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#時事求世 21
從時事看世界遺產：柬埔寨皇家舞劇（2003）

許多人在旅途中，喜歡食衣住行育樂全方位體驗，能看個歌舞表演也不錯，但柬埔寨皇家舞劇若沒有了解背景，慢動作加上慢節奏，簡直就是急驚風遇上慢郎中，往往看了讓人呵欠連連，卻又不好意思說要離開，只好繼續假掰坐在那裏顯氣質。來到吳哥窟通常安排邊吃飯邊看表演，但餐廳表演的水準不足，再加上台下通常只自顧自的吃飯聊天，往往飯吃完了，表演還沒結束，看大家興趣缺缺招呼大家提前離開，感到大家都如釋重負的感覺，每次對表演者總覺萬分抱歉。

要看懂皇家舞劇除了要略知《羅摩衍那》及《摩訶婆羅多》兩大印度史詩故事外，舞劇中最吸睛的角色類型：女人，她是飛天仙女Apsara。印度教的創世神話《翻攪乳海》，善神和惡神為了取得長生不老的甘露，經過千年的攪拌，甘露終於出現，就在要被惡神飲用之際，毗濕奴擔心惡神能長生不老，對眾生不利，在乳海翻騰的過程中，除了各種新生命和寶物隨之誕生，乳海濺起的浪花化成無數Apsara，飛天仙女的曼妙姿態，美麗服飾，赤裸上身，赤腳跳著誘人的舞蹈，惡神一時鬼迷心竅，忘記手中的甘露，於是善神奪回甘露，獲得長生不老。小吳哥的雕刻壁畫上，以及眾廟護城河上的欄杆，皆是在描繪這段故事。

Apsara後來成為天庭樂師乾闥婆（Gandharva）的妻子，乾闥婆為服侍眾神之首因陀羅的樂神，負責為眾神在宮殿裡演奏音樂，Apsara隨丈夫在天界中伴舞，也算夫唱婦隨，適才適所，因此皇家舞劇其實概念有點像酬神劇，是跳給神明看的。但說實在話，就算都了解以上所述，要從頭到尾看完也是極大的修行，一不小心就會涅槃，畢竟人不是神，難怪看得如此厭世。Apsara傳入中國成為飛天，敦煌莫高窟的洞窟壁畫裡，幾乎都有飛天，成為敦煌藝術的重要特色。

Apsara除了活生生在你面前以舞劇出現外，最精采的就是透過浮雕，精華在小吳哥，估算總共約1800個，像跟你玩捉迷藏一樣，隨時都有不經意的驚喜，而且姿態、神情、裝扮、髮型有異有同，要一一將她們拍照紀錄也是浩大工程。

沒人真正看過仙女穿什麼，若看過就變成董永了（邪惡笑），所以浮雕上仙女服飾其實反映出的正是那個時代的穿著，元代周達觀《真臘風土記》中記載吳哥王朝的服飾：自國主以下，男女皆椎髻，袒裼，止以布圍腰。人惟國主可打純花布。頭戴金冠子，如金剛頭上所戴者。或有時不戴冠，但以線穿香花，如茉莉之類，周匝於髻間。頂上戴大珍珠三斤許。手足及諸指上皆帶金鐲、指展，上皆嵌猫兒眼睛石….大抵一布纏腰之外，不論男女皆露出胸酥，椎䯻跣足。雖國主之妻，亦只如此。文字對照雕刻，完整呈現。我2003年第一次去吳哥窟，總能和她四目交會，但隨之走紅之後，要多看她一眼總是遊人如織，干擾太多，再也無法互訴情衷。

柬埔寨皇家舞劇以其優美手勢和迷人服裝而聞名，千年來伴隨皇家儀式和紀念活動，每位舞者扮演神聖和象徵性的角色，都擁有獨特的色彩、服裝、妝容和面具，透過手勢和姿勢，喚起不同的情感，劇目延續了與高棉人起源相關的傳說。在紅高棉的專制統治下，皇家舞劇幾乎毀滅消失，許多舞蹈大師和音樂家面臨斷層，在列入非物質遺產後，試圖重拾昔日輝煌，但仍面臨諸多困難。

有興趣可看一小段介紹的影片：
https://youtu.be/Je1WY9O4bkU

「地獄空」攝影集即將在八月中元節前出版，由知名設計師與攝影家黃子欽設計，內附在下二位高徒精美繪製符咒、心經版畫書籤、愣嚴咒牌、尊勝咒語...等，感恩十方大德助印，希望疫情退散，平安喜樂，後記如下：

野放台灣五十餘年，貪狼獨坐，三方四正殺破狼格局，少年多舛，白手起家，隨展覽雲遊四海，如閒雲野鶴常持各類底片機流連廢墟、山川、宮廟忘返，遂設幻影堂自詡堂主，一日三省「凡所有相皆是虛妄」，常宅於暗房沖片放大通宵、鍾情黑白世界之單純，彩色照片俗世繽紛花俏做作甜美甚至比現實更現實故少拍也。知天命之年有餘，了悟人生一瞬、眨眼即逝，雖非仙人，亦無道骨，初聞離垢地生清淨心，但離華嚴「不動地」尚遠，待修持也。
2017年盛暑拍畢《巨神連線》，心律不整差點心肌梗塞向閻羅王報到，意識死神隨伺在側，人生苦短，如何了生脫死、盡斷煩惱、無所罣礙、遠離顛倒……總不得解，蒙釋迦摩尼佛開示飆淚三晝夜，聞佛法數載始知自我渺如塵埃，甚感慚愧。閒暇乃參訪名寺古剎，禮敬焚香佛陀菩薩羅漢諸神天仙王爺媽娘，台灣宮廟千奇百怪、宗派錯綜複雜（佛教、道教、一貫道、天主教、基督教、齋教、回教＆大同教、儒教鑾堂、天帝教＆天德教、慈惠堂＆勝安宮、軒轅教、道院、理教、萬國道德會、會靈山……）、神棍橫行（依人不依法、偶像崇拜、斂財、邪淫），因歷史變遷、社會動盪、政治鬥爭、意識形態等因素導致佛道混雜，但地獄造景稀少，後專注拍攝各殿閻王、判官、陰司、獄卒、七爺、八爺乃至一切罪人，各寺造景巧妙、耐人尋味，意境乖張溢於言表，造型扭曲非常人所能塑也，然匠心獨運、自成一格，專研西方藝術數十載方知真誠樸拙最美，絲毫不輸喬托（Giotto di Bondone，1267～1337）乃至米開朗基羅（Michelangelo Di lodovico Buonarroti Simoni 1475 ~ 1564）矣。

