Several people continued to lower their heads and listened to the talk of Master Shi Haibing: "The other holy temple of my Buddha is the Bodhi tree, also known as Bo. Sakyamuni once sat under this tree, meditated hard and finally achieved true enlightenment.
The Bodhi tree is easy to identify, just observe its heart-shaped leaves, because this is the most distinctive feature of the Bodhi tree. It takes 300 years for a Bodhi tree to fully grow. Therefore, it often appears in doors, windows or murals. In addition, temples
The Buddha's footprints have just been stamped on the window lattice. They are the marks of one or both feet of Sakyamuni."
Jin Huabin asked curiously: "I often hear people say that color is emptiness. What pattern is used to represent the emptiness of the four elements?"
The host nodded slightly and said: "This question is on point. The four basic elements of the universe are water, fire, earth and air, which coincide with the solid, liquid, gas and plasma of modern science. The empty throne represents the concept of emptiness. It also symbolizes our Buddha.
Sakyamuni is everywhere."
A host actually knows the concepts of modern physics? Jin Huabin immediately became fond of him.
Buddhists receive offerings from all directions, and the alms bowl is the simplest and most important thing in the daily life of Buddhist monks. This is the main symbol of the life chosen by Buddhist monks. It is understandable that it is a theme that often appears in stone windows, and it can be explained in the patterns of Haibing.
There were actually lions, which puzzled Jin Huabin. He asked: "Buddhist disciples are vegetarians, but lions eat meat. Why do they often appear in temple buildings?"
The host answered with a smile: "Everyone has a past and a future. What was the Tathagata's identity before he became a Buddha? He was a prince. The lion is a representative of the royal family. Before the Buddha received enlightenment, it symbolized a part of the Buddha. It also represents the power of the Buddha to preach.
, often compared with the roar of a lion. The so-called "I, the Buddha," is also the roar of a lion."
Shi Haibing narrated the story. Jin Huabin took notes and sketched out sketches. After the introduction, the sketches came out. He was engaged in data management at the cultural station. When he was free, he borrowed books and learned about Buddhism and other topics.
I have a certain interest in culture and usually dabble in it, so even though I am sketching, it is still decent.
After listening to Shi Haibing's words, Jin Huabin nodded and said: "Confucian stone windows are mostly homophones, but Buddhist ones are metaphors. If you don't understand Buddhism, it will be really difficult to design, and you will need the guidance of a master."
The host put his hands together and saluted and said: "We don't have any special stone window models in our temple. If you want to read scriptures, you can borrow them at any time in the temple. You have to worry about everything."
The Buddhist scriptures are obscure and difficult to understand, but there are many modern versions of them interpreted by modern scholars on the cultural website. There are many contents in them that can be borrowed into the design of stone windows. Check them carefully when you go back, which will be helpful to the design of stone windows.
But there was no need to tell him explicitly. If the design inspiration came from scriptures, it would be more beneficial to the company. So, Jin Huabin drove Shi Haibing back to the temple on the grounds of borrowing scriptures for reference, and borrowed the Diamond Sutra and the Chinese
Yan Jing.
When he was in college, Jin Huabin liked the paintings of cartoonist Cai Zhizhong very much. There were many contents about Buddhism and Zen in the paintings. The strokes were simple and the meaning was profound, which was just suitable as the subject of the stone window. After returning to work, he dug out Cai Zhizhong's paintings from the bookshelf.
Make some changes and modifications to the work to turn it into your own stone window pattern.
It was already the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth lunar month, and the work unit was on holiday. Jin Huawu took the opportunity to have fun and sent the designed stone window pattern to Sanxue Temple. As soon as he entered the host's room, he saw a jeweled nobleman sitting on the chair.
The woman, Shi Haibing, held tea and said: "To become a monk is not only to leave the worldly home, but also to leave the home of troubles, and to become a wise and enlightened person through diligent cultivation."
The guest in the middle is Ms. Lu, a great benefactor from the Philippines. She is working with the Lu tribe in Macau to donate money to Sanxue Temple. She has made great vows and is a Buddhist, so she saw the stone window design presented by Jin Huabin.
, part of it is an old monk and a young monk sitting opposite each other and talking about Buddha. You can see what it means at a glance, and you can't help but show a kind smile and praise: "One flower and one world, one leaf and one bodhi. This window is not simple.
The design is quite Zen-like." He immediately donated an additional 500,000 yuan to the temple.
The newly built Sanxue Temple has more than 300 stone windows in 300 styles. Each window has a story, which cost Jin Huabin countless brain cells. Fortunately, it was recognized by the customer. When he walked out of the temple gate, he could not suppress his excitement.
He picked up his mobile phone and made a call to Zhang Guifang: "I got a contract to process stone windows in a temple. Although the amount was not large, only 500,000 yuan, and the profit was not high, the customer liked the stone windows I designed.
After finishing speaking, he discussed the design ideas of the stone window and the feedback from the host and donors.
"You only remember Shi Chuang, but do you still remember our relationship?" A voice of complaint came from the other end of the phone: "Before I went abroad, I kept worrying that I would succeed in abandoning you, and even though I finally made a phone call, I didn't say a word of affection.
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"I'm sorry, it's my fault."
"Are you sincere in your apology? What do you call me?"
Only then did Jin Huabin remember his mistake and hurriedly added: "Dear, I was negligent just now. How are you doing there? Is your career going well?"
She replied on her mobile phone: "Let me tell you, the construction of the ancestral hall went very smoothly. The Dragon King Wall has been completed. For this stone wall, I borrowed the high relief from the colored stone inlay from your original model draft.
Grinding and inlaying methods, etc. make it more three-dimensional and more colorful. After inlaying it with beeswax, the dragon really seems to be alive, especially the longan, which uses two aventurine ink jade. Which direction do you go?
It turned in that direction and looked like it was alive. Also, Malaysia is closer to the sea than our fairyland, and the weather is changeable. There are more opportunities for the dragon's weather forecasting function to appear in front of everyone. This dragon's body is
It was wet, and it started raining after half a day. The local overseas Chinese and neighbors were amazed. People visited the ancestral hall every day, and it almost became a tourist attraction. The local media reported on it, describing the miracle of the Dragon King's wall being able to predict the weather and the fact that the pebble gate hall did not accumulate water.
I made up a jingle about whether it will be sunny or rainy. The Dragon King of the Ying family knows that the earth will not be dry when it is sunny and the earth will not be wet when it rains heavily."
International calls cost several yuan per minute. Jin Huabin looked at his mobile phone and saw that they had been chatting for almost twenty minutes and it cost hundreds of yuan. He said with some heartache: "Dear, the phone bill is expensive.
, let’s talk another day.”
"It makes sense to say that the price of love is higher! Dozens of yuan a minute." She said seriously on the other end: "Let me tell you, the Ying's Ancestral Hall project has not been completed, and there are several overseas Chinese nearby.
They came to my door and asked us to build the ancestral hall. I really wanted to come back, but the workers saw that the money was good and they all begged me to extend the period of labor export. They would not go home for the Chinese New Year this year. They planned to earn enough money for our wedding.
Come back."
Without waiting for his reply, the other person hung up the phone.
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High relief is an engraving method, which refers to the engraving method in which the pattern is convex and protrudes from the bottom surface. High relief can also be understood as a kind of deep plane intaglio engraving. Broadly speaking, it is also a deep relief or a deep openwork.<