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发表于 2009-11-14 19:41
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江南第一窟——福建南平顺昌合掌岩石窟
No.1 Grotto in South China -
合掌岩石窟
Joined Palms Rock Grotto
合掌岩石窟位于福建省顺昌县城西郊3公里处的合掌岩风景区。合掌岩主峰海拔551.7米，因山形如“双手合掌表一心”而得名。紧挨石窟有西安寺，占地110多亩，始建于元太祖二十年（公元1225年），建筑面积愈10000多平方米。登高临远仰察云天俯察地，动观流水静观山，更闻古刹梵音袅袅，了然心静，一派“江南佛国”之景象。
The Joined Palms Rock Grotto is located in the Joined Palms Rock Scenic Zone, which is 3 kilometers to the west of the township of Shunchang County, Fujian Province. The highest peak of the Joined Palms Rock is 551.7 meters above sea level, and the Rock is named after its resembling shape of “joining palms to express oneself”. A temple is situated to the west of the Joined Palms Rock Grotto. Founded in the twentieth year of Yuan Taizu (the first emperor of Yuan Dynasty) Administration (1225 A. D.), the Xi An Temple has a land area of 110mu (7.5 hectares) and a building area of more than 10,000 square meters. Looking from heights, one can observe the upper clouds and sky, or examine the lower landscape, running waters and still mountains. The sound of sutra-chanting from the ancient monastery is lingering and soothing, therefore one can well perceive here a vision of “Buddhism Land in South China”.
2003年3月31日，顺昌县佛教协会会长、西安寺住持本圆法师，率众于西安寺旁开山凿洞，历时五载挖通山体建合掌岩石窟。石窟全长173米，由前厅、大厅、后通道、念佛堂、闭关洞等关联而成，2005年始刻佛像，规划大、小佛像1万余尊，面积愈9000平方米，其工程之大，规模之盛，华夏少有，享有“江南第一窟”之美誉。
On 31 March 2003, Ven. BEN YUAN, the Chairman of Shunchang County Buddhist Society and Buddhist Abbot of Xi An Temple, initiated the project of excavating near the Xi An Temple to build a grotto. After five years of endeavor, the mountain body was excavated through and the Joined Palms Rock Grotto was constructed. With a length of 173 meters and consisting of the vestibule, main hall, rear passage, Buddhist prayer room, Buddhist retreat cave and so on, the Grotto is over 9,000 square meters in area and dotted with more than 10,000 large and small Buddha statues that have been carved since 2005. As its size and scale can only be matched by a handful of other grottos in China, the Joined Palms Rock Grotto is renowned as the “No.1 Grotto in South China”.
进得石窟，经过弥勒佛、韦驮菩萨等石雕佛像群，中央大厅宽38米，最高15米，可同时容纳2000多人顶礼拜佛，气势恢宏。环目四周，中央千佛绕毗卢，东方净琉璃世界、西方极乐世界、南方宝生佛、北方成就世界等佛像群雕栩栩如生、熠熠生辉。大厅后四小石窟相互相联，圣杰祖师、斗战圣佛、千手观音等各组石雕群像和金刚经、弥陀经、往生咒、心经等各类经文或已雕刻完毕或正在施工中。
In the vestibule of the Grotto, there are stone statues of among others the Maitreya and the Skanda. The central main hall, 38 meters wide and 15 meters high from the floor to the inner vertex, is magnificent and can accommodate 2,000 fellow believers to worship and pay homage to Buddhas at the same time. There are groups of vivid and shining Buddha statues in and around the main hall, including “One Thousand Boddhisattvas Gathering around the Vairocana Buddha” in the middle, “Land of the Buddha Medicine” in the east, “Land of the Buddha Amitabha” in the west, “Land of the Buddha Ratnaketu” in the south and “Land of the Buddha Amoghasiddhi” in the north. Behind the main hall there are four small grottos linking to one another, where there are carved statue groups of the Mikyo Dorje, the Fight-Victorious-Buddha, the Avalokitesvara et al, and carved scriptures of the Vajra Sutra, the Amitabha Sutra, the Pure Land Rebirth Dharani, the Heart Sutra etc. Of these carvings, some are still being worked on.
如今，石窟已被收录《福建民俗文化大观》、《闽台宗教名胜旅游博览》和《南平历史文化丛书·山水顺昌》，国学大师文怀沙欣然题写“合掌岩石窟”，周边乃至美国、新加坡、日本及台港澳等四方信众皆众缘和合，施财施力，鼎建合掌岩石窟。
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