Chinese Silver Buddha
Jiuhua Mountain, as one of the "Four Famous Buddhist Mountains in China", has been regarded as a holy place since ancient times. There are often good men and women who come to pray for God to worship Buddha, burn incense paper, pray for the blessing of Ksitigarbha, and Buddha statues consecrated by Jiuhua Mountain, The idols are even more sought after by everyone.
Buddhism originated in India, and after it spread to China, it interacted with and absorbed Chinese traditional culture and developed into one of China's national religions.
The doctrine of Buddhism encourages people to be good. It has always been theories of karma and six reincarnations. During the development of China, it was influenced by the local Taoism. On the basis of the initial teachings, Buddhism incorporated Taoist elements, and people gradually believed that praying for God and worshiping Buddha could drive people away. To ward off evil and protect the whole family, Buddhist ideas that meet the collective demands of the Chinese have gradually penetrated into Chinese traditional culture and folk customs.
Chinese culture has accepted various Buddhist rituals while accepting the infiltration of Buddhist theories. These rituals of Buddhism have become fixed folk festivals or gradually integrated into traditional customs. For example, during the Laba Festival, people drink Laba porridge and hold lanterns during the Lantern Festival. During the festival, people organize traditional gatherings and ceremonies in market towns, temples and other places to celebrate. In addition, there are religious idolatry. The believers believe: "Even though the Buddha's body has passed away, his dharma body still exists in the world, and it is everywhere and omnipotent. As long as you set up the image of the Buddha when you practice, you can visualize and remember the great majesty of the Buddha. , Then the Buddha’s Dharma body will always be with you.” The Buddha image thus becomes the object of worship, offerings, and seeking protection from believers. For the ancients, entering a temple to burn incense was commonplace. No matter how big or small they were at home, they always had to pray in front of the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas. In modern times, officials pray for the prosperity of officials; businessmen pray for wealth; People pray for success at home; especially during the college entrance examination season in June, parents take their children to temples to burn incense and worship Buddha for good exams. Schools have become a special sight in China.
In the hearts of the general public, the Buddhas and Bodhisattvas are "divines" who can save hardships and are omnipotent. When they encounter troubles and problems, they often desire a kind of spiritual comfort and find an emotional sustenance. The Buddhas and Bodhisattvas played such a role at this time, enabling them to temporarily relieve some of their mental pressure and worries. When a person can calm down and face the problems he encounters, wisdom often appears at this time, and a solution to the problem will be found.
The light of sterling silver Buddha
Buddhism is prevalent, and Buddha statues often play an important role in religious ceremonies. Due to differences in craftsmanship, economic level, social culture, and aesthetics, Buddha statues in different periods have their own era imprints.
The first Buddha statues in China began in the Han Dynasty and prevailed in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. During this period, Buddha statues were mostly made of bronze. With the advancement of socio-economic level and craftsmanship, Buddha statues have made great developments. There are wood and stone carvings, metal castings, ceramic firings, and paintings on paper and silk. They are filled with the colors of various eras. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, gilt silver, gold-plated and even sterling silver began to appear gradually. Pure gold Buddha statue.
Pure silver Buddha statue? People can't help but wonder: In Buddhist thought, shouldn't silver be a vulgar thing? Isn't the pure silver Buddha statue a blasphemy to the Buddhist gods?
In fact, otherwise, there are "Seven Treasures" in the Western Paradise of Amitabha Tathagata, and the second "Treasure" is silver. As we all know, due to the beautiful color and excellent properties of silver, people have used silver to create many exquisite and gorgeous ornaments and utensils; silver is like Qingxin, and Buddhism believes that the light and color presented by silver have the ability and function of calming disasters and eliminating disasters. Therefore, in ancient times, silver was widely used as accessories for wearing. At the same time, silver represents the light of the "Buddha" and is a thing to avoid evil, representing health, peace, auspiciousness, and longevity. Therefore, wearing silver jewelry for newborn children means praying for peace, auspiciousness and health. In ancient times, silver was precious and a symbol of status. Buddhism is also extremely sacred and solemn in the eyes of all living beings. Therefore, compared with ordinary Buddha statues, the luxurious and exquisite silver Buddha statues can not only demonstrate the noble status of the Buddhist gods, but also reflect the piety of the providers, and the prices are even more expensive.
At present, the Dazhao Temple in Hohhot enshrines the largest three-meter-high Sakyamuni silver Buddha statue made of more than 3,000 catties of pure silver in China and even the world; the Daxiong Hall in the Jing'an Temple in Shanghai enshrines a 15-ton sterling silver statue. Statue of Shakyamuni Buddha.
I and all sentient beings will become Buddhas together
In modern society, with the development of economy and society, competition is becoming more and more fierce. Material and spiritual desires are constantly being amplified by industrial civilization. People are greedy for all kinds of foreign realms, pursue fame, money, power, and love. With money, wealth, and material things, faith, culture and happiness have been lost. The trend of seeking roots, the recovery and exchange of various cultures, makes people begin to find answers to various puzzles and incomprehensions about social development, seeking spiritual outlets and blessings. Buddhism’s thoughts of life and death, thoughts of gains and losses, thoughts of cause and effect, insight into life, wisdom, and philosophy have satisfied people’s spiritual demands, and have become a refuge for people in modern society to put their hearts and minds away from society, and Buddha statues have also become People seek the best carrier for peace of mind, comfort, protection and relief.
Jiuhua Mountain’s unique Tibetan culture has obvious moral functions. Its filial culture advocates respecting parents, repaying parents’ kindness, teachers’ kindness, respecting the elderly, loving the young, and caring for orphans; its social morality culture advocates helping others, helping others, helping the world, and doing kindness and love. , And advocates that all living beings live in harmony, forgive others, fairness and equality, and the moral principles of generosity and honesty have a good guiding role for modern society. As a leading company in the white banking industry in Anhui Province, the Silver Investment Group is based on the traditional Buddhist culture under the influence of the Tibetan culture of Jiuhua Mountain, one of the "Four Famous Mountains of Buddhism in China." With silver as the material, we independently designed and developed the Buddha Yuan series and the Jiuhuashan customized series. The Wanshang Yinhao opened in Jiuhuashan, as the first and only silver product sales point in the local area, the Buddha Yuan series and the Jiuhuashan customized series are all made of pure silver, following the ancient method, exquisitely shaped, and passing through Jiuhuashan. Master Huiqing, the abbot of Huashan, presided over the consecration, and all gods performed their duties. Guanyin, Buddha, and Ksitigarbha kings all have their own pure land.
Buddhism, as a culture based on Taoism, has a real impact on Chinese culture that it has become a way of life of personality and moral cultivation, which has perfected the connotation of personality cultivation in Chinese culture, and has also greatly affected the lives of Chinese people. Habits and ways of doing things. The role of Buddhism in contemporary society is not a passive, empty preaching, but a guiding light for all living beings to seek good and to pursue the harmonious development of the world.