創立於1986年的石門金剛宮風景優美可眺望北濱，雖主祀四面佛，儒釋道眾神尊也不含糊，可過七星橋解厄、繞行五百黝黑羅漢敲鑼印心、跪拜亞洲最大臥佛涅槃像，安太歲自不在話下，甲子太歲爺雙眼長出手掌印象甚深，1994年經閻羅王指示廟公建造一條肚內設極樂世界及陰曹地府之神龍，行走暗黑通道觸動感應機關，只見面容猙獰受刑者呼天搶地喊冤、身邊盡是血肉糢糊殘肢敗屍腦漿塗地，十殿閻羅各司其職、威儀攝人。新北市林口區青嶺湖北文紫祥宮包公廟則以壁面彩塑地獄浮雕獨步全台，粉嫩色彩搭配卡漫風格，尤為造型簡直恐怖到可愛透頂，該廟主祀森羅殿閻羅天子包拯（包青天），陽世冤屈者可至此參拜祭解，求破懸案者眾，逢中元普渡皆以紙紮船渡亡魂至彼岸，全台唯一閻羅天子巨像籌備中，四周環繞墓地，適合修不淨觀也。台灣首尊彰化八卦山大佛旁南天宮（1971）地府則是首座電動地府，規模精小但驚嚇度破表，略顯破敗但五光十色仍蠻凶悍，出自已故台南大道長金登富之作，而電動神明起始可追溯至1960年代北港朝天宮。倒是嘉義水上鄉白人牙膏觀光工廠「戴相府」、「將軍府」設置十殿地府出乎意料之外，乾淨亮麗、ㄧ殿ㄧ間、簡單樸實。由高雄蓮潭龍虎塔龍口入內可見全臺唯一交趾陶地獄牆面，尊尊栩栩如生，續入龍身乃進聞聲救苦白衣觀音大士三十三化身浮雕隧道，造型設色甚為古錐。高雄大岡山超峰寺入口處「西方三聖蓮池海會」（阿彌陀佛、觀世音菩薩、大勢至菩薩巨像）旁設靜態十殿閻羅（1970年代初），雖略為陳舊然韻味猶存，續往上行可抵「證菩提道－釋迦如來應化事迹」雕塑園區，一攬世尊畢生精華。如來年邁時，琉璃國王為報長期被釋迦族輕蔑之傲慢心，世尊雖三次單獨伽跌坐 阻擋大軍進攻之路，但因緣果報無法逆轉，昔日婢女所生王子瞋恨無以復加，還是滅了祖國。自持神通第一目犍連不忍無辜百姓慘遭屠殺，遂以缽盛救度五百族人，最終卻化為血水，佛言神通廣大仍不敵千百劫業力，因緣果報屢試不爽。其母死後墜入餓鬼道飢餓難耐，目犍連遂展神通救渡，但所食尚未入口皆化為赤火，佛陀囑咐農曆七月十五日僧眾解安居自恣日，於盆中設甘露美食供養十方僧眾，因此超度亡母。後世「盂蘭盆法會」乃至「水懺法會」、「瑜珈焰口法會 」皆為消業障、斷塵垢之超渡儀軌，既渡亡魂也自懺悔。

台南麻豆代天府規模宏大、造型豔麗，不但可遊十八層地獄尚可逛天堂（1979年興建，1983年開放)，燈光絢爛、聲響駭人，獨自漫步宛如觀落陰、地獄走一回。先過「心頭山」、入「清心池」、進「陰陽界」、抵「交簿廳」、達「鬼門關」、遊「補經所」、探「枉死城」、行「奈何橋」，至ㄧ殿泰廣王照「孽鏡台」現造惡原形，睹抱柱、火床等小地獄。二殿楚江王開「陰查簿 」判案定奪，觀糞尿泥、餓鬼、舞池、寒冰、膿血、鞭韃、舌犁、劍葉、戟腹拋接、砧截……等小地獄。三殿宋帝王刑罰為倒吊、銅鐵刮臉、挖眼、搗樁、倒烤、吸血、穿肋、抽筋、蛆蛀等小地獄……兼遊「四生（胎、卵、濕、化）回魂府」。四殿五官王掌管腰斬、拔舌、沸湯、刺嘴、剝皮、箭樹、車崩、射眼……等十六小地獄。隨五殿森羅王豋「望鄉臺」回眸親人最終眼後觀擊膝、誅心、刀山、飛刀火石……小地獄。六殿卞城王別稱「大叫喚大地獄」，轄火牛、虎啖、噬腎、鉗嘴含鍼、釘喉、磨摧、砍頭……等小地獄。七殿泰山王為「熱惱大地獄」，窺烙手指、抽腸、頂石蹲身、油釜滾烹、割舌穿腮……等十六小地獄。八殿都市王掌管「大熱惱大地獄」兼火狗、鐵汁、鐵蛇、鋸劈斷肢、釘板、灸脊、鐵丸、磅秤……等小地獄。九殿平等王直轄十八層「阿鼻大地獄」，直透地心、內中陰森、不見五指、滿溢地漿，皆為極犯，另轄紫赤毒蛇鑽孔、夾頂、鐵鴉、針雨、蜂蠍……等小地獄。至十殿輪轉王上「觀生臺」、「轉劫所八司」（查驗司 、稽善司 、考過司 、恩怨司 、壽命司 、支配司、掌劫司 、授生司）後至「孟婆亭」飲「醧忘湯」忘盡前塵往事，依前世功德過金、銀、玉、石、木、竹六種橋樑至「轉輪臺（紫河車）」入六道輪迴轉生投胎。據《十八泥犁經》記載，人過世後七七四十九天為「中陰生」，經閻羅王審判善惡業力判定去留或懲罰百千萬劫，犯五逆重罪則墮入「無間地獄（阿鼻地獄）」永劫不復。地藏王乃幽冥教主，統轄十殿閻羅，逢三曹普渡便在各殿設「講道所」超度尚存善根之鬼魂。

人類居於五趣（阿修羅、人、傍生、餓鬼、地獄）雜居地五濁惡世之堪忍世界，犯十惡業（殺生、偷盜、邪淫、妄語、兩舌、惡口、綺語、貪慾、嗔恚、愚痴）者必墮三趣惡道。如何出「三界」（欲界、色界、無色界）二十八天？凡人無此意識，別說能破「十二因緣」（無明、行、識、名色、六入、觸、受、愛、取、有、生、老死）還滅門，更別想斷除「四聖諦」（苦、集、滅、道）集地八十一品見惑與八十八使思惑（五利使-身見、邊見、邪見、見取見、戒禁取見、五鈍使-貪、瞋、癡、慢、疑），了悟「五蘊」（色、受、想、行、識）本空、「十二入」（眼、耳、鼻、舌、意、色、聲、香、味、觸、法）空、「十八界」空，破俱生我執與分別我執、法執甚至空執，生十一處「善心所」（信、精進、慚、愧、無貪、無瞋、無痴、輕安、不放逸、行捨、不害），降二十六處「惡心所」（貪、瞋、癡、慢、疑、惡見、忿、恨、覆、惱、嫉、慳、誑、諂、害、憍、無慚、無愧、掉舉、惛沉、不信、懈怠、放逸、失念、散亂、不正知），須知善根斷盡則陷永劫輪迴、無垠轉世之苦。

地獄可能空滅嗎？若地獄空乏人間多鬼怪，地獄淨空世間何嘗非淨土？若能證空性何處現地獄？

地獄曠古來便廣泛流傳各部族間，老死生滅為自然運行之基礎、宇宙意識之核心，然今文明昌盛如咱城邦並非慾望消弭之所，惡性所及實無可根除，礙於憲法國家法律社會軍隊企業公司學校家庭團體之層層束縛不亞於十八層，乃遁於壓抑、束己情懷，暗埋心底、日久貪嗔痴慢疑怨噌會疊穢。而六塵未熄，心多妄念，妖魔鬼怪魑魅魍魎孤魂閃靈出沒於荒郊乃至人間，會靈於曠野密林以增性靈乃出世高人修煉之舉，我等凡人擅闖宛如迪士尼般之人造地獄，三魂七魄尚不足以出竅，驚邪恐怖淒厲猙獰倒滿足了自以為是的慚愧，豈不謬哉？

病毒肆虐年半有餘，全球確診者逼近一億八千萬，枉死者近四百萬，堪比戰爭規模，望眾生發慈悲心、令往生者安息、善待其他物種、平等有情眾生。地獄本空，唯妄念生起一切羨慕嫉妒恨而地獄現前。盡以此書作為世界新冷戰獨裁者、超限戰者、暗網駭客、陰險狡猾冷嘲熱諷落井下石者之良知備忘錄矣。

姚瑞中寫於2021年端午節

Postscript

I have been living recklessly in Taiwan for more than fifty years. According to Zi Wei Dou Shu (Purple Star Astrology), Tan Lang is the sole star in my house of Self. This star, which represents xxx, forms an equilateral triangle with that star Qi Sha and Po Jun on the square chart and constitutes a Sha Po Lang pattern. The pattern indicates a kind of turbulence and change, a life of wandering with ups and downs and it tells a lot about my life. After my ill-fated youth, I started from scratch and traveled around the world with exhibitions that I participated. Like a flaneur, I wandered around ruins, nature, and temples with every type of film camera obliviously. Thus, I founded the Hall of Illusion and claimed to be the master of the hall. Several times a day, I pondered a quote from the Diamond Sutra, “Everything with form is unreal.” In addition, I usually stayed in the darkroom developing film and enlarging those negatives overnight. However, I treasured the simplicity of the black and white world. The earthly, gaudy, garish, phony and pleasing qualities within colored photos make the images even more realistic than the real world. It is not my cup of tea, so I seldom took colored photos. In Confucian thought, the age of fifty marks the stage knowing the mandate of Heaven. I am now at my fifties and realize how ephemeral human life is. However, I am not an immortal, nor having sagelike characteristics. I just learned that the stage of stainless (the second bhūmi) and develop a pure mind that is free from doubt and defilement. However, I’m still far from the immovable state and need to practice.

