国产热热热精品,亚洲视频久久】日韩,三级婷婷在线久久,99人妻精品视频,精品九热人人肉肉在线,AV东京热一区二区,91po在线视频观看,久久激情宗合,青青草黄色手机视频

Culture

Hundreds cheer abbot's efforts to return Buddha head

By Wang Kaihao ( China Daily ) Updated: 2016-03-08 08:08:24

Hundreds cheer abbot's efforts to return Buddha head

Abbot Hsing Yun at the handover ceremony of a 1,500-year-old Buddha head at the National Museum of China.[Photo by Zou Hong/China Daily]

Abbot Hsing Yun's recent visit to Beijing is probably among his most significant cross-Straits trips.

On March 1, the abbot, 89, who established the Fo Guang Shan Temple in Kaohsiung city in 1967, escorted a 1,500-year-old Buddha head to the National Museum of China in Beijing.

The Buddha was carved following a royal family edict during the Northern Qi Dynasty (AD 550-577), but its head was stolen from the Youju Temple in Lingshou county, Hebei province, in 1996.

It was bought by a businessman from Taiwan who wanted his identity kept secret. He donated the head to Fo Guang Shan in 2014. Then, the abbot began to look for the body of the statue.

When he appeared at the national museum recently, hundreds of pilgrims flew from all over the country to voice their appreciation for his act and prayed in front of the Buddha's head.

"The head is not only solemn, but full of artistic aesthetics," the abbot told the ceremony. "If there is only a head, it's difficult for it to be worshipped no matter where it is. That's why I think it should return to its homeland."

The Buddha head is now exhibited in the museum's southern wing through March 15 together with its body, which is in two pieces, and it will be permanently combined later with the body by the Hebei Museum in Shijiazhuang.

Hsing Yun, who was born in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province, moved to Taiwan in 1949. But, he kept speaking there in the Yangzhou dialect, which was not easily understood by people. However, he managed to keep his sermons relevant.

"When I went to Taiwan more than 60 years ago, there were not many Buddhist facilities there, and Buddhist activities were largely restricted especially when Madame Chiang Kai-shek (a practicing Christian) didn't like Buddhism," he says. "Buddhism is a crucial part of traditional Chinese culture, and Taiwan cannot live without it."

Returning of the Buddha head shows that cross-Straits connections cannot be "cut by the sea", he says.

Previous Page 1 2 Next Page

 
Editor's Picks
Hot words
Most Popular
 
...
龙里县| 军事| 诏安县| 郓城县| 宁化县| 内乡县| 逊克县| 东城区| 海南省| 泗阳县| 林芝县| 来凤县| 尚义县| 防城港市| 象山县| 彭阳县| 兴国县| 金秀| 莱芜市| 互助| 驻马店市| 昌黎县| 岑溪市| 新巴尔虎左旗| 河津市| 平果县| 永和县| 陆河县| 武清区| 滨州市| 留坝县| 葫芦岛市| 万宁市| 海原县| 嫩江县| 菏泽市| 永胜县| 格尔木市| 东辽县| 咸宁市| 陆川县|