“Jade Buddha Palace”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

Jade Buddha Palace ({{zh|c={{linktext|玉|佛|苑}}|p=Yù Fó Yuàn}}, sometimes also translated as Jade Buddha Garden or Jade Buddha Temple) is a temple complex housing one of the largest jade Buddha statues in the world. Located in Anshan, Liaoning province, the complex covers {{convert|22,104|m2}}. It is situated beside Dongshan Scenic Reserve within 219 park of.

The statue was sculpted from a piece of jade {{convert|7.95|m}} high, {{convert|6.88|m}} wide, {{convert|4.10|m}} thick, weighing {{convert|260.76|t|lbs}}.^[1] The front of the stone has been carved with an image of Sakyamuni (a.k.a. Gautama) Buddha. On the back of the stone Guanyin (a.k.a. Avalokitesvara) Buddha has been carved. The jade stone was found on 22 July 1960 in Xiuyan County of Anshan which is known as the "hometown of jade" (Xiuyan jade is not really jade, but Serpentinite){{citation needed|date=May 2014}}. It was declared a treasure of the State and listed as a protected property by Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai. Anshan city government commissioned the carving which took a team of 120 sculptors 18 months to complete. The temple complex was opened on 3 September 1996. The building that houses the jade Buddha statue is {{convert|33|m}} tall, representing the 33 layers of heaven in Buddhism. It claims to be one the tallest buildings of ancient Chinese architectural style in China.^[2]

References

1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www1.anshan.cn/en/jade.asp |title=Anshan Municipal Government - Jade Buddha Park |publisher=Anshan Municipal Government |accessdate=2008-10-03 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070714204535/http://www.anshan.cn/en/jade.asp |archivedate=July 14, 2007 }}
2. ^{{cite book | last = Huang | first = Youyi | authorlink = |author2=Xiao Siaoming |author3=Li Zhenguo |author4=Zhang Zouku | title = Liaoning, Home of the Manchus & Cradle of Qing Empire | publisher = Foreign Languages Press, Beijing, China | date = 2006 | location = | url = | doi = | id = | isbn = 7-119-04517-2 | page = 227}}