Guangzhou dafosi library

The Great Buddha Temple, one of the five jungles in Guangzhou, was built in the Southern Han Dynasty, with a history of more than 1,000 years. It flourished from Shunzhi to Qianlong in the Qing Dynasty and was a famous Buddhist temple in Lingnan. In September, 2000, the first modern Buddhist library opened to the public in Guangdong was officially completed in the Great Buddha Temple. In 2003, Sun Yat-sen Library of Guangdong Province listed it as "the Buddhist Branch of Sun Yat-sen Library of Guangdong Province", and in 2005, Guangzhou Municipal People's Government awarded the title of "the venue for civilized religious activities" to the Great Buddha Temple. The late elder Yunfeng once wrote an inscription for the library: "Reading the classics and reading the law often makes nature peaceful, and looking at Buddha's kindness makes people feel at ease."

The library of the Great Buddha Temple has become a pure land of Guangzhou, a bustling city, and also a green home for modern people whose work and life are increasingly tense.

The library is located on the east side of the temple, covering an area of 664 square meters. The museum is not only rich in collections, but also equipped with first-class modern electronic facilities. You can swim in shushan, fahai, whether online or offline. In addition, we regularly carry out a series of activities to promote Buddhism and benefit students, such as inviting eminent monks and great virtues to give lectures, holding various Buddhist classes, setting up online Buddhist forums, and setting up Buddhist troubleshooting guest books. It really integrates reading, audio-visual, recording, circulation, preaching, retrieval and other functions, which greatly facilitates believers.

Since its establishment, the library has been flooded with readers. Every Saturday, Sunday, the first day of the first month, the fifteenth day of the first month or the birthday of the Bodhisattva, the library is packed. According to incomplete statistics, in more than six years, the number of people who came here to study and listen to classics has exceeded 500 thousand; Among them, there are 1 10,000 regular readers with long-term library cards, including government officials, cultural celebrities, university professors, students, white-collar workers and wage earners, covering almost all social strata. Committed to promoting Buddhism is the biggest feature of the Great Buddha Temple. As early as 192 1 year, the "Guangzhou Bible Reading Society" was established in the Buddha Temple, which was appreciated by Dr. Sun Yat-sen and personally presented the book "Revealing Three Secrets" as an encouragement. Up to now, this plaque is still hanging in front of the Daxiong Hall of the Great Buddha Temple.

During the "Cultural Revolution", the religious activities of the Great Buddha Temple were terminated and it was not reopened until 1986. 1996, the young monk Yao Zhi succeeded the abbot of the Great Buddha Temple. In order to serve as a link between the past and the future, he made three wishes: to build a "modern Buddhist library", to build a "Zuta Garden", to recover the historical occupation-Huifuxi Primary School, and to build Dafa Building. He wants to build the Great Buddha Temple into a macro Buddhist center in Guangzhou. After several years of hard work, the great wish of the master has been gradually realized.

In September 2000, the first modern Buddhist library opened to the society in the province was built in the Great Buddha Temple. The library covers an area of 664 square meters, all of which are air-conditioned and managed by modern computers. At present, there are more than 8,000 kinds of books and more than 40,000 volumes. At the same time, there are a large number of Buddhist audio-visual books for readers to listen to and borrow. It is a library specializing in Buddhism, and also holds long-term activities such as youth Buddhist classes, Buddhist exchange and discussion classes, meditation classes, Buddhist practice sessions for the elderly and reading classes for children of traditional culture in China.

In 200 1 year, the Great Buddha Temple reclaimed about 1 10,000 square meters on the historical land of Zuta Garden at the east foot of Baiyun Mountain to rebuild the "Foshan Village of the Great Buddha Temple". After nearly three years of hard work, it has been completed and officially opened to the outside world.

Buddhist temple Foshan Zhuang

In July, 2004, Huifuxi Primary School was relocated according to the agreement signed between the Big Buddha Temple and Yuexiu District Education Bureau, and its house and land use rights were officially returned to the Big Buddha Temple. Yuexiu District Government has also included the restoration of the original appearance of the Millennium Temple in the municipal planning, and relevant departments are working on specific design to reproduce the historical style of the Great Buddha Temple. The Great Buddhist Temple Library is the first modern Buddhist library in Guangdong Province that is open to the society, covering an area of 664 square meters. Indoor air conditioning equipment is fully adopted and managed by computer. The library is divided into six parts: reading room, electronic reading room, reference room, scripture collection room, audio-visual room and circulation office.

The reading room collects all kinds of Buddhist classics, laws, theories and their notes and lectures, Buddhist teachings, history and geography, philosophy, literature, fine arts, children's books, as well as various works, series, periodicals and picture books related to Buddhism. * * * There are more than 4000 kinds and 30000 volumes of Buddhist books and progressive books in the world. For readers to read and borrow. At present, our library is still collecting all kinds of books related to Buddhism in order to expand the library's collection and meet the needs of readers. The electronic reading room has six computers connected to the Internet, which enables readers to query online information, download materials, visit many Buddhist websites and major libraries on the Internet, and enjoy various books and periodicals in the world.

There are several different versions of Tibetan Scriptures, such as Qianlong Tibetan Scriptures, Baga Tibetan Scriptures, Dazheng Tibetan Scriptures and Hongwu Tibetan Scriptures.

The audio-visual room is a multi-functional learning place, which has three functions: audio-visual, Buddhist chanting and meditation. It contains all kinds of Buddhist CDs, VCDs, videos and tapes, which can be played for a long time to facilitate the majority of Buddhist lovers to listen to and practice Buddhism. Usually, laymen can also read Buddhism and meditate in it, which provides a clean place for laymen to practice Buddhism.