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Kwun Yam Temple

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Kwun Yam Temple: Eleven-Headed, Thousand-Armed, and Thousand-Eyed Avalokitesvara

觀音寺

香港大嶼山

位於香港大嶼山羌山。葉善開女修士(東姑)於一九一○年所建,稱積善堂,一九五三年海山法師重修,易為今名。一九九○年住持融靈法師再度擴建為現今寺觀。
 該寺依山而建,占地面積8,200平方公尺,主要建築有牌坊、鐘樓、鼓樓及三寶殿等。三寶殿為該寺正殿,形制仿北京頤和園佛香閣。高24公尺,平面呈八角形,梁柱斗栱皆為朱紅色,檐下彩繪,最上為八角攢尖頂,每層檐皆覆黃色琉璃瓦,綠琉璃剪邊。高三層,第一層為觀音殿,供奉十一面千手千眼觀音菩薩像,高4.9公尺,兩旁各置八尊羅漢像;環形壁間有四幅金色銅蝕壁畫,描繪觀音菩薩示現三十二應身,為罕見的大型佛教銅蝕壁畫。中層為藏經樓,內供奉三大士聖像,並有血書《大方廣佛華嚴經》。頂層為萬佛閣,圓拱形樓頂由萬尊佛像圍繞,主尊為五智如來,毗盧遮那佛高1.2公尺,居正中高位,其下為阿●(門+三人)佛、寶生佛、阿彌陀佛、不空成就佛,均高1公尺。該殿三層,由上而下喻佛、法、僧三寶。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L, page 644.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Kwun Yam Temple." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L, vol. 2, 2016, pp. 644.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang and Lewis Lancaster. 2016. "Kwun Yam Temple" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L, 2:644.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, & Lancaster, L. (2016). Kwun Yam Temple. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L (Vol. 2, pp. 644).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L},
pages = 644,
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volume = 2,
year = {2016}}


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