What buildings do temples usually have?

1, Tianwang Hall: The hall is the statue of Maitreya, the statue of Maitreya is the statue of Wei Tuo Bodhisattva, and the four heavenly kings are on both sides (the eastern kings hold the country; South growth king; The west opened its eyes wide; There are many heavenly kings in the north.

The first heavy hall is called the Heavenly King Hall: the hall is like Maitreya Buddha, and the Maitreya Buddha is like Wei Tuotian, facing north.

2. Ursa major is the main hall or Ursa major.

Is the Hall of Ursa Major the main hall or the main hall? Daxiong means to praise the nobility of Sakyamuni Buddha Wade. Generally, there are two statues of monks beside Gautama, the old one is "Noble Ye Jia" and the middle one is "Noble Ananda".

In some halls, there are not one Buddha statue, but three, which are three different forms of Sakyamuni Buddha as mentioned in Mahayana teaching method. The Buddha in the middle is Peluzena, the Buddha on the left is Lushena and the Buddha on the right is Sakyamuni.

3. guanyin temple: Some are dedicated to the Holy Guanyin, some are dedicated to eleven Guanyin faces, some are dedicated to Guanyin eyes with thousands of hands, and some are dedicated to forty-eight Guanyin arms.

4. Dizang Hall: It is for the King and Bodhisattva of Dizang, with elderly father and son standing on both sides.

The name of Bodhisattva Ksitigarbha comes from "patience is like earth, meditation is like treasure". Dizang Temple is dedicated to the King of Dizang Bodhisattva, who is also one of the four great bodhisattvas. When practicing, I made a big wish and said: hell is not empty, I will never become a Buddha, and all beings will prove Bodhi! If I don't go to hell, who will!

5. Lohan Hall: It is a hall dedicated to Lohan, because Buddhism was later divided into many tribes. In Hinayana Buddhism, the highest state that anyone who believes in Hinayana Buddhism can practice according to the teachings of Hinayana Buddhism is called "arhat", which is referred to as arhat for short.

There are as many as sixteen arhats, eighteen arhats and five hundred arhats. In general temples, eighteen arhats are molded on both sides of the Hall of Great Heroes. In larger temples, there are special arhats halls, in which many arhats are molded, maybe 500 arhats, maybe more.

Extended data:

The configuration of Buddhist temples is roughly, with the north and south as the central axis, from south to north in turn: Shanmen, Tianwang Hall, Daxiong Hall, Dharma Hall, and then the Tibetan Scripture Building. The east and west halls include Galatians Temple, Ancestral Temple, Guanyin Hall and Pharmacist Hall. On the east side of the temple is the living area of monks, including monk room, incense kitchen, Zhai hall, tea hall and department hall (warehouse). On the west side is mainly the Yundian (Zen Hall), which is famous for allowing monks to travel around the world.

Generally, there are three mountain gates, symbolizing the "three great liberation gates", namely, an empty gate, a non-phase gate and a reactive gate. The mountain gate is often built as a hall, and there are two diamonds in the hall to protect the Buddhist gate. Maitreya Buddha is enshrined in Tianwang Temple behind the mountain gate. Maitreya Buddha is the heir of Sakyamuni and is called "the Buddha of the future". Maitreya Buddha is divided into four statues of heavenly kings, which are in charge of the mountains and rivers of four continents, east, west, north and south, also known as the "Four donkey kong". Behind the Maitreya statue is the Buddha, the protector of Wei Tuo.

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