Friday, September 15, 2006



We visited Putuozongcheng temple (普陀宗乘之庙), which is a UNESCO world heritage site. It is the oldest of the Chengdu temples. It is a one-third scale model of the Dalai Lama’s Potala palace in Lhasa. The temple used to serve as an offering to those of lama faith and housed visiting Tibetan dignitaries. Inside, there’s a special shrine and seat for the planned coming of the Eighth Dalai Lama, who was not able to visit.
After that, we visited Puning temple (普宁寺), also a UNESCO world heritage site. The name means “Temple of Universal Peace.” In the temple is the 42-armed, 110-ton Guanyin (Goddess of Mercy). At 22m tall, it is the largest wooden Buddhist statue in the world.
It seems like everywhere one goes there is a biggest something Buddha. For example…the biggest reclining Buddha, the biggest sitting Buddha, the biggest bronze Buddha… Another traveler told me the biggest wooden Buddha is 27m tall and is in Beijing. Hah? Which is the biggest wood Buddha?

今日は承徳の世界遺産の普陀宗乗之廟(ふだそうじょうしびょう)と、普寧寺(ふねんじ)に行きました。
普陀宗乗之廟は、1770年(乾隆35年)の乾隆帝60歳と、1771年(乾隆36年)の皇太后の80歳を祝うために1767から4年の歳月をかけて造営され、1771年の8月に完成した。
普寧寺は1755年に着工し4年の歳月をかけて完成した世界最大の木彫観音像があります。
世の中には世界一大きな銅像観音像や、世界一大きいな横たわっている観音像、世界一大きな座ってる観音像・・・などなど、観音像一つにしたって世界一が多すぎる!!

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