玉佛寺英文导游词

　　Ladies and gentlemen, today of religious belief. There are four major religions in practice in Shanghai, namely, Buddhism, Taoism, Islam, and Christianity, es to Buddhist temples in China, they are usually classified into three sects, i.e. temples for meditation, for preaching and for practicing Buddhist disciplines. The Jade Buddha Temple is a temple for meditation, and is e and abroad.

　　The temple pleted on the present site.

　　Just opposite the temple gate, there stands a giant screen enon, and to its left, the Door of Non-Action. Sanmen Gate is also called the Mountain Gate because most famous temples in China are found deep in mountains. But the Sanmen gate does not open except on the first and the fifteenth of every lunar month. Noe successor to Sakyamuni under a Long Hua Tree in Hualin Garden. Hence another name the Future Buddha. But this statue ebatability. Noe over to this side.

　　(on the its mouth and droe to the temple, he e Buddhist laymen ething the Buddha they can help purify the souls of their dead relatives from sins and relieve them from purgatory.

　　No and has a back halo. Sakyamuni’s original name munity for monks to continue his stand pany the chanting of their prayers. But do you happen to knoan. She herself had many children, 500 in all, including 3 sons and 497 daughters. Her favorite child an found her child missing she looked for him every then on she began to discipline herself and finally became a goddess.

　　This is the Emperor of the Solar Palace, or say the Chinese Apolo, opposite him is the Chinese Diana, the emperor of the Lunar Palace. The last statue on this side is the Dragon King.

　　(at the back of the Grand Hall)

　　Ladies and gentlemen, behind the statue of Sakyamuni there is a giant mural sculpture. In the middle is the statue of Bodhisattva Guanyin. Guanyin en to Buddhism. Actually he can incarnate into 32 images to convert people from all all kinds of sufferings. Any living creature in trouble needs only to recite his name and he e to help riding on the head of a huge turtle. That’s , and e may ask Burma together plete set of Buddhist scripture, Da Zang Sutra, )

　　This is the Abbot’s Room, where the abbot priest lives. It is also a sermon hall where the monks attend lectures by the abbot priest. On the middle wall is hung the portrait of Priest Dharma, honored as the founder of the Chan Sect in Chinese Buddhism.