Jingyin Temple Review

Outside Dou Dou's Temple is the Fenhe River. Our next attraction is the Great Buddha Temple across the river from Dou Dou's Temple, which also has a name of Jingyin Temple. In fact, I prefer the name behind it. The map shows that the two scenic spots are together, but in fact, it is only after crossing the Fenhe River to the Grand Buddha Temple that it can be found at the foot of a hill at the end of a village called Tudang Village. We met a girl who happened to come back from work at the entrance of Tudang village and asked her about the specific location of the temple. The girl was enthusiastic but shy and showed us the way. We walked through the simple doors of Tudang villages and found the Great Buddhist Temple behind the noisy village elementary schools. The name of the temple is Jingyin, but people are accustomed to calling it the Great Buddha Temple because there is a Buddha built on the mountain inside the temple (which is similar to the Xinchang Buddha and Leshan Buddha in Zhejiang). Here the soil of the mountain is loose, so the Buddha built on the mountain is also made of clay. This is quite different from Xinchang Buddha and Leshan Buddha: the latter two are excavated on stone hills; in addition, the Buddha of the Great Buddha Temple is only about three stories high, unlike Xinchang Buddha, which has at least five stories high, it is even worse than Leshan Buddha. However, it is still a miracle that the earthen Buddha statues of the Northern Qi Dynasty can be preserved. There are also a pair of stone lions left over from the Jin Dynasty at the gate of the temple, but their upper body has been destroyed, and it is not known whether they were naive or scratching their heads. There are also Daxiong Palace, Dizang Palace and Arhat Palace in the temple. The statue of Bodhisattva in Daxiong Palace has a long history. But the palace is small, but it is crowded with seven statues of the King of Heaven, Bodhisattva and Co-sponsorship, and the sparse population makes people feel somewhat gloomy. In the Tibetan Palace, there are 13 gods and Buddhas, including the King of Tibet, Yan Luo and the King of Heaven. On the contrary, the statue of the King of Tibet is a handsome and beautiful face, which is rare to see. From the right side of Daxiong Palace, there is a platform dedicated to Qingyang Palace. As we climb the mountain, we can see all the small Tudang villages. This season the village has just harvested corn, so we can see that the roofs of every household in Tudang village are piled with yellow orange corn piles, a picture scroll of late autumn farm music.