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Sui stupa Hunan Changsha of China

Sui stupa Hunan Changsha of China

Write: Shannah [2011-05-23]

Lie in on the fresh breeze gorge southern side, in the right-hand thick forest not far behind the late pavilion of the love. Pass the forest bridge of Chinese sweet gum, can see an ancient tower similar to monk s cap, the base square of the tower, built of granite, about 2 meter long, tower 12 meter high, four corners and positive to own 5 pieces of relief in common, front is that Buddha is alike.

The tower is divided into three storeys, the ground floor, in order to fill the flat, the relief wrestler s portrait, the middle level becomes the round with the monoblock granite carving, both ends are accepted and assigned to, the upper strata are monk s caps, the vertical granite stone tablet in front of the tower, it is carved with Sui stupa that positive Carry the stone and is carved with Build together bodhi ,Set up the stone railing to protect outside.

Sramana Song feel Fan, write Buddha of institute reaction stupa write : It is at roof beam in King Wen of Sui Dynasty Yang Jian emperor military is large to born on the June seven year week on and state ( Dali of Shaanxi county of today) Daxing, in the temple, once brutal at the baby, have the intersection of Buddhist nun and the intersection of name and celestial being intelligently Person,it come outside, say father against Yang Jian Yang Zhong there is good fortune to these, be helped by Buddha on day, can t make, occupy home is contemporary for bring up, then Yang loyal to open up the hall, prolong, occupy, Yang Jian, at the age of 30, just let him go home, the woman Buddhist nun awards it with several hundred Buddhist relics sons, says: with the common people of this good fortune .

King Wen of Sui Dynasty and Yang Jian, in order to express gratitude to Buddhist monks and nums for Buddhist monks and nums kindness which celestial being raises intelligently, two years (A.D. 602) in Renshou after proclaiming oneself emperor The intersection of edict and the intersection of China and 52 state, paint tower in famous the intersection of mountain and Promised Land, divide, hide the intersection of Buddhist relics and son, paint picture of Buddhist nun with the intersection of discipline and their under the tower, so the tower is called the Sui stupa.

It is said the tower is built in Sui Renshou ( 602) in two years ,High mountain the intersection of hillfoot and mountain the tower one of them, destroy when the five generation, the early years such as the Republic of China, temple of hillfoot mountain monk seek site rebuilds Tamerlan. While repairing in 1957, and built the stone railing to protect in the tower.