Zhucheng is a small city on the Shandong Peninsula, many people may not have heard of this name, but look at the picture of Zhucheng, it has already begun to write the history of the Chinese nation more than 4000 years ago. In ancient China, Emperor Shun, one of the three emperors and five emperors, was born here, and Zhucheng was also known as "the capital of Shun emperor". If a little understanding of the statue of the Buddha, the collection of the Long Xing Temple of the Qingzhou museum will not be strange to you, but in the seven or eight years before the discovery of the Long Xing temple's cellar, the Zhucheng region has discovered several vault of Buddha statues in succession, uncovering the prelude of the Northern Dynasty Buddha's light in Qilu.
when I arrived at the Zhucheng Museum, it was noon, and the southern side of the glass curtain wall was glare. When I looked in, the door was locked by iron general. We knew there was a lunch break. In fact, a small city is full of lazy life. I walked for 10 minutes to find a restaurant and eat a bowl of noodles. The uncle at the next table saw my camera hanging around my neck. I said that Zhucheng specializes in museums, and my uncle praises me for knowing things. He speaks of those Zhucheng events that he had experienced during his youth. In the spring of
1988, while building a gymnasium on a small hill in the southern suburb of Zhucheng, the workers unintentionally found some stones, and the archaeologists who had come to the news had concluded that it was a Buddha statue cellar. Before 1990, several Buddhist statues were found in the southern suburbs of Zhucheng and the ancient city village, with more than 200 pieces unearthed in the gymnasium. In this period, more than 400 Buddha statues were found in Zhucheng. Most of the statues of Zhucheng are Buddha and Bodhisattva head, as well as the broken body and lotus. The body of the broken body is divided into one body, three bodies, and many bodies. The Buddha with a high meat bun, a Bodhisattva servant with Bodhisattva and a flying geisha flying in the air. The images are exquisitely made and vivid, some are solemn and solemn, some are quiet and clear, some are close and meditative, some are plump, some are thin, and even though they are changeable, the facial expression seems to be smiling to you from any angle.
Zhucheng Museum, damaged single statue.
Zhucheng Buddhism has developed in the Eastern Han Dynasty, and the Zhucheng Museum has a statue of Buddha in the Han Dynasty. The Buddha bronze statue found at Qingyun temple ruins in Zhucheng earlier showed that during the Northern Wei and Northern Qi period, the Buddhist works in Zhucheng had been flourishing and flourishing. But not long, Yuwen Qi Yu Jiande, the emperor of Zhou Wudi, three years (AD 574) formally decreed the Buddha, and after Zhou died in Qi, the movement of extinguishing Buddhism spread to Qi Di, that is, Zhucheng and Qingzhou, and the Buddha's cellar found in Zhucheng should be buried in a hurry. For more than 1400 years, when the Buddha reappears, it still gives people the shock and enjoyment of the soul.
into the museum, "the Northern Dynasty Charm - the Zhucheng Northern Dynasty Buddhist stone sculpture art display" is located in the most prominent place in the hall on the first floor, and 68 carefully selected from more than 400 Buddhist statues unearthed from the territory of Zhucheng. The entrance to the exhibition hall is a portrait of the eight Buddha with a smiling face and a strict appearance. The statue was carved from the late Northern Wei Dynasty to the early Eastern Wei Dynasty. According to the size of the avatar, the experts estimate the statue as high as 6 meters. It is the largest statue of the eight Buddha in North China. The mystery of its smile is more than enough to please people. It is called the first smiling Buddha in China. The statues of other Buddhas are mostly reserved and kindly, and the precise lighting design is enough to make you indulge in this 1400 smile feast.