In the summer of 2017, after filming the work Incarnation, I experienced a severe heart rhythm problem which almost triggered myocardial infarction and could have killed me. Consequently, I realized that death was waiting for me and the life is too short to figure out how I can liberate myself from the cycle of Birth and Death. I couldn’t comprehend how to be free from all afflictions and worries and how to avoid delusive ideas. I wept for three days and nights after being enlightened by Shakyamuni Buddha. Up to the moment, I felt ashamed that I failed to realize that the self is as insignificant as dust after these years learning and practicing Buddhism. Since then, I have visited famous temples and monasteries in my spare time, worshiping Buddha, Bodhisattvas, arhats, and all the deities and immortals. Taiwan’s temples are myriad with a enormous number of sects, including Buddhism, Taoism, Yiguandao, Catholicism, Christianity, Chinese religions of fasting, Islam& Baháʼí Faith, Confucianism, Tiandiism& Tian-De Teachings, Xiwangmu cult, Yellow Emperor Sect, Precosmic Salvationism, Liism, World Wide Ethical Society, séance cult, etc. Some people even claim that they can mediate communication between the deities or spirits of the dead with human beings, having their believer rely on themselves instead of the orthodox dharma or dogma and pay excessive respect and admiration for the mediums or objects, accumulating wealth through such an unfair means or even harassing their believer sexually. Due to Taiwan’s historical changes, social turbulence, political struggles, and ideological issues, Buddhism and Taoism are somehow mixed. However, there are few emphases on the concept of the hell. As I took photographs of Yama of each court, judges, wardens of the underworld, jailers, General Fan and Hsieh (the ghost escorts) and all sinners, I found few temples cleverly created hellish scenes that are intriguing, exaggerating, and extraordinary. However, the creations are unparalleled unique. I have been studying Western arts for decades and then I came to realize that simplicity makes the most beautiful works of art. These hellish scenes can even compete with works of Giotto di Bondone (1267-1337) and Michelangelo Di lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475-1564).

Jingang Temple Shimen District, founded in 1986, overlooks the beautiful North shore. Although the temple is mainly dedicated to Phra Phrom (the Thai representation of Mahabrahma), spirits of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism can also be founded in the temple. The worshipper can go cross the Seven Star bridge to relieve bad luck, walk along the five hundred arhat statues and knock on the gong to affirm one’s Buddha nature. Furthermore, the worshipper can also prostrate themself before Asia’s largest statue of Buddha in Nirvana (the Reclining Buddha statue) and pacify the Taoist Tai Sui deity of the year. I was impressed by the Jia-Zi Tai Sui General that a pair of palms grow out of his eyes. In 1994, the biō-kong (the person taking charge of the temporal affairs of a temple) received a divine inspiration from Yama (the King of Hell) that he had to build a sacred hall in the shape of a divine dragon, with the interior designed according to the World of Ultimate Bliss and the Underworld. When the visitor walks in the dark hallway, they will see the tortured people (dioramas, of course) scrunching their faces and crying bitterly and loudly in excessive grief as the visitor triggers the mechanism. One will even find them in the midst of flesh, body liquid and blood, mutilated limbs, and rotten corpses. While each of the ten Yamas are focusing on their own duties, showing their sacred dignity that collect visitors’ attention. The Baogong Temple in Linkou District, New Taipei City exclusively features colorful depiction of hellish scenes in relief in Taiwan. With its pastel shades and cartoon-like style, the relief is both grotesque and adorable at the same time. This temple is dedicated to Bao Zhen (also known as Justice Bao) representing the incarnation of Yama. Living people who have been treated unjustly can come worshipping Bao Gong and receive exorcism. Therefore, many people come here for seeking to solve unsolved cases. In Zhongyuan Festival (the ghost festival), the temple will burn the Zhizha (paper craft) boat to ferry the ghosts to the other shore, which is the shore of enlightenment. The only giant statue of Yama in Taiwan is still in the making. The temple is surrounded by a cemetery, suitable for meditating on the loathsomeness and impurity. Nantian Temple (1971), located next to the Eight Trigram Mountains Buddha in Changhua, features the first animatronic underworld. Despite the small size, the animatronic underworld is intensely shocking. Though it’s slightly worn, the colorful dioramas are still brutally ferocious. The creator was the late venerable Dao Zhang (Taoist priest) Jing Deng-fu while the origin of animatronic deities can be traced back to the 1960s Beigang Chaotian Temple. On the contrary, the Whiteman Toothpaste Tourism Factory in Shuishang Township, Chiayi, features ten Yamas with individual booth. The place is unexpectedly clean and polished yet keeps a simple and modest tone. Then, the Dragon Pagoda of the Dragon and Tiger Pagodas at Lotus Lake in Zuoying, Kaohsiung, holds the only relief of hellish scenes made of Kochin ceramic. All the figures are vivid and life-like. If one goes further into the pagoda, they will see a relief tunnel of the thirty-three incarnations of the white-robed form of Guanyin (Avalokiteśvara) on a white lotus, with a lovely and interesting design. Another Hall of Yama is built in the 1970s next to the entrance of Dagangshan Chaofeng Temple, located in the Alian District of Kaohsiung. Visitors will also see three statues of the Three Holy Ones of the Western Pureland (Amitābha, Avalokiteśvara, Mahāsthāmaprāpta) which assemble at a lotus pond. Although the hellish scene looks somewhat antiquated, you may still find its previous charm. If one goes further, they will reach the sculptural garden of “Attaining the Bodhi Way: the Incarnation of Sakyamuni Buddha,” where the visitor can see the essence of Bhagavato’s (meaning the Blessed one, one of the common epithets for Buddha) life. When Tathāgata (another epithet for Buddha) was old, the king of Kosala wanted to avenge the arrogance of the tribe of Shakyas who had long despised him, regarding him as a son of a maiden. Although Buddha has sat in lotus position alone three times to stop the army from attacking his tribe. However, one can never reverse the cause and following karma. The prince born of a maiden was so furious that he eventually destroyed his homeland. Maudgalyāyana (one of the Buddha’s closest disciples), who is said to have had supernatural abilities that surpassed the other disciples, could not bear to see the slaughter of innocent people. Thus, he saved five hundred people of his tribe with a pātra (an eating utensil of Buddhist monks). Unfortunately, everything he did was in vain, those who were saved eventually turned into a puddle of blood. The Buddha said that the supernatural abilities cannot surpass the power of karma. The cause and effect work all the time. When Maudgalyāyana’s mother fell into the path of hungry ghost, he used his supernatural abilities to save his mother from hunger. However, all the food turned into fire before being fed to his mother. Later, the Buddha commanded the monks to put nectar and dishes in a basin on the 15th day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar for the monks from all directions to free his mother from reincarnation. In later times, the Ullambana Dharma Service, the Compassionate Samadhi Water Repentance, and the Yoga Collection for Feeding the Searing Mouths Dharma Service are rituals to eliminate karmic hindrance and to cease to worldly delusions. Through such practices, one can free the dead as well as confess their repentance.

