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  2. Hall of Four Heavenly Kings - Wikipedia

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    The Four Heavenly Kings Hall at Guangfu Temple, in Shanghai.. The Hall of Four Heavenly Kings or Four Heavenly Kings Hall (Chinese: 天王殿; pinyin: Tiānwángdiàn), referred to as Hall of Heavenly Kings, is the first important hall inside a shanmen (mount gate) in Chinese Buddhist temples and is named due to the Four Heavenly Kings statues enshrined in the hall.

  3. Thousand Buddha Mountain - Wikipedia

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    Located in the east part of the mountain, the Maitreya Garden was built in 2000 with Japanese Corporate Myokoen as a China-Japan Friendship Garden. [8] The garden covers 30 thousand square meters, including the Maitreya statue, Sakura garden, and some other affiliated structures, which is a blend of Chinese and Japanese styles of garden ...

  4. Sacred Mountains of China - Wikipedia

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    Statue of Maitreya - Budai called "Human Realm Maitreya" in Mt. Xuedou. [14] Mount Xuedou has been recently promoted as a fifth sacred mountain of Chinese Buddhism. This was first advocated by Changxing (1896-1939), an associate of the famous reformer Taixu. [15] [14] Xuedou mountain is seen as the sacred place of bodhisattva Maitreya. [8]

  5. Maitreya - Wikipedia

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    The Maitreya Project, building a huge statue of Maitreya in Kushinagar, India Archived 2012-04-09 at the Wayback Machine; April 2010 Smithsonian Magazine Article Archived 2013-12-30 at the Wayback Machine; About the Future Buddha Ariya Ajita Metteyya; The Story of the Coming Buddha: Ariya Metteyya; The Jonang Dharma on Maitreya "Maitreya" .

  6. Buddha Maitreya (sculpture) - Wikipedia

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    The Buddha Maitreya is a statue of Maitreya dated to 5th century China. Made from gilt bronze, the state is the largest early gilt-bronze Chinese sculpture. The statue is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. [1]

  7. Mulbekh Monastery - Wikipedia

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    Mulbekh Monastery or Mulbekh Gompa, at 11,495 ft from sea level and 656 ft uphill from road level, consists of a 9 m (30 ft) tall Maitreya Buddha statue, 1400 CE kharosti language edicts on the hill, and two 800-year-old gompas: Serdung gompa of Drukpa lineage and Rgaldan-se gompa of Gelugpa lineage of Buddhism.

  8. Longxing Temple - Wikipedia

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    [4] The Pavilion of Maitreya is dedicated to Maitreya. [4] The building has two floors while the first floor is only a circle of passageways. [4] In the center stands a 7.4 metres (24 ft) tall statue of Maitreya that was carved from a single piece of wood and decorated with colorful paints. This statue was made during the Song dynasty. [4]

  9. Gilt-bronze Maitreya in Meditation (National Treasure No. 78)

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    The Gilt-bronze Maitreya in Meditation is a gilt-bronze statue of Maitreya seated in meditation and is one of the best known and most highly regarded Korean Buddhist sculptures. [1] Now part of the collection of the National Museum of Korea, it was designated as the 78th national treasure of Korea. [2] The statue is 83.2 centimeters in height.