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The statue was sculpted from a piece of jade 7.95 metres (26.1 ft) high, 6.88 metres (22.6 ft) wide, 4.10 metres (13.5 ft) thick, weighing 260.76 tonnes (574,900 lb). [3] The front of the stone has been carved with an image of Sakyamuni (a.k.a. Gautama) Buddha. On the back of the stone Guanyin (a.k.a. Avalokitesvara) Buddha has been carved.
The Jade Buddha Temple (simplified Chinese: 玉佛禅寺; traditional Chinese: 玉佛禪寺; pinyin: Yùfó Chán Sì; Shanghainese: Niohveh Zoe Zy, literally Jade Buddha Chan Temple) is a Buddhist temple in Shanghai. It was founded in 1882 with two jade Buddha statues imported to Shanghai from Myanmar by sea.
The Jade Buddha on display. The Jade Buddha for Universal Peace is a jade statue of the Gautama Buddha sourced from northern Canada in 2000 and carved by Thai artisans. [1] It is made of polar jade, which is a kind of nephrite. [2]
The Jade Buddha Hall houses a sitting jade statue of Gautama Buddha, which is 1.5-metre (4 ft 11 in) high, 1.2-metre (3 ft 11 in) wide and weighting 900-kilogram (2,000 lb). The statue came from Yangon, Myanmar.
The interior has teaching rooms, a central temple, a library and 80 ornate shrine rooms. It houses the 2.5 metre Jade Buddha for Universal Peace statue, the world’s largest gem-quality jade Buddha statue. [6] There is a vast collection of Asian sacred relics and statues on display at the stupa's exhibition centre. [4]
Buttons of jade were utilized to differentiate the various levels of official society. [3] Jade was used to create many utilitarian and ceremonial objects, ranging from indoor decorative items to jade burial suits, reflecting the ancient Chinese belief that jades would confer immortality or prolong life and prevent decay. Jade spoons, spatulas ...
A 1.87-metre (6 ft 2 in) high and 1,500-kilogram (3,300 lb) weight jade statue of Sakyamuni is enshrined in the center of the hall. It was bought from Myanmar in 1931. [2] It is one of the four largest jade statues of Sakyamuni in China. [5] Statues of Eighteen Arhats lines up on both sides. [6]
The Heirloom Seal of the Realm (traditional Chinese: 傳國玉璽; simplified Chinese: 传国玉玺; pinyin: chuán guó yù xǐ), also known in English as the Imperial Seal of China, was a Chinese jade seal allegedly carved out of the Heshibi, a sacred piece of jade. [1]