Madou Daitian Temple is a magnificent and colorful temple in Tainan. Not only can the worshippers visit the eighteen levels of Hell but also the Heaven (it was built in 1979 and inaugurated in 1983) here. The lighting and sound effects are stunning and frightening. When walking alone in the space, one may feel like taking a Guan Luo Yin trip (a Taoist necromancy which leads people’s spirits to hell and communicate with the dead ones) to visit the underworld prison. Before arriving the first court of the underworld, the visitor will walk through the Mountain of Heart Summit, the Pure Heart Pond, the Frontier between the Living and the Dead Realms, the Soul Registry Hall, the Portico of Demons, the Center for Complementary Teaching of Canonical Books, the Citadel of Premature Death, and the Bridge of Vanity. When one arrives at the first court, they will see King Chin-guang, who is in charge of the court, using the Mirror of Retribution to show the earthly form of evil creatures and also witness the sub-hell of Pillar-Holding and Fire Bed, etc. At the second court, King Chu-jiang collates the register of sins the souls of the dead have committed to impose the punishments. Here, you will see the sub-hell of Excrement and Urine, Hungry Ghost, Burning Dance Floor, Ice, Pus and Blood, Whipping, Tongue-Raking, Sword Blade, Stomach-Piercing, Chopping, etc. Next, the dead at the third court, ruled by King Song-di, will receive the punishments including inversion tortures, face-skinning with steel and copper knife, eye-wrenching, pounding, blood-sucking, rib-piercing, roasting, tendon-taking, being eaten by maggots. The visitor can pay a visit to the Palace of Soul-Resuscitation for the Four Forms of Creatures (birth from an egg, birth from a womb, birth from moisture, and birth by transformation). King Wu-guan is in charge of the fourth court. There are sixteen sub-hells at the fourth court including Waist Chop, Tongue Removal, Boiling Pond, Mouth-stabbing, Skin-peeling, Sword Tree, Burning Wheels and Cart, Eye-shooting, etc. Next, at the fifth court, sinful souls are allowed to ascend the Tower of Hometown-Viewing to take a final look of their family. The visitor will witness sub-hells of Knee-striking, Heart-slicing, Blade Mountain, Flying Swords and Burning Stones, etc. The King of Bian City takes charge of the sixth court, which is also known as the “Great Hell of Screaming,” with sub-hells including Fire Cattle, Tiger-Biting, Kidney-Eating, Mouth-Poking, Throat-Nailing, Iron Mill, Decapitation, etc. The King of Tai-shan is in charge of the seventh court, the “Great Hell of Heat and Fire.” The sixteen sub-hells at this court include Finger-Searing, Bowel-Hauling, Stone-Bearing, Boiling Oil, Tongue-Removal and Cheek-Piercing, etc. Next, the King Du-shi is in charge of the eighth court, the “Great Hell of Intense Fire and Heat,” and the sub-hells including Fire Dogs, Molten Iron, Iron Snakes, Dismemberment, Steel Spikes, Burning-Marrow, Iron Ball, Scale, etc. The ninth court is ruled by the King Ping-deng. It is known as the biggest court, Avici Hell (the Hell of Incessant Suffering), which if the lowest level of the hell realm and the interior is gloomily and terrifyingly dark. Those who committed the most serious evil deed will be sent to the Avici Hell. Sub-hells such as Poisonous Snake, Brain-Removal, Crow-Gnawing, Raining Needles, Wasps and Scorpions are included at this court. After arriving the tenth court, ruled by the Great King of the Reincarnation Palace, one can visit the “Observatory of Life on earth” and the “eight bureaus of the Reincarnation Palace” (including the Bureau of Judicial Control, the Bureau of Good-Actions, the Bureau of Bad-Actions, the Bureau of Debts, Gratitude, and Vengeance, the Bureau of Longevity and Destiny, the Bureau of Familial Ties, the Bureau of the Reincarnated, and the Bureau of Birth). The sinful one will be sent to the Pavilion of Mengpo and made to drink the Soup of Forgetfulness to forget all past affairs. According to the sinful one’s merits of previous life, they will go across one of the six bridges (gold, silver, jade, stone, wood, bamboo) to the “Reincarnation-Wheel (Wheel on the Crimson River).” Finally, one is able to reborn in the six realms. According to the Aṣṭadaśa nāraka sutra ( the Eighteen Hells Sutra), after one passes away, they will enter an intermediate and transitional state between death and rebirth, known as antarābhava in Sanskrit, for forty-nine days. The being will be evaluated by Yama, who will decide if one should get reborn or get punished at the hell. Those who committed the Five Grave Offenses (killing one’s father, killing one’s mother, killing an Arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, and creating a schism within the community of Buddhist monks and nun who practice for attaining enlightenment.) will be sent to the Avici Hell and stay there eternally. Kṣitigarbha is the Lord of the Nether World, ruling the ten court of Hell. The lord will set up the “Hall of Teaching” at each court to salvage those sinful ones who still obtain few merits at the offering rituals.

Human beings live the Sahā world (sahāloka in Sanskrit, meaning “endurance of suffering,” a concept of mundane world in Mahāyāna Buddhism) where they share with other reincarnations (including beings of the hells, of the preta, and of malevolent nature spirits) with five turbidities (the Kalpa turbidity, the view turbidity, the affliction turbidity, the living beings turbidity, and the life turbidity). Those who commit the ten evil deeds (killing, stealing, adultery, lying, using immoral language, slandering, equivocating, coveting, anger, and false views) must fall into the three evil paths (animals, preta, and hell). However, how can one escape from the three realms/ twenty-eight heavens (including the six heavens of the desire realm, the eighteen heavens of the form realm, and the four heavens of the formless realm)? Worldly people who don’t have such an awareness cannot leave the cycle of the twelve nidanas (meaning causes or motivations), let alone eliminate the eighty-one afflictions (that have been produced due to misunderstanding regarding reality) and the eighty-eight illusions (including five afflictions of advanced practitioners, also known as five views: view of self, extreme view, evil view, view of attachment to views, and view of morality; and five unintelligent temptations: desire, anger, stupidity, arrogance, and doubt) of thought within the three realms and four Arya satyas (noble truths, including suffering, arising, ending, and path). They cannot realize that the essence of the five skandhas (referring to aggregates of clinging, including the matter of form, sensation, recognition, mental formation, and consciousness) , the twelve ayatana (meaning sense base, including six internal bases: eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind and six external bases: visible objects, sound, odor, taste, touch, and mental objects), and the eighteen dhātavah (meaning compositional elements of human existence, including six consciousness, six faculties, and their objects) are the emptiness and the void. Furthermore, they cannot dispel the two reasons for clinging to the idea of the self and the attachment to elemental constructs and even believe in the two (false) tenets that that karma and nirvana are not real and that the ego and phenomena are real. As a consequence, they fail to develop the eleven wholesome mental factors (faith, energy, conscience, being ashamed, non-attachment, non-aggression, non-delusion, calmness, equanimity, conscientiousness, and non-injuriousness) and cease the sixteen unwholesome mental factors (desire, greed, anger, delusion, arrogance, doubt, wrong view, wrath, enmity, hypocrisy, vexation, jealousy, parsimony, deceit, flattery, harming, ambitiousness, stupidity, lacking of faith, idleness, being unrestrained, forgetting, distraction, non-discernment, ). One must bear in mind that once all our virtuous roots are discontinued, they will be trapped in the never-ending reincarnation and the suffering of infinite continuity.
Is it possible that the hell will be empty one day? If the beings in hell will become extinct while evil spirits inhabit the mundane world, the world could be considered as a pure land. If we could witness the nature of the void, then hell will exist no more.
Since ancient times, the concept of hell has been widely spread among all tribes. Aging, death, beginning, and end are the basis of nature and the core of cosmic consciousness. However, the prosperous civilization as our island is not a place where desire can be eliminated. It’s impossible to eradicate evil nature. Since fetters brought by the constitution, the state, the law, society, the military, corporations, schools, families, and groups are not less than the eighteen levels of hell, the mortals repress themselves, bury their feelings. Day after day, greed, anger, stupidity, arrogance, doubt, and resentment are stacking. However, since the six dust (visible objects, sound, odor, taste, touch, and mental objects) has not yet been extinguished, people in the mundane world are still full of delusions. The demons, devils, evil spirits, and the wondering dead exist in the wilderness, while only advanced practitioners with transcendent would attempt to make contact with the dead in the wasteland and forest. Worldly people like us trespass in Disneyland-like man-made hell. It is absurd and ridiculous that the hellish scenes cannot stop us from perpetrating evil deeds, but the horrific and cruel scenes yet satisfy our self-righteous shame.

