On Buddhism Conception of White Horse Temple of Huili County
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https://doi.org/10.54097/ijeh.v11i3.14430Keywords:
White Horse Temple; Buddhism conception; Great Buddha’s Hall; Tsteles forest of calligraphy.Abstract
The Buddhist conception of the White Horse Temple of Huili County in Sichuan can be found in four aspects: the name evolvement, the building layout, the Great Buddha’s Hall, and the Steles Forest of Calligraphy. It successfully presents a solemn and beautiful Buddhism from the aesthete, the social utility, and politics.
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Huili County is south of Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, southwest of Sichuan Province. It is located in the center of the Panxi Resource Development Zone. On the west is Panzhihua City; to the south are Kunming City and Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture. There are Han, Yi, Lisu, Dai, Hui, Bai, and other 22 kinds of ethnics. The prominent ethnic minority, Yi, accounts for 16.6% of the county's population. Huili County, founded in Yuanding 6 in the Western Han Dynasty (111 BC), has a history of 2120 years. It is on the critical west main line of the Southern Silk Road to Yunnan Province.
The Chinese Buddhist temple is known as the "temple", which originated from the White Horse Temple, built after Buddhism was transmitted into China ... The temple consists of Buddhist halls, pagodas, and by "the Hindustan Style". (Zhang Fa. Buddhist Art [M]. Beijing: Higher Education Press, 2004: 135.)
In the 23rd year of the Tang Dynasty (AD 649), "Xi Luluo claimed as Qijia King, the establishment title of the dynasty was Great Mongolian State, also known as Nanzhao State". After 13 emperors of Nanzhao State, in 2nd of Tianfu of Southern Tang in the period of Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms (AD 937), “Duan Siping, the Khrom in Tonghai sent a punitive expedition against Yang Ganzhen. Yang Ganzhen sent his brother Yang Zhao and four other people to resist the enemies. Unfortunately, Yang Shao was defeated, and Yang Ganzhen had to escape. Then, Duan Siping founded the kingdom. The title of the reigning dynasty was the Dali Kingdom.”
The essential characteristics of the Mahayana are trying to participate and intervene in secular life, which requires involving all living creatures, to put the ideas of “beneficial to people” and “convenient to people” to a position of religious doctrine principles. (Du Jiwen. Buddhism History [M]. Nanjing: Jiangsu People's Publishing House, 2006: 77-78.)
Zhang Fa. Buddhist Art [M]. Beijing: Higher Education Press, 2004: 4, 136, 175.
The Buddhist name Arhat is the abbreviation of Arahant. It has the meaning of foe destroyer, Lokavidu, and infinity, which is the highest Buddhahood of the Buddha. The six roots of sensations are pure and clean – free from human desires and passions. The ignorance trouble has already been removed (foe destroyer), and he is in Nirvana, out of the cycle of life and death, so he deserves to be respected and fended by the ordinary world and heaven. Before the end of life, he lives in earthiness. He preaches the Buddhist doctrine with little desire and abides by the discipline to preach and cultivate living beings according to conditions. Zhang Fa. Buddhist Art [M]. Beijing: Higher Education Press, 2004: 175.
Zhang Dainian, Fang Keli. Introduction to Chinese Culture [M]. Beijing: Beijing Normal University Press, 1994: 328.
