the removal of suffering for all living beings; the left hand “gives a wish. “Print” is intended to give all beings peace and happiness. The Nanshan Giant Buddha is made of tin bronze casting. The Buddha is 38.66 meters high and weighs 380 tons. It is made up of 232 Buddha bodies, 108 lotus petals, 302 hair buns, 642 pieces in total, and tin bronze castings. It is the essence of Chinese and foreign Buddha statue casting art. , Can be called the world’s largest copper-cast Buddha.
Under the lotus seat of the Nanshan Giant Buddha, there are the Gongde Hall, the Hall of Ten Thousand Buddhas and the Museum of Buddhist History. Gongde Hall is a hall that remembers charitable donations to build Buddhas and temples. The hall is inlaid with 31 pieces of purple gold and bronze craft murals containing 124 Buddha stories. The Wanfo Hall displays 9999 lifelike bronze statues of golden statues. The Buddhist History Museum is built on the base of the Nanshan Giant Buddha, with a total area of 1,800 square meters. The museum also collects and displays valuable art treasures related to Buddhist history and culture. The influence of cultural civilization.