The pandemic has been boiling over for more than a year and a half. The number of infected patients worldwide is nearly a hundred and eighty million, and the death toll has risen to four million, which is equivalent to a war crisis. I hope that we can all be compassionate, give peace to the dead, treat all sentient beings well and equally. The hell is innately empty; however, deluded and misleading thoughts would give rise to all jealousy and hatred and then manifest the hell before us. This book merely serves as a memorandum of conscience for dictators of the world’s new cold war, supporters of unrestrained warfare, dark web hackers, and those who are cunning and contemptuous and maltreat others when knowing they have problems.

June 2021,

Yao Jui-chung

#我需要去修行嗎

很多來算命的朋友都會問一個問題「我是不是應該要修？」有這個問題的人，大都人生比較不順遂，然後在宮廟拜拜時有人順便告訴他，要修才會順。

通常大家的認知的修行都是要吃素 #誦經🙏、禮佛拜懺、打坐🧘‍♂️靈動，或是從事公益慈善活動…..。這些行為活動能讓心緒冷靜，專注平靜，也能激活血清素，讓焦慮和緩下來，可以理性的繼續面對人生。

但每個人的個性及條件不同，更簡易又符合現代人的作為，建議可以 #將過去你認為對的行為模式時時優化調整成現代人的思維路徑，跟大家理性溝通，也讓工作效率提升，利益眾生，就不會讓自己陷入小人捅刀🔪的困境，因為正能量的表現能讓長官及貴人引薦更好的機會！

有幾個 #紫微斗數 的星曜與修行是有相關的，如命宮、遷移宮、身宮、福德宮有1. 心善溫和的，如：天機、天梁、天同、太陰。2. 華蓋，代表與仙佛有緣。3. 武曲、七殺、破軍、貪狼、廉貞，這些星曜碰上化忌、擎羊、陀羅、火星、鈴星，4. 以上這些星曜再遇到地空地劫，那麽，在人生的道路上容易碰上衰事連連，到後來一事無成，繁華落盡一場空。

至於要不要遁入空門修行，端看個人的決定。我認為，很多修行不是拋家棄子不顧一切一意孤行，而是要有薪水收入，顧好生活，再來參與再來提升靈魂層次。

#修行就是理性及智慧的提升
#心存善念也是一種修行

#紫微命理果逸老師
#命名取名
#風水堪輿
#嫁娶合婚擇日
#五行開運礦石手串
#結界咒
#去掉你所有不好的霉運
#讓你旺上加旺
#還你一個乾淨的心靈

〈鍾馗喬遷吉慶圖〉 夏荊山2012作品，水墨設色絹本，502X41.5cm
資料來源 2020.6.8人間福報 文／佛光山佛陀紀念館提供

夏荊山（1923─2019）位居當代書畫藝術界承先啟後之地位，畫風具宋元道釋人物繪畫的工整細緻，富含書畫藝術中特有的文人畫精神，結合西方透視技法，並賦予自身感悟和創新，自成筆墨語言。在其筆下，佛畫超越了宗教信仰的圖像規範，開創清麗脫俗的跨時代美學新境界。其代表作已受舊金山亞洲藝術博物館、北京故宮博物院及中國國家博物館等殿堂級博物館所典藏。

【展品賞析】

夏荊山運用傳統書畫長卷、以散點透視法特色描繪出鍾馗喬遷之喜慶。主軸從鍾馗的視線帶入與後方乘坐於牛車上妹妹的情感交流，相互牽引；魍魎隨從結隊前行，各司其職，彼此呼應，大張旗鼓喧鬧的陣隊，突顯出熱鬧歡愉的氣氛。On the fifth day of the Huang Daoji day, Zhong Kui selected dozens of gratifying ghosts and puppets and restored their human form to their younger sister. In a trance, Ehwa felt that he was riding on a horse with a red drape, and his brother was riding on a tall horse. He smiled at her and bowed to her, congratulating her: "Congratulations sister, congratulations!" Ehwa returned with a shame.
Zhong Kui led the way in front of the horse. The ghost pawns in the red lights were blowing suona, happily, some made grimace, some shrugged their shoulders, danced and cheered the bride! It is also joyous to marry a girl on earth. Brothers and sisters Zhong Kui riding on horseback, you smiled at me, I smiled at you, and forgot the separation of yin and yang!
Zhong Kui married his younger sister, but since then she has a heartfelt affair and repays her affection. She never cares about family affairs on earth anymore, so she feels relieved to be his exorcist general!

鍾馗嫁妹
黃道吉日五更天時，鍾馗挑選了長相可喜的鬼卒數十名，恢復人形送給妹妹。梨花在恍恍惚惚中覺得，自己騎在披紅挂彩的馬背上，哥哥也騎在高頭大馬上，眉開眼笑的朝她拱手，向她祝賀：「恭喜妹妹，恭喜妹妹！」梨花含羞回禮。
鍾馗騎馬在前面引路。送親的鬼卒在通紅的燈火中，吹著嗩吶，歡天喜地，有的做著鬼臉，有的聳肩扭腰，邊走邊舞，向新娘喝彩！也同人間嫁女一般歡樂。鍾馗兄妹騎在馬背上，你朝我笑，我朝你笑，一時忘記了陰陽相隔！
鍾馗嫁了妹妹，從此了卻了一樁心事，報答了恩情，對人間家事再也無牽無掛，便安心當他的驅邪斬祟將軍了！
鍾馗不是生下來就會抓鬼的~
話說唐朝時，終南山下有一秀才鍾馗，家裡十分貧窮，父母早亡，和妹妹梨花相依為命。
鍾馗少有大志，性情豪爽，遍訪名師學得一身文韜武略。
這年秋天京城開科試，鍾馗想進京趕考，苦於沒有盤纏，正在著急，同鄉好友杜平慷慨解囊，贈送紋銀，才得以成行。
鍾馗在路上曉行夜宿，片刻不留地趕路結果病倒了，日昏昏沉沉地來到了一座破廟前，他實在是走不動了，倒地昏了過去。
昏迷中一群小鬼兒「打了牆」，眾惡鬼見鍾馗長的是相貌堂堂，一表人才，嫉妒的連聲怪叫。一個怪模怪樣的丑鬼說：「乾脆把他的樣貌給改變了！」於是眾惡鬼呼啦一聲撲了過來，把鍾馗按倒在地，血淋林的扒皮換貌。
鍾馗被一陣刺骨的疼痛驚醒，惡鬼們一陣獰笑，頓時沒了蹤影。鍾馗忍痛起身趕路，終於來到了京城，通過考試果然獨占鰲頭。
皇上聽說新科狀元才華出眾，召他前來殿試。見鍾馗那醜陋的面目，心中不悅，不肯點他為狀元。主考官一再懇求皇上，說鍾馗才華出眾是少有的奇才。
鍾馗也告知了進京路上，在破廟的不幸遭遇。皇上不信頓時大怒，以欺君之罪賜鍾馗死罪。
鍾馗火爆脾氣，火冒三丈，大叫「冤枉啊！」一頭撞向銅鼎，血流如注，喪了性命！
鍾馗帶著怨氣來到了地府，見到了閻王爺，破口大罵：「你身居閻王要職，卻縱容惡鬼毀我容貌，害得我中了狀元也被一筆勾銷。」
閻王爺被罵的一頭霧水，鍾馗接二連三一輪猛罵：「陽間的皇上是昏君，陰間的閻王是昏王，這個世界陰陽顛倒，亂七八糟。」
拿起殿前一根金光閃閃的寶杵，不分青紅皂白，向閻王打去。無巧不成書，寶杵是閻羅殿上的鎮殿之寶，拿手裡，所向無敵，鬼兵鬼將統統不敢抵擋。
鍾馗揮舞著寶杵，無意間打在了一口大鐘上。三丈六尺高的大鐘，聲音洪亮清遠。原來這是通天鍾，這「嘭」的一聲，經動了玉皇大帝。玉帝問：「冥界出了什麼事兒？」太白金星掐指一算，把鍾馗的事兒說了一遍。
玉帝有了上次孫猴子大鬧天宮的教訓，又怕被搞得天翻地覆，趕快叫太白金星傳閻羅王來問話。
不一會閻羅王上了凌霄寶殿。玉皇說道：「鍾馗是人間奇才，懷才不遇，含怨撞鼎身亡，惱怒之下才會大鬧陰曹，情有可原。
玉帝為平息他的憤怒，封他為驅邪斬祟大將軍，統領鬼卒三千，專管人間妖魔邪祟。
閻王化敵為友，送給了鍾馗一把青鋒斬妖劍，和一口化鬼葫蘆，當他的隨身法寶。同時大辦酒席，宴請新上任的驅邪斬祟將軍。閻王殿裡歌舞昇平，嗩吶齊奏，好不熱鬧。
誰知鍾馗淚流滿面。閻羅王問他為何傷心，鍾馗答道：「微臣在陽間本與妹妹梨花相依為命，此番我一命歸西，可憐妹妹一個人孤苦伶仃，觸景生情啊！」
鍾馗請閻王批准自己迴轉陽間，看望妹妹。閻王也到感動，特許他隱身走一遭，看望他的妹妹，可是要他早去早回。
鍾馗到了人間，先到趕考途中那個破廟，吆喝一聲眾惡鬼們抬頭一看，是驅邪斬祟大將軍鍾馗，個個嚇得是魂不附體。鍾馗舉起斬妖劍一揮，「爾等惡貫滿盈，今天就收了你們的鬼命永世不得超生！」舉起葫蘆 朝向四處奔逃的小鬼，沒一會兒完惡鬼一個個越縮越小先後被吸進葫蘆里，片刻化為縷縷青煙，從葫蘆口裊裊地飄出。
斬完惡鬼，鍾馗飄飄悠悠來到了京城，看到成群結隊的香客，正向一座金碧輝煌的新廟走去。走到近前看到「鍾馗廟」三個鎏金大字，很是驚奇，剛想進廟，就見杜平領著一幫人，抬著福禮，香燭
進廟點香叩拜祈禱。
原來杜平聽到鍾馗觸頂身亡既悲傷又憤怒，就捐錢建廟。
恰逢大旱，杜平帶人進廟祭祀，祈求上蒼普降甘露，造福人間。鍾馗陣陣的感動，暗想想杜平仗義疏財，對自己有恩，很想把孤苦伶仃的妹妹嫁給他。
不過眼前的旱災生靈塗炭，還是救災要緊，打了個主意先回去叫閻王到凌霄寶殿轉告玉帝，命五龍降雨。人間普降甘露，百姓歡天喜地！
鍾馗為人間求雨，妹妹梨花也正在幾次祭祀巧遇杜平，兩人互生愛慕，可就是愛你在心口難開。
這當時，驅邪斬祟將軍十分了然，施展神威，同時託夢給二人，講明了自己來到陰曹地府的經歷，讓親人不要擔心。並希望杜平和妹妹成親，自己要親自嫁妹送親。

