Xiamen Lotus in Luohan Mountain

Lotus Luohan Mountain is located in Qingshan Rock Lotus National Forest Park, Miaoshan Natural Village, Meipu Village, Lianhua Town, Tongan District, Xiamen City. Thousands of acres of Fiona Fang, Lingshan Xiushui, beautiful scenery. Make use of the natural ecological cornerstone, green vegetation ecology, make forest of steles with mountains, and carve stones with inscriptions by celebrities from all walks of life. Combining Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, thousands of buddhas, bodhisattvas and arhats are laid on the mountain, forming the world's first outdoor arhat mountain scenic spot. Investment 1 100 million yuan, after 1200 days of construction, the landscape development of lotus Luohan Mountain has begun to take shape. The scenic spot includes more than 30 landscape and night scene projects such as 500 Luohan Jungle, 12 Luohan Mountain, Zhuzi Mo Chi Wash, Guandi Temple, Guanyin Pavilion, Luohan Pagoda and Foguang Avenue.

Luohan Mountain is the Luohan Mountain in Tongan, and it has never stopped doing charity. These two articles have been written into the house rules of Luohan Mountain. In order for the general public and tourists to come to Luohan Mountain for worship and leisure, Yifan Jushi built Shudelou Hotel, which integrates eating, living, meeting, leisure and vacation, with more than 50 beds. There are two large restaurants, conference halls, multi-function halls and negotiation rooms. Among them, vegetarian restaurant and lotus canteen commune restaurant can both receive about 300 guests at the same time, with a total reception capacity of more than 600 people. Luohan Mountain has successively established dozens of activity bases, such as Xiamen University artistic creation base and cross-strait calligraphy and painting creation base, and held activities such as Fa Hui, Buddha ceremony and meditation all the year round. When you come to Luohan Mountain in the lotus, you can deeply feel that the vegetation is covered with the auspicious light of Buddha, and the holy mountain is contaminated with the aura of scripture. Walking in the mountains, you can realize Zen in nature, cultivate one's morality and cultivate one's mind. Luohan Mountain is a large-scale cultural tourism and leisure area initiated and funded by China famous calligrapher, senior academician of China Buddhist Painting and Calligraphy Institute, Xiamen famous entrepreneur and collector Lin Zhiliang (layman) in 2009. Mr. Lin Zhiliang called on successful people from all walks of life to be grateful and repay the society, which is a charitable act. Under the leadership of Mr. Lin, 500 arhats stood on the top of the mountain, hence the name "Luohan Mountain", which changed from an ignorant top to a pure land on earth today. Every arhat is solemn and respectable, just like heaven, gathering in the world, very spectacular; Another example is Foshan Wonderland, far away from the mortal world, without the slightest human noise.

On this mountain, Lin Zhiliang devoted all his efforts. He said that this meaning is not as simple as building a temple as most people think, but reflects the rich traditional culture of the country. He should not only spread Buddhist culture with all his strength, but also embody the connotation of calligraphy on the stones and pillars on the mountain. What is touching is that the construction of this mountain has also changed the economic outlook of Lianhua Town. "Three years ago, when I came here, many villagers still lit candles and had no electric lights." Lin Zhiliang said. Nowadays, building a mountain attracts as many as 20,000 to 30,000 domestic and foreign tourists every day, which solves the employment of villagers, improves the difficult situation and promotes the development of the surrounding economy.

During the construction of Luohan Mountain, more than 65,438+00 listed companies and Chinese businessmen from the United States, Canada and other countries came to Luohan Mountain and promised to support its development. Luohan Mountain is a large-scale cultural tourism and leisure area initiated and funded by Mr. Lin Zhiliang, a famous calligrapher in China, a senior academician of China Buddhist Painting and Calligraphy Institute, a well-known entrepreneur and collector in Xiamen in 2009. It is a charitable act that Teacher Lin appeals to successful people from all walks of life to be grateful and repay the society. Tickets for scenic spots are free. At the opening ceremony of Lohan, 500 Southeast Asian monks, 500 Buddhist music choirs and 500 calligraphers will attend at the same time.

Lin Zhiliang studied calligraphy and martial arts since childhood, and ran a foreign trade enterprise in his early years, which established a good reputation and prestige in business and trade. In 2005, at the joint invitation of Taiwan Province Chinese Century Calligraphy and Painting Association and other units, as the first calligrapher from Chinese mainland, he held a 14-day personal calligraphy art exhibition in Taipei, Bao Dao, and celebrities from all walks of life in Taiwan Province Province went to congratulate him. More than 200 flower baskets were presented by KMT, PFP, Chairman of the New Party and Blue green camp "legislators", and dozens of authoritative media in Taiwan Province Province followed the whole story, which was praised as "opening a closed window for cross-strait calligraphy exchange for more than 50 years".

Since then, Lin Zhiliang has become the object of widespread public concern. His calligraphy works are highly sought after in Southeast Asia and cross-strait collections, and the auction price has been rising all the way. However, Mr. Lin always donates the proceeds from the auction as charity money. Lin Zhiliang's three masterpieces were auctioned at the Haixi Luxury Expo at a high price of134,000 yuan, and all the proceeds were donated to Zhouqu, Gansu, a debris flow disaster area.

