Jumat, 24 Oktober 2014

Amazing Structure

  
  hello everybody! I would like to tell you about one of the amazing structure that exist in this world. I would like to tell you about an amazing statue in Hong Kong,cChina. the structure is Tian Ta Buddha or peoples always called it The Big Buddha. It is located in Ngong Ping Village in Lantao Island. To get there the fastest way is by cabble car. It taks 30 minutess to get there. The statue is is a big bronze of  a Buddha Amogashiddhi. It was constructed in 1990 to 1993. What unique is the day is the same day the enligthment of buddha

   


The statue named Tian Tan Buddha because it is a model of altar of heaven and earthly mountain . The statue is 34 meters tall and 28 ton weight. It is one of the biggest bronze statue outdoor. Visitors have to climb 286 steps to get the big buddha.  This site is so big you even can see it from Macau, China. The statue's right hand is raised. it is reprecanting the removal of afflication. While the left hand is on the statue lap in gesture of dhana. What unique about the big buddha is that this statue is facing north while the other buddha statue are facing south

  



 There are 3 floors beneath The Big Buddha. Every floor has it's own name. The first floor name is The Hall of Universe, the second floor is The Hall of Benevolent Merit, and the third floor is The Hall of Remembrance. All budhist people always circeling the statue floor every floor. From the first floor to the third floor. On the first floor there is "the offerings of devas". It is 6 little statue's that giving offerings to the buddha. Every statue has it's own offerings. The offerings are flowers sybolise charity , incense sybolise morality , lamp sybolise patience , ointment syblise zeal , fruit sybolise  meditation , an the music symbolise wisdom. all of which are nesseary to get to nirwana

    On the gate of The Big Buddha. There is a big white building wtth chinese letter on the building. In front of the building there are 12 little statues called "12 divine genrals" . What makes this statue unique is that this statue are representing 12 chinese zodiac which is linked to animals. Every statue represente different animals. On the top of the statue's there is head of animals which the statue represented. the statue's also grabbing diffrent weapon such as vajra, bow, long sword and other's