杜平和梨花同時從夢中驚醒，說了一模一樣的夢境，兩人也就不再矜持了。
選了個黃道吉日，五更天，鍾馗早挑選了生前長相可喜的鬼卒數十名，恢復人形送給妹妹。梨花在恍恍惚惚中覺得，自己騎在披紅挂彩的馬背上，哥哥也騎在高頭大馬上，眉開眼笑的朝她拱手，向她祝賀：「恭喜妹妹，恭喜妹妹！」梨花羞答答地暗喜不已。

鍾馗騎馬在前面引路。送親的鬼卒在通紅的燈火中，吹著嗩吶，歡天喜地，有的做著鬼臉，有的聳肩扭腰，邊走邊舞，向新娘喝彩！。鍾馗兄妹，你朝我笑，我朝你笑，一時忘記了陰陽相隔！
到了天亮，前面隱隱傳來鼓樂聲，杜平的迎親隊伍來了。鍾馗戀戀不捨地向梨花道別，送親的眾鬼卒又朝新娘喝了一陣采，才在鍾馗的帶領下漸漸遠去。
鍾馗嫁了妹妹，從此了卻了一樁心事，報答了恩情，對人間家事再也無牽無掛，便安心當他的驅邪斬祟將軍了！

書畫大師夏荊山（1923-2019）位居當代書畫藝術界承先啟後之地位，被喻為「跨世紀佛畫藝術第一人」，畫風具宋元道釋人物繪畫的工整細緻，富含書畫藝術中特有的文人畫精神，結合西方透視技法，並賦予自身感悟和創新，自成筆墨語言。在其筆下，佛畫超越了宗教信仰的圖像規範，開創清麗脫俗的跨時代美學新境界。其代表作已受舊金山亞洲藝術博物館、北京故宮博物院及中國國家博物館等殿堂級博物館所典藏。

