Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Jade Buddha Temple's main courtyard and Grand Hall Jade Buddha Temple during 'spring snows' The Jade Buddha Temple (simplified Chinese: 玉佛禅寺; traditional Chinese: 玉佛禪寺; pinyin: Yùfó Chán Sì; Shanghainese: Niohveh Zoe Zy, literally Jade Buddha Chan Temple) is a Buddhist temple in Shanghai. It was founded in 1882 with two jade ...
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].
Construction on the two and a half acre Jade Buddha Temple was completed in 1990, and the Jade Buddha Temple has served as headquarters for the TBA since then. On June 2, 1990, the inaugural ceremony of the Jade Buddha Temple, Texas State Representative Robert Eckels proclaimed June 2 as “Texas Buddhism Day” on behalf of Governor Bill ...
Of particular note is the Jade Buddha Palace. This large Buddhist temple complex of 22,104 square metres, houses the world's largest statue of Buddha made of Jade (It is called jade in Chinese, but in English it is Serpentine). It is a single piece of jade stone measuring 6.88 metres in width, 4.10 metres front to back and 7.95 metres high. The ...
Jade Buddha Temple (Shanghai, China) - Statues of Pañcika (Sànzhī Dàjiàng) on the left, Indra (Dìshìtiān) in the centre and Brahma (Dàfàntiān) on the right. Jade Buddha Temple ( Shanghai, China ) - Statues of Kinnara (Jǐnnàluó) on the left and Shiva (Dàzìzàitiān or Móxīshǒuluótiān) on the right.
Jade Buddha Temple (Shanghai, China) - Statues of Yama (Yánmóluówáng) on the left, Saraswati (Biàncáitiān) in the center and Leigong on the right Items portrayed in this file depicts
CITY GUIDES: The modern metropolis stands tall as a cultural capital of the world, with cutting-edge food, glamorous sky bars and suitcase-filling shopping to match, says Lucie Grace
Jade Buddha Temple (Shanghai, China) - Statues of Guhyapāda (Mìjī Jīngāng) on the left and Mārīcī (Mólìzhītiān) on the right. Items portrayed in this file