Zunhua Ten Thousand Buddhas Garden Scenic Spot Opening Hours: All Day
Zunhua Ten Thousand Buddhas Garden Scenic Spot Introduction:
Ten Thousand Buddhas Garden Scenic Spot was established by Hong Kong in 1993 Invested and constructed, the first phase of the project covers an area of ??448 acres. The scenic spot is a large-scale antique tourist garden that mainly displays Buddhist culture. Because there are 10,000 jade Buddhas and golden Buddhas of various shapes enshrined in the garden, it is named "Ten Thousand Buddhas Garden".
More than 10 unique scenic spots have been built in the scenic area. Among them, the Golden Pagoda with an investment of more than 100 million yuan has a construction area of ??more than 10,000 square meters, a 22-story tower, and 9,999 golden Buddhas* enshrined in the tower. It cost 2,600 taels of pure gold, and a relic of the Sixth Panchen Lama was enshrined on the top of the tower. In addition, rare treasures such as the Third Golden Buddha, which cost 650 taels of pure gold and 4,000 taels of silver, and the 1.9-meter-tall, 1.6-ton jadeite Guanyin, decorate the park into a Buddhist temple.
The Ten Thousand Buddhas Garden Scenic Area, also known as the Yanshan Pagoda Mausoleum, was approved by the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the State Administration of Cultural Heritage and was built by the Hong Kong Xuanwei Group and the Zunhua Civil Affairs Bureau. Founded in 1997, it covers an area of ??448 acres and has a total investment of 260 million yuan. It is the only garden-style forest garden in my country located within the Feng Shui Wall of the Qing Dong Tomb in the World Cultural Heritage Reserve. Its Feng Shui is in the same vein as the Qing Dong Tomb. Because the building is located at the foot of Yanshan Mountain and has the nature of a mausoleum, it was named Yanshan Pagoda Mausoleum. Later, many Buddha statues were built, also known as the Ten Thousand Buddhas Garden. It combines the 5,000-year-old traditional culture of the Chinese nation with Buddhism, Taoism, Confucianism and modern garden art. It is a resort integrating cultural landscape, tourism and study.
There are "ten sceneries and nine treasures" in the Ten Thousand Buddhas Garden. The ten sceneries are: Filial Sutra Monument, Feng Shui Ball, Palace of Eternal Life, Twelve Zodiac Signs, Golden Water Bridge, Eight Pagodas of Good Death, Release Place, Golden Pagoda, Longfu Pavilion-Tangshan Earthquake Memorial Hall, 29th Army Monument; the nine treasures are : Confucian treasures on the screen wall of the Filial Piety Sutra, priceless treasures of living Buddha relics, royal feng shui auspicious treasures, twelve zodiac signs and Zhouyi treasures, Buddha's eight pagodas and garden treasures, golden Buddha treasures among treasures, hall wood carvings heirloom treasures, anti-Japanese hero national treasures, earthquake The most precious spiritual card. The giant plaque "Yanshan Pagoda Mausoleum" on the mountain gate was created by Zhao Puchu, the former president of the Buddhist Association of China.
The Stele of Filial Piety is 16 meters long and 4.5 meters high. It is made of white marble and has Confucius' "The Ching of Filial Piety" inscribed on the stele. There is an ear stele on each side of the stele, each with a green dragon and a white tiger pattern engraved on it. There is a 6-ton Feng Shui ball in the Feng Shui pool behind the Xiaojing Monument, which rotates with the waves with the help of water power.
The Hall of Eternal Life is dedicated to the eighteen-armed Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva, which weighs 2 tons. It is entirely made of brass and uses a hundred taels of gold to shape its golden body. There are also statues of the Three Saints of the West and Amitabha Buddha. In the center of the main hall, a gilded relic of the living Buddha of the Sixth Panchen Lama is enshrined.
On both sides of the sacred road in the garden is my country's largest group of twelve zodiac stone statues. The stone statues are 2.7 meters high and weigh 4 tons. They were created by Mr. Zheng Yuhe, a famous Chinese sculptor.
The Golden Pagoda is spectacular and majestic. It is a combination of Chinese and Tibetan architectural styles and a combination of pagoda and temple. The base, body and finished shape of the pagoda embody the virtue of the unity of the three religions. The third floor of the pagoda base is the Three Realms Platform, with white marble railings on it. Lotus pillars overlap in layers and are inclined upward inward. The tower body is designed according to the pattern of the universe. The pagoda is composed of thirteen wheels and the round light of the rising moon, with the living Buddha relics inside. On both sides of the main tower are bell and drum towers designed to imitate the Baoding of the Temple of Heaven in Beijing. The large stone sculpture "Bodhisattva Coming to Welcome" inlaid in the center is exquisitely carved, and the bronze statues of the four heavenly kings are finely cast. The first floor of the Golden Pagoda is divided into three halls: the middle, the east and the west. There are more than 30,000 blessing seats, and the Great Wish Ksitigarbha Bodhisattva is enshrined. There are three giant Buddhas enshrined in the center of the Main Hall, which are the sixth treasure of the Ten Thousand Buddhas Garden, the "Golden Buddha Treasure among Treasures". The three giant Buddhas are 4 meters high and weigh 9 tons. From casting to shaping the golden body, 650 taels of gold, 4,000 taels of silver and a small amount of brass, iron and tin were used. The amount of gold and silver consumed can be said to be the highest in Asia. The seventh treasure, "The Hall Woodcarving Heirloom", is also located here. The wood carvings are made of high-quality Thai oil wood, Burmese golden nanmu and precious chicken wing wood, all of which are painted with gold.
The 29th Army Monument is located in the Anti-Japanese War Martyrs Cemetery. It was built to commemorate the heroic deeds of Song Zheyuan, leader of the 29th Army of the Kuomintang, and his soldiers who fought bloody battles with the Japanese army. The monument is in the shape of a Great Wall, 2.9 meters high. It is 8.15 meters wide, symbolizing and embodying the spirit of the 29th Army in the bloody battle on the Great Wall and the victory of the Anti-Japanese War on August 15th. It is a good base for patriotism education.
Longfu Pavilion imitates the garden style of Suzhou and Hangzhou, and is scattered and unique. It is a memorial hall donated and built by Mr. Pu Jiang, chairman of Xuanwei Group, for the 240,000 souls who died in the Tangshan earthquake.
The front hall is dedicated to the "Three Generations of Buddhas", and the back hall is dedicated to the "spirituals of the 240,000 victims of the Tangshan earthquake". At the same time, photos and information about the earthquake are arranged around it. Here you can comfort the souls of the dead and at the same time inspire the spirit of building a home.
After ten years of construction, the Ten Thousand Buddhas Park tourist attraction, a large-scale cultural landscape that integrates traditional Buddhist culture and modern garden art, has successfully passed the acceptance review organized by the National Tourism Administration and successfully ranked among the national AAA-level scenic spots. . At present, the scenic area has built tourist service facilities such as tourist service centers, restaurants, and movie theaters. In addition, the scenic spot has hired a number of tourism management experts to provide centralized training for employees, and regularly sends personnel to famous scenic spots in Beijing, Shandong and other places for further study. At the same time, it has also fully implemented a series of management systems among employees, such as the elimination system for tourist complaints. In June last year, the scenic spot also successfully passed ISO9001 international quality management system certification and ISO14001 environmental management system certification.