展覽名稱：荊山經典：佛畫藝術大師夏荊山名作特展
展覽時間：至2020-04-18至2020-06-21
展覽地點：佛陀紀念館本館二樓第三展廳
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頤和園是清朝的皇家行宮和大型皇家園林，位於中國北京市海淀區西北，占地290公頃（合4400畝）。頤和園修建於清朝乾隆年間（原名清漪園）、重建於光緒年間，曾屬於清朝北京西郊三山五園之一。頤和園素以人工建築與自然山水巧妙結合的造園手法著稱於世，是中國園林藝術頂峰時期的代表。1998年，頤和園被評為世界文化遺產。頤和園以萬壽山和昆明湖為主，昆明湖占頤和園總面積的四分之三。除了湖山，還有殿堂景區、耕織圖景區。重要建築集中在萬壽山南北中軸線上。萬壽山分為前山、後山兩部分，前山自東向西有養雲軒、無盡意軒、介壽堂、排雲殿、清華軒、寶雲閣、共一樓、聽鸝館、畫中游等知名景觀。後山南北中軸線為規模宏大的漢藏風格寺廟殿宇，包括四大部洲、須彌靈境、香岩宗印之閣等等，周圍點綴以數座小型山間園林，有蘇州街、寅輝城關、花承閣、賅春園、繪芳堂等建築。昆明湖中有三座島嶼，分別名為南湖島、藻鑒堂島、治鏡閣島。昆明湖由一條西堤將大湖一分為二，光緒時建立圍牆，修築起了東堤。
頤和園的主要區域可包括六個部分，分別是殿堂景區（是帝後料理朝政和住宿所在）、萬壽山景區、昆明湖景區、耕織圖景區（獨特的農牧色彩）、長廊景區和中軸景區（起於前山雲輝玉宇牌樓，止於後山慈福慧因牌樓）。作為一座知名園林博物館，擁有豐富制式的園林建築和景觀營造手法，涵蓋了中國傳統名著中的亭台樓閣，軒榭台堂。
東宮門：為頤和園的正門。門前有兩隻銅獅，是清漪園遺物。宮門前的雲龍石階是圓明園安佑宮遺物。門額上「頤和園」三字為光緒帝御筆親賜。宮門前有大廣場，南北兩側為朝房，前有大影壁。
仁壽殿：在頤和園東宮門內，是慈禧太后、光緒帝夏天住在頤和園中臨朝聽政，接受恭賀，以及接見王公大臣和外國使節的地方，這裡也曾經是光緒皇帝頒詔實行變法維新的地方。始建於乾隆十五年（1750年）命名為勤政殿，意為不忘勤理政務。咸豐十年（1860年）遭到英法聯軍焚毀，光緒十二年（1886年）慈禧太后重建時，改為現名，意為施仁政者長壽之意，是頤和園聽政區的主要建築。殿為東向，面闊九間，單檐卷棚歇山頂，兩側有南北配殿，前有銅麒麟、壽星石，以及銅龍銅鳳的雕像，排列在仁壽殿外。是皇帝，皇后在舉行朝會大典時會點燃檀香。在中國古代龍就是皇帝的象徵，鳳就是皇后的象徵。按照慣例是龍在上，鳳在下，但是自慈禧太后掌權之後，就將龍，鳳的位置給顛倒變成鳳在上，龍在下，藉此來顯示出慈禧太后的權威。殿外懸掛著「大圓寶鏡」的匾額，意為當政者的智慧如同大圓寶鏡一樣，能夠洞察一切。殿內則是高懸著「壽協仁符」的金字匾額，意為仁與壽君子兼而有之。正殿內設置慈禧太后，光緒帝召見王公大臣時的寶座，寶座是用上等的紫檀木雕刻而成，椅背上刻有九條金龍，寶座的旁邊設有掌扇，鼎爐，鶴燈。東為仁壽門。殿北有水井「延年井」，殿後為巨大的獅子林假山，仿蘇州獅子林，堆山所用的劍石、石筍為圓明園正大光明殿後假山遺物。
玉瀾堂：在仁壽殿西，始建於乾隆十五年（1750年），咸豐十年（1860年），光緒十八年（1892年）重建，成為皇帝在頤和園中處理政務和居住的地方。正殿即玉瀾堂，堂名是取自晉代詩人陸機的詩句「玉泉甬微瀾」當中的「玉」和「瀾」二字合併而成。內設有御案寶座。原為一四通八達的穿牆殿，光緒皇帝曾經被慈禧太后囚禁於此，因此殿北的後門用磚牆砌死。前院東配殿名霞芬室，西配殿為藕香榭，兩殿的門內亦可見圈禁光緒帝的圍牆，是一處重要的歷史遺蹟。正殿地磚上原有坑窪洞痕，為光緒帝被囚禁時用手杖擊地發泄而成。玉瀾堂西側另有夕佳樓，樓西為鄰水過道，蜿蜒曲折，稱為「九道灣」。
宜芸館：在玉瀾堂北面，乾隆時是藏書之所，光緒年間改建為光緒皇帝的皇后隆裕的居所。院門為垂花門，稱宜芸門，門內側牆壁上有10塊石刻，是乾隆帝摹寫的名家法帖，原藏於惠山園內，重建時移此。正殿為宜芸館，東配房稱道存齋，西配房稱近西軒，均沿用乾隆時舊名。戊戌政變後，玉瀾堂與宜芸館之間的通道也被磚牆切斷。宜芸館北門有飛閣復道通至德和園戲台。
德和園大戲樓：頤和園中看戲的地方，原為乾隆時期的怡春堂。樓高21米，三層，結構與圓明園同樂園清音閣和避暑山莊清音閣相同（與紫禁城暢音閣不同的地方在於其外形是卷棚頂，且覆灰瓦），是清朝最大的戲樓之一，三層舞台間有天地井相通，南部有兩層的扮戲樓，北部為看戲用的頤樂殿。德和園之東為「東八所」（壽膳房、壽茶房、壽藥房）、養花廠和武備院等服務性院落，現被隔出頤和園，改為頤和安縵酒店。
樂壽堂：是慈禧太后在頤和園中居住的地方，始建於乾隆十五年（1750年），咸豐十年（1860年）遭到英法聯軍燒毀，光緒十三年（1887年）重建。門外有水木自親碼頭，有牌坊，是清宮中最早安裝電燈的地方之一。院子分為三路，中路樂壽堂為慈禧太后的居所，中部為起居空間，裡面設有用上等木材紫檀木雕刻而成的「御案寶座」後面放著十五折的玻璃屏風，兩側設有羽毛掌扇，羽毛掌扇不但裝飾精美，也可以顯示出慈禧太后的威儀。西間為寢宮，東間為更衣室。堂前陳列銅鹿、銅鶴、寶瓶，取「六合太平」諧音。寢宮內的文物有用珍珠、瑪瑙、翡翠製成的花籃，用金銀和各種寶石鑲嵌的四季花卉壁畫等。樂壽堂前有明代米萬鍾遺留的「青芝岫」巨石，院中栽培玉蘭、海棠、牡丹，取「玉堂富貴」之意。後院原有乾隆時期遺留之古玉蘭樹，2005年枯死移除。東跨院後半部稱「永壽堂」，為太監總管李蓮英住所。西跨院北部有假山，以及坐落於山上的扇面殿「揚仁風」。揚仁風院落西南角即長廊入口。
長廊：東起樂壽堂西院，西至石丈亭。長廊長達728米，共273間，其間點綴以留佳、寄瀾、秋水、清遙四座亭子，以及魚藻軒、對鷗舫兩座對稱的點景建築。長廊背山面水，平面呈展翅蝙蝠形狀（取福字諧音），不僅把各處景點有機地串聯起來，本身也是頤和園中一處最有名的景觀，長廊上有西遊記、三國演義、紅樓夢、西湖風景、二十四孝、中國古代詩歌和神話故事（如張敞畫眉、牛郎織女、張良納履等）、山水花鳥等圖畫，共計一萬七千餘幅。
排雲殿：在萬壽山前山中部的建築中軸線上，原址為大報恩延壽寺，1892年重修，是慈禧太后做壽時接受賀拜、舉行慶典的地方。「排雲」二字出自晉朝人郭璞「神仙排雲出，但見金銀台」的詩句。排雲殿正門為排雲門，門前有雲輝玉宇牌坊，兩側有十二屬相石。排雲門和二宮門之間有方形的蓮池，池上架金水橋，兩門內分別有紫霄、玉華、芳輝、雲錦四座配殿。排雲殿正殿為頤和園內等級最高的建築，建在九級漢白玉台基上，七間五進，重檐歇山頂，黃琉璃瓦，左右兩側有耳殿，各殿之間有復道相連，橫列共計二十一間。排雲殿之後為德輝殿，再後為高42米的石砌高台，沿台前八字樓梯「朝真磴」可向上通往佛香閣。排雲殿東為介壽堂，西為清華軒，清朝時均為命婦退居之所，現被頤和園作為別墅出租，不對遊人開放。介壽堂內有連理柏和紫玉蘭各一株，頗為名貴。
佛香閣：位於萬壽山前山正中位置，為鐵力木修建的八角形三層樓閣，高41米，上覆綠剪邊黃琉璃瓦，是頤和園內體量最大的建築。閣內供奉接引佛，每月朔望，慈禧太后在此燒香禮佛。佛香閣原為九層佛塔延壽塔，修築到第八層時乾隆帝下令拆毀，仿武昌黃鶴樓改建閣樓。
智慧海：位於萬壽山山巔，為無梁佛殿，全部為五色琉璃磚砌成，色彩絢麗，圖案精美，壁面嵌有1000多尊佛像。外牆下半部琉璃磚上的佛像頭部在文化大革命中被悉數鑿毀。殿內觀音像為乾隆時所造。殿前有琉璃牌坊，其上石額構成「眾香界」、「祗樹林」、「智慧海」、「吉祥雲」四句偈語。
萬壽山昆明湖碑：在排雲殿之東，碑上有乾隆御書「萬壽山昆明湖」六字，碑後是乾隆所撰《昆明湖記》，講述修建清漪園的理由。碑左右各有一座亭子，亭內有「轉輪藏」木塔，塔中有軸，推之使其轉動。此處仿杭州法雲寺藏經閣而建，不對遊客開放。
寶雲閣：在排雲殿之西。又稱「銅亭」。建於乾隆20年（1755年），高7.55米，重41.4萬斤，蟹青冷古銅色仿木結構，樑柱、椽瓦、斗拱、門窗、對聯全部用銅鑄成。門窗原被八國聯軍掠走，在1980年代由海外華人購得，捐給頤和園。
石舫：清晏舫，原名石舫。是一半入水的兩層石舫，長96米，上原有中式艙樓，1860年被焚，光緒重建時改為木製仿西洋大理石艙樓，並在石舫兩側加造明輪。石舫西北為小島，島上原有西所買賣街，兩岸仿揚州瘦西湖景色。
聽鸝館：在萬壽山前山西部。內有兩層戲樓一座，在修建德和園大戲樓前，這裡是慈禧太后聽戲的主要場所。館內古柏參天，館外有杏樹和翠竹。聽鸝館現為聽鸝館飯莊，經營仿清宮廷菜餚，內設貴壽廳、福壽廳、壽膳廳等十個餐廳。
畫中游：在萬壽山西部，依山而建，中為八角形兩層樓閣，東西為兩樓兩亭，東樓名「借秋」，西樓名「愛山」。各建築間有爬山遊廊和石洞相通，錯綜複雜，猶如迷宮。站在亭上四周環顧，有置身於畫中之感。
前山東部：有景福閣、自在莊、含新亭、養雲軒、意遲雲在、千峰彩翠、無盡意軒、寫秋軒、國花台等點景建築。無盡意軒和自在莊清朝為命婦退息之所。景福閣為慈禧太后觀賞雨景、月景之地。
前山西部：有邵窩殿、雲松巢、湖山真意、山色湖光共一樓、石丈亭等點景建築。邵窩殿之名取南北朝時宋朝邵康「安樂窩」典故，雲松巢取李白「吾將此地巢雲松」詩句，兩殿現均為頤和園工作人員休息處。
長廊西端，石丈亭北有一組院落，稱「西四廳」，戊戌變法失敗後，慈禧太后移居頤和園時將珍妃囚禁於此。西四廳西北有貝闕，又稱宿雲檐，乾隆時是清漪園的西門，上供關帝銀像。貝闕向北有並列的石橋兩座，東橋低平，西橋為拱橋。清漪園時期園牆從兩橋中間穿過，西橋在園外，東橋在園內。
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蘇州街：又稱買賣街。乾隆二十七年壬午（1762年），乾隆帝下江南，到蘇州遊歷唐代白居易修建的七里山塘，回京後在頤和園後湖仿照七里山塘的模樣修建了蘇州街。1860年被英法聯軍焚毀，光緒時期重建頤和園時未修復，1988年復建。
諧趣園：位於頤和園東北角。此園是乾隆於乾隆十六年（1751年——下江南時，看了無錫惠山腳下的寄暢園，仿其意而建，自然保有江南園林之美。諧趣園原名惠山園，1811年曾經改建並改為現名，為萬壽山東麓的園中園。這座園有「到門唯見水，入室盡疑舟」之美譽。園內水多橋多，最著名的橋是知魚橋。此橋橋身低平，貼近水面，能讓遊客觀賞魚群在水中來回穿行。橋坊上有乾隆皇帝命題的詩句。諧趣園的北部是正殿涵遠堂，此堂原為慈禧太后在此水池釣魚時休息之用，殿內裝飾精美雅緻，在頤和園里可說是上乘之作。另外，環繞水池的遊廊是一條景色多變的的遊覽路線，隨著每一轉折，必有新的景色出現在眼前。
四大部洲：位於後山中部中軸線上，仿照西藏扎囊縣的著名古寺桑耶寺，為漢藏風格的宗教建築群，居中為漢式建築香嚴宗印之閣，內供藥師、如來、阿彌陀三尊佛像，香嚴宗印之閣四周環繞藏式的四大部洲殿、八小部洲殿、日殿、月殿、四色塔。承德避暑山莊外八廟中的普寧寺布局與此相似。香嚴宗印之閣下原為須彌靈境殿，1860年被焚毀，未修復。須彌靈境殿前為松堂，是一座長方形廣場。
花承閣琉璃塔：位於後山東部，原為半圓形高台建築，1860年被焚毀，現存琉璃塔一座，太湖石及漢白玉浮雕海獸台基一座，以及柱礎、石階遺蹟。琉璃塔下部的佛像頭部被紅衛兵鑿除。
賅春園遺址：位於後山西部，為乾隆時修建的一處小型園林，園內最大建築為清可軒，是乾隆帝的書房，依崖而建，以石崖為其南牆。西隔桃花溝為丁香院，院南山崖上有香雲窟石洞，洞內有乾隆題詩和石座，洞西有十八羅漢摩崖石刻。賅春園1860年被焚毀，僅存園門一座，但台階、殿基和部分圍牆保存完好。
綺望軒遺址：位於後山西部山腳下，後湖旁。為乾隆時修建的一處小型園林，構造巧妙，地面隱蔽處有山洞，向下可直通湖邊石岸碼頭。

