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Purple Bamboo Forest
Purple Bamboo Forest is on the topside of the Cave of Tidal Sound. Although the purple bamboo isn't as exciting as it sounds, there is a little temple worth seeing. In the earlier days it was called 'listening to the tides temple'. In the Qing dynasty during the reign of Guanshu it was renamed to Zizhulin. It was a few times rebuild, the last time was in 1990. The rebuilding lasted 3 years.
The temple has 3 main buildings. There are 128 rooms. The total square is 4,424 km2.
The second building is Yuantongdian, where a Guanyin of white jade is
positioned. This temple has an unusual positioning of mirrors on either side of
the white carving of the goddess. The statue is 2,8 meter high. Look at the carved lantern above her and the oil
lamp which burns 24 hours a day above a marble lotus flower. Many other temples
also have these. Inside the third building, Dabeilou, you can
find a reclining Buddha of white jade which weighs 4.5 ton and is 3.5 meters long. This buddha
was imported from Myanmar in 1996. The
copper murals inside this level represent the life of Sakyamuni.
There is also a thousand
armed, thousand eyed Guanyin inside.
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For information or reservation call or send an e-mail to Chen Zhongyu ((0580)6091227) in Putuoshan.
Last modification: 10/11/2003
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