Lin Zhiliang's strong humanistic concern for society has also influenced many industry elites. In 2009, Lin Zhiliang invested in Luohan Mountain, and in just 10 months, all 500 Luohan statues were confessed. Including more than 10 listed companies and Chinese businessmen from the United States, Canada, Australia and other places, they support the development of Lin Zhiliang and Luohan Mountain. According to Lin Zhiliang, he chose to build Lotus Hill in Tong 'an for three reasons: First, Lotus Hill is the only national forest park in Xiamen, accounting for 1/4 of the whole green area in Xiamen. There are rare ancient and famous trees, birds and animals in the mountains, and the mountain is abrupt and majestic. Lakes, mountains and mountains, hot springs set each other off into interest, beautiful scenery. Since the introduction of Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty, Zen culture has developed here, and many historical sites have been preserved, such as Zhu's large number of stone carvings, religious temples and traditional Buddhist festivals. Zen calligraphy has rich connotations. The integration of natural landscape and human landscape has laid a solid cultural foundation for the development of cultural tourism resources in Luohan Mountain. Second, Lianhua Mountain is an uncultivated virgin land. Many villagers still lit candles at home before he came here. Building a mountain can solve the employment of villagers, improve the local poverty situation, promote the protection and utilization of Lotus National Forest Park, and promote the construction of the back garden of the special zone, which is of great significance. Third, Lin Zhiliang is from Tongan, Xiamen. With the growth of experience, the more he gets from society, the more he wants to return to his hometown. According to Lin Zhiliang, Luohan Mountain Cultural Tourism and Leisure Zone will be planned to include Zen Buddhist cultural base, "1+ 1" calligraphy creation base, Lin Zhiliang Art Museum, one village, one product supermarket chain and other projects.

Lin Zhiliang has been attached to Buddhism for more than 20 years and studied Buddhism devoutly. In 2005, he was certified as a disciple of Han Da by the living Buddha of Gemalondo. Later, Master Yicheng, the president of the Buddhist Association, personally awarded the title of "Yifan", which belongs to the layman. He said that the guidance of the Buddha has made his calligraphy progress day by day, and he has a greater responsibility to promote Buddhism. Luohan Mountain will become a holy place for monks to preach and give lectures. It will be the largest and most complete "Luohan Mountain" in the world, and it is preparing to apply for Guinness World Records. Lin Zhiliang said: "Calligraphy art is the epitome of China traditional culture. Human life is limited. Even if they do their best, they will only leave some works to the society. To make the art of calligraphy last forever, we must train the next generation of successors. This is also the purpose of my'1+1'project. " His plan for the calligraphy creation base is to build dozens of calligraphy studios on this 30-acre mountain, recruit calligraphy teachers from all over the country, and let one teacher take a student to study calligraphy art systematically. In the long run, calligraphy culture will be passed down indefinitely. As long as you visit Luohan Mountain, you can see the calligraphy inscription on the cliff in the mountain, Shen Peng's Epiphany, the biography of the great monk by the current president of the Chinese Buddhist Association, the essence of Huineng's epiphany, "Bodhi has no trees, the mirror is not Taiwan, there is nothing, where is the dust", and Lin Zhiliang's "Heart follows nature" and so on. Between mountains and rivers, between heaven and earth, art and meditation depend on each other, and Buddhism and Taoism blend with calligraphy. Lin Zhiliang will also store his calligraphy works created for many years and many treasures auctioned overseas in his personal art gallery for visitors to watch. In addition, Lin Zhiliang believes that tourism will bring exchanges and development of culture and commodity economy. Tongan is rich in specialty resources and unique in flavor. One village, one product supermarket chain will promote the development of regional brands, thus realizing the income growth of local people.

The square inch of land bears witness to gratitude, and the pen and ink are full of integrity. Mr. Lin Zhiliang hopes that more enthusiastic people will come to Luohan Mountain to practice meditation, join hands to benefit the people, inherit charity and inherit the virtue of Chinese love. Xiamen Lotus Luohan Mountain is located behind Miaoshan Natural Village, Meipu Village, Lianhua Town, Tongan District, Xiamen City. It is built by the lake, with green mountains and green waters and charming scenery. Xiamen BRT hub station is located in Tongan, and there is a free shuttle bus to Luohan Mountain after getting off, which is convenient and fast.

Luohan Mountain is located in Qingshan Rock, with a superior geographical position. Enter Qingyan Mountain, cross the gate, and you can see Luohan Mountain. Seen from a distance, a huge statue of Lohan stands tall. There are 500 arhats on Luohan Mountain, all carved from white marble. The shapes of 500 arhats are extremely diverse. Many arhats are like monks and non-monks, like buddhas and non-buddhas. They have culture and military, old and young. There are angry King Kong, contemplative monks, barefoot walkers and topless Amitabha, all of which are lifelike and have different expressions.