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大昭寺是西藏現存最輝煌的吐蕃時期的建築，也是西藏現存最古老的土木結構建築，開創了藏式平川式的寺廟布局規式。大昭寺融合了藏、唐、尼泊爾、印度的建築風格，成為藏式宗教建築的千古典範。西藏的寺院多數歸屬於某一藏傳佛教教派，而大昭寺則是各教派共尊的神聖寺院。西藏政教合一之後，「噶廈」的政府機構也設在大昭寺內。活佛轉世的「金瓶掣籤」儀式歷來在大昭寺進行，1995年，十世班禪靈童轉世的金瓶掣籤儀式也是在這裡舉行的。藏族人民有「先有大昭寺，後有拉薩城」之說，大昭寺在拉薩市具有中心地位，不僅是地理位置上的，也是社會生活層面的。環大昭寺內中心的釋迦牟尼佛殿一圈稱為「囊廓」，環大昭寺外牆一圈稱為「八廓」。以大昭寺為中心，將布達拉宮、藥王山、小昭寺包括進來的一大圈稱為「林廓」。這從內到外的三個環型，便是藏民們行轉經儀式的路線。大昭寺的布局方位與漢族寺院不同，其主殿是坐東面西的。主殿高四層，兩側列有配殿，布局結構上再現了佛教中曼陀羅（曼荼羅）壇城的宇宙理想模式。寺院內的佛殿主要有釋迦牟尼殿、宗喀巴大師殿、松贊干布殿、班旦拉姆殿（格魯派的護法神）、神羊熱姆傑姆殿、藏王殿等等。寺內各種木雕、壁畫精美絕倫，空氣中瀰漫著酥油香氣，藏民們神情虔誠地參拜轉經。大昭寺內保存有大量珍貴文物，為藏學研究提供了豐富的素材。此外，在大昭寺門前廣場上樹立的唐蕃會盟碑見證了漢藏人民的深厚友情，勸人恤出痘碑（為清朝乾隆年間駐藏大臣和琳（和珅之弟）在西藏救治天花患者及改變葬俗而立）則見證了清朝對西藏的關懷。勸人恤出痘碑旁邊的公主柳相傳為唐朝文成公主手植。
布達拉宮 （藏語：པོ་ཏ་ལ，藏語拼音：bo da la，威利：po ta la）坐落在中國西藏自治區首府拉薩市區西北的瑪布日山（紅山）上，是一座規模宏大的宮堡式建築群，最初是吐蕃王朝贊普松贊干布興建。於17世紀重建後，成為歷代達賴喇嘛的冬宮居所，為西藏政教合一的統治中心。整座宮殿具有鮮明的藏族風格，依山而建，氣勢雄偉。宮中收藏了無數的珍寶，為一座藝術殿堂。1961年納入中國國務院第一批全國重點文物保護單位。1994年，布達拉宮列入世界文化遺產。「布達拉」或譯「普陀珞珈」，為梵文「Potalaka」之音譯，意為「小白花樹」、「光明海島」等，佛教傳說中爲觀世音菩薩的常住道場，原位於印度南部，浙江舟山的普陀山之名亦源於此。公元7世紀初，松贊干布統一西藏，定都拉薩，建立起強大的吐蕃政權。641年，他與尼泊爾塔庫里王朝和中原唐王朝聯姻，迎娶尺尊公主和文成公主，在瑪布日山上修建了宮殿，但經費來自文成公主自唐長安帶至西藏拉薩的嫁粧。因為松贊干布把觀世音菩薩作為自己的本尊佛，所以就用佛經中菩薩的住地「布達拉」來給宮殿命名，稱作「布達拉宮」。當時的布達拉宮有大小房屋一千間，但是在赤松德贊統治時期遭遇雷火燒毀了一部分。