Nishi Honganji 2018
Kyoto, Japan
Photo & travelogue by Huei-ju Chang
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Nishi Honganji (西本願寺) and Higashi Honganji (東本願寺) are two large temples in the center of Kyoto. As headquarters of the two factions of the Jodo-Shin Sect (True Pure Land Sect), one of Japan's largest Buddhist sects, they are a good place to experience contemporary Japanese Buddhism.
Nishi Honganji (West Honganji) was built in 1591 by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, after the sect's former head temple, Ishiyama Honganji in Osaka had been destroyed by Oda Nobunaga due to the temple's interference in politics. Nishi Honganji is the head temple of the Honganji faction of the Jodo-Shin sect with over 10,000 subtemples across the country and 200 temples overseas.
Nishi Honganji's two largest structures are the Goeido Hall, dedicated to Shinran, the sect's founder, and the Amidado Hall dedicated to the Amida Buddha, the most important Buddha in Jodo-Shin Buddhism. The temple also displays some surviving masterpieces of architecture from the Azuchi-Momoyama Period and early Edo Period, including the celebrated Hiunkaku Pavilion. Nishi Honganji is designated an UNESCO world heritage site.
西本願寺 2018
日本京都
旅記 張慧如
驚嘆壯觀的阿彌陀堂與御影堂，更參觀了不對外公開的書院，寬敞的書院空間是將軍與臣子，賓客會見場所與欣賞能劇的地方，能舞台更是能弘揚佛法呈現宗教故事的最佳表演場所，狩野派壁畫，天花板四季植物的繪畫，日本的藝術呈現在寺廟並融入生活裡，頓時似乎來到江戶時代的空間，細細品味歷史的餘韻，更增加我對日本歷史文化的興趣，能來這，真是太好了！之前看的尋寶記也有介紹到夜鶯，龍的裝飾，多看書還是挺不賴的！
Kyoto, Japan
Photo & travelogue by Huei-ju Chang
https://www.facebook.com/hueiju.chang
https://www.japan-guide.com/e/e3920.html
Nishi Honganji (西本願寺) and Higashi Honganji (東本願寺) are two large temples in the center of Kyoto. As headquarters of the two factions of the Jodo-Shin Sect (True Pure Land Sect), one of Japan's largest Buddhist sects, they are a good place to experience contemporary Japanese Buddhism.
Nishi Honganji (West Honganji) was built in 1591 by Toyotomi Hideyoshi, after the sect's former head temple, Ishiyama Honganji in Osaka had been destroyed by Oda Nobunaga due to the temple's interference in politics. Nishi Honganji is the head temple of the Honganji faction of the Jodo-Shin sect with over 10,000 subtemples across the country and 200 temples overseas.
Nishi Honganji's two largest structures are the Goeido Hall, dedicated to Shinran, the sect's founder, and the Amidado Hall dedicated to the Amida Buddha, the most important Buddha in Jodo-Shin Buddhism. The temple also displays some surviving masterpieces of architecture from the Azuchi-Momoyama Period and early Edo Period, including the celebrated Hiunkaku Pavilion. Nishi Honganji is designated an UNESCO world heritage site.
西本願寺 2018
日本京都
旅記 張慧如
驚嘆壯觀的阿彌陀堂與御影堂，更參觀了不對外公開的書院，寬敞的書院空間是將軍與臣子，賓客會見場所與欣賞能劇的地方，能舞台更是能弘揚佛法呈現宗教故事的最佳表演場所，狩野派壁畫，天花板四季植物的繪畫，日本的藝術呈現在寺廟並融入生活裡，頓時似乎來到江戶時代的空間，細細品味歷史的餘韻，更增加我對日本歷史文化的興趣，能來這，真是太好了！之前看的尋寶記也有介紹到夜鶯，龍的裝飾，多看書還是挺不賴的！
