【正文】 when people enter thebuddhist temple, they will first see this happy image, which will produce a kindfeeling to buddhism.the large niche above the buddha statue is carved with more than 50 dragonsof different shapes. the carving is exquisite, and it is the best wood carvingart of the qing dynasty.on both sides of the hall, there are four heavenly kings, also known as thefour king kong. they are: the eastern heavenly king holding the kingdom,holding the pipa。 the southern heavenly king holding the umbrella in his righthand, holding the demon in his left hand。 the western heavenly king holding thedragon in one hand, holding the pearl in the other。 the northern heavenly kingholding the pagoda in his hand. according to a chinese custom, one of the magictools they hold is different. they represent wind, tune, rain and shunrespectively. the four heavenly kings are a group of clay sculpture works ofqing dynasty, which are burly and majestic.this statue of wei tuotian general standing in the north, known as thedharma god, is a clay sculpture of the qing dynasty. it is dressed as amilitary general and stands behind the statue of maitreya. facing sakyamunibuddha, it is performing the task of maintaining the preaching ground andforbidding the invasion of evil spirits.there are many pomegranate trees planted on the east and west sides of thetemple. people say that may pomegranate is as red as fire, but in baima templeit is just the opposite, because the pomegranate here is white. every april andmay of the lunar calendar, the trees are full of pomegranate flowers, crystalwhite, jade like snow, very goodlooking, really may pomegranate white assnow..the great buddha hall is the second major hall of baima temple. on the eastside of the front of the great buddha hall, there is a stele of rebuildingbaima temple written by huang jin in 1556. the stone tablet is meters highand meters wide, which has important reference value for the study of thehistorical evolution of baima temple.the great buddha hall is the main hall in the temple, where major buddhistactivities are held. today39。s great buddha hall was rebuilt in the ming gh it has been rebuilt by later generations, it still has thearchitectural style of the blind generation.there are seven statues on the altar in the middle of the hall. the statueof sakyamuni buddha in the middle sits on the seat of xumi, with a height of .the statue here is said to be the image of his last sermon. in this sermon,he did not speak, which is called speechless sermon. he only held a flower inhis right hand, which made people guess, that is, he twisted the flower to showit to the public at the nirvana meeting. the symbol on the chest of the greatbuddha means that the buddha has boundless blessing and perfect harmony ofall virtues. therefore, the body has auspicious appearance, which means theplace of auspiciousness. wu zetian defined the pronunciation of this symbol asten thousand.on the left side of sakyamuni is mahakaya, the eldest disciple. in thisspeechless saying, only he understood the real intention of the buddha, so hebroke his face and smile. later, he was promoted as one of the top ten disciplesof sakyamuni. chinese zen worshipped him as the first generation patriarch ofindian inheritance.the standing statue on the right is ananda, the eldest disciple. he iswellknown and has a strong memory. he is known as the first of many stories.chinese zen buddhism also promoted him as the second generation of patriarch whoinherited buddhism in india.on the left side of jiaye is manjusri bodhisattva, on the right side isprajna sutra, which is known for its profound knowledge and wisdom。 on the rightside of ananda is puxian bodhisattva, who holds ruyi hook, whose virtue isperfect and whose merits and demerits are boundless, which is known asxingyuan.sakyamuni buddha, manjusri and puxian bodhisattva are collectively known asthe three sages of sakyamuni. these are three clay sculptures of the mingdynasty. east and west stand by two statues to support heaven and man. they holdflowers in their hands and have a delicate posture. they are also called sanhuatiannv. when the great buddha preached the sermon, he offered support to heavenand man, and scattered flowers one after another in the high sky.hanging in the southeast corner of the great buddha hall is a ming dynastybell, which was cast by eunuch huang jin and weighs 2500 jin. it is said thatthere used to be a big bell in the white horse temple. when the moon is whiteand the wind is clear and the people are still, the monks knock on it. the bellrings all over the place, lasting for decades. what39。s more, as soon as the bigbell rings, the big bell on the clock tower of the old city of luoyang, 25 milesaway, will also ring. as soon as the big bell on the clock tower of the old cityrings, the big bell of baima temple will ring. this is the bell of horsetemple. it is one of the eight sceneries of luoyang, also known as midnightbell. it is one of the six sceneries of baima temple.the southwest corner of the hall is dafa drum. the bells and drums here areall the musical instruments that monks beat when they are engaged in buddhistactivities.in the rear of the great buddha hall, this sitting statue facing the northis called guanyin bodhisattva. because of its back to the great buddha, it isalso known as sitting upside down guanyin.now what we see is the third main hall daxiong hall. daxiong hall,originally rebuilt in yuan dynasty, was rebuilt in ming and qing dynasties. inthe east wall outside the hall, there is a stone engraved with the supernaturalrecords of the han dynasty by mo teng, which was re established in the songdynasty. bi wu said that it has a unique typeface like the preface to the holyreligion, and the calligraphy of the northern song dynasty still has the styleof jin and tang dynasties, which is good and lovely. at this moment, the stonerecords the origin of th