Checked in at the Five-Tai Mountain Spring in Zhengding County, Longxing Temple

💧Five-Tai Mountain Spring💦Checked in✔️ at Longxing Temple 📍Zhongshan East Road, Zhengding County, Shijiazhuang, Hebei In order to catch a glimpse of the 'Eastern Venus' in Lu Xun's eyes, I came to Zhengding County, the hometown of Zhao Zilong of Changshan. Got off the bus at Zhao Yun Temple and walked to the famous Longxing Temple. The Venus is in the main hall, the Mani Hall, behind the golden Mani wall. The back wall is carved with more than 30 scenes of the South Sea and Buddha statues. Mountains upon mountains, auspicious clouds winding, it's like a fairyland. The colorful Guanyin slightly leans forward, sitting in the center with knees hugged. Elegant as a fairy, compassionate as Buddha, majestic as a deity. Liang Sicheng said: 'How full of human touch she is, no matter which direction you look at her from, she can turn her eyes to look at you, looking down, as if wanting to converse with you.' Photos cannot convey the overwhelming shock of the sculpture, nor can they capture the gentle downward gaze of the Venus Bodhisattva. The Great Compassion Pavilion houses a 21.3-meter-tall bronze statue of the Thousand-Handed and Thousand-Eyed Guanyin Bodhisattva. Aside from the two hands clasped in front of the chest, there are 20 arms on each side, holding the sun, moon, treasure vase, vajra, sword, and other ritual implements, and each is adorned with an eye, a thousand hands to protect sentient beings, a thousand eyes to observe the world. The huge Sumeru base and stone carvings below the Guanyin statue are incredibly exquisite. In addition to the most beautiful colorful hanging carvings and the tallest Guanyin bronze statue, there are also the Pilu Buddha statue covered with a thousand Buddhas and the revolving scripture repositories, etc. Longxing Temple has witnessed the development and changes of Northern Buddhist culture, and is one of the ancient temples with the most Song Dynasty sculptures and stone carvings still in existence.