“Welcome every morning with a smile. Look on the new day as another special gift from your creator, another golden opportunity to complete what you were unable to finish yesterday. Be a self-starter. Let your first hour set the theme of success and positive action that is certain to echo through your entire day. Today will never happen again. Don’t waste it with a false start or no start at all. You were not born to fail.” ~by Og Mandino

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Chinese Templescape at Yu Lung San Tien En Si (玉龙山天恩寺)

We stopped by this beautiful and imposing and is said to be the biggest (not sure) Chinese Temple of its kind in Asia in the midway to Sibu this afternoon. My family had been visiting to this place for several times while this was my first time to be here.


The buildings, the structures and everything I saw here were really mesmerizing. The walls, beams, and pillars and everywhere were mostly adorned with lots of really magnificent fined dragon, lotus, Buddha, immortals and fairies engraving. Goodness. They were so gorgeous and impressing.


Somewhere around the lotus pond.


Some snapshots with the fairy statues in front of the entrance before we left.


Here is a snippet of the local news for your reference in case you want to know more about this Yu Lung San Tien En Si (玉龙山天恩寺):
(本报诗巫24日讯)富丽堂皇,古色古香的玉龙山天恩寺成功建造落成。

玉龙山天恩寺,风光秀丽,景色绝佳,殿宇庄严辉煌,小品精湛细腻,亭台楼阁错落有致,林木幽深叠翠,殿堂与景观相互交融,使文化艺术与自然环境浑为一体,一派万物滋生气象,是人间洞天福地。

位于乌也路17哩,金碧辉煌的儒释道三教殿堂,是筹建于2004年10月22日。

天恩寺主要建筑群有大小山门、天王殿、钟鼓楼、大雄宝殿、方丈楼、斋堂、会客堂、会议厅、道教丹房、斗姥殿、元辰殿、儒释道文化阁、戏台、琉璃八仙图、琉璃九龙雕图、石雕双狮、神像、佛像供有西方三圣、十八罗汉、伟陀菩萨、弥陀菩萨、四大天王、日月神、六十甲子神、斗姥元君、顺天圣母、天后圣母、放生池、石雕十二生肖、石雕风水球、二十四孝琉璃图、唐僧西游和七仙女等。

殿堂红墙碧瓦,雕梁画栋,重担飞脊,樟木斗拱,木雕,石雕也呈现文化内涵,塑造了民族文化心理和探究古建造型艺术,宗教信仰和民间风格。

新旅游景点:

天恩寺为诗巫开拓一个新旅游景点,也为中华优良传统文化事业,社会文明建设作出贡献。

天恩寺创始人为许守恩,他担任多间寺庙观顾问,是民都鲁西天福德师母观音堂主席。

玉龙山天恩寺,崇尚儒、释、道三教和中华文化数千年思想精神之所在,是宗教庙宇之主流。而其建筑庄严伟大,州政府已列为主要旅游景点,为诗巫市的经济建设和社会发展做出贡献。

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