From the time when Mahakasyapa smiled, it was introduced to the East through Dharma in the Liu and Song Dynasties (about 479 years ago), and reached Huineng (638-7 13), the sixth ancestor of the Middle Tang Dynasty. During the periods of Tang Gaozong, Wu Zetian-Tang Zhongzong, Tang Dezong and Tang Xuanzong, it formed its own system and was completely integrated into China culture. Zen, as a fashionable way of life in China, rose in the Tang Dynasty and became a common practice in the Song Dynasty. Thanks to the communication between scholars and Zen masters, it was recorded as a document and widely circulated as a "Zen poem"; It's Zen, commenting on ancient case-solving with "quotations"
Lingshan Cultural Tourism Group, keeping watch in lingshan scenic spot, is convinced that "Zen only exists in life" and is committed to "Zen life". Therefore, relying on the landscape of Taihu Lake, promoting the Zen style in the south of the Yangtze River and building a community of Zen life in Tiancheng "Nianhua Bay" are aimed at advocating a green Zen life for the world with the wisdom of Oriental Zen, so as to make people happy physically and mentally, nourish their feelings with emotion and benefit others with wisdom.
According to incomplete statistics, since the Tang and Song Dynasties, more than 30,000 Zen poems have been left by literati and Buddhist monks. From these more than 30,000 Zen poems, Nianhuawan has carefully selected classic works and chapters that are suitable for contemporary society, conform to the phenology of the south of the Yangtze River, and correspond to local conditions, and transformed Zen, interest and environment into real life scenes, cultural spaces and functional facilities. Therefore, Nianhua Bay is a "Zen Poetry Grand View Garden" which combines the artistic conception of China's 30,000 Zen poems.
Here, people are no longer just pondering Zen words, tasting Zen calligraphy and painting, and talking about Zen principles through ancient books and ancient case-solving. But immersed in Zen, living in Zen, forgetting myself and feeling in Zen. Here, there are one mountain, one water, one grass, one tree, one stone, one leaf, one door, one window, one bed, one quilt, one dress and one shoe, one table of Yi Deng, one bowl of chopsticks, one cup of Yi Deng, and even a birdsong, a frog croak, a cloud, a wisp of mist, a candle light, a wisp of fragrance, a string of morning bells, a sunset drum, and a boat.
Appropriate quotations are extracted from Zen poetry and Zen language, and all roads, landscapes, scenic spots, public facilities, commercial shops, hotels, guest rooms, restaurants, tea rooms, pavilions and temples in Nianhua Bay are named.
On the one hand, the naming system of Nianhuawan has the functions of "guiding knowledge system" in general scenic spots and "explaining system" in general popular science parks. On the other hand, it is completely different from the guiding system of these prescribed routes and the explanation system of knowledge education. As far as Zen is concerned, Zen has no words, no physical images and no fake foreign objects. They are all realized in their own hearts, and what they experience can only be understood, but not expressed. From this point of view, all the prescribed routes and explanations for education are not Zen itself, but at best, they are just a "dialogue" that mentions people's participation in Zen and enlightenment.
Therefore, Nianhuawan regards all buildings, facilities and landscapes as "the medium of Zen", thus creating "media architecture" and "media landscape". All the names related to this no longer have prescriptive and intellectual significance, but are just a hint, a convenience, a hypothesis and a question. For example, in Nianhua Bay, you see a rest facility called "Listening to the Rain Pavilion". There is a plaque engraved with five-character quatrains written by a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty. If you are in a general scenic spot, the tour guide will tell you how the poet left the story of this poem, and you will be used to looking for the corresponding scenery according to the description in the poem, so that you can read the meaning of the poem as much as possible. However, in Nianhuawan, you are completely free. You don't have to pay attention to the origin of this poem, and there is absolutely no need to let the literal meaning of the poem bind your fleeting feelings. You just need to listen to your own rain in the rain pavilion, or you can't hear the rain, or even the song of the rain curtain. You see sunshine instead of rain curtain, smell French perfume instead of local flavor, and touch Hetian jade instead of Taihu stone ... At this moment, no matter how you feel, you are not wrong, because all your feelings and experiences in the rain pavilion are related to listening to the rain, and you are listening to the rain yourself at this moment. This is Zen that belongs only to you. It is ubiquitous, ever-present and ever-changing Zen interest. Because of you, Nianhua Bay has become a "Zen Grand View Garden" with infinite vitality.
Inspired by Gu Chan's case-solving in past dynasties, bowls, teas, books, paintings and even intellectual props such as dogs and wild foxes in the case-solving have been transformed into the art of intelligent life. All the daily necessities and tourist goods here are therefore excellent Zen art and aesthetic memories that can be taken away, so that the complicated return to human life can still be a beautiful continuation of the Zen lifestyle in Nianhuawan.
In Nianhuawan, every hotel room is named after a Zen poet, and there are three kinds of "Zen arts" to take away. One is the room key to unlock your heart, the other is the limited edition calligraphy of a poet with the same name in this room, and the other is the limited edition Zen painting with the same name as this poem book. But if you want to take away three Zen methods, you must leave three Zen methods-the key you made for the next Zen guest, the copied calligraphy, and the copied Zen painting. This is called seal, also called telepathy, also called soul mate.
In Nianhua Bay, wherever you drink tea, eat, taste wine, listen to the piano, smell incense, bathe, watch water and walk, there are corresponding Zen arts to carry your memories and bring you back to the world of mortals. Similarly, you must leave your temperature, your fragrance, your figure and your feelings to the next Zen. You entrust all these unspeakable Zen experiences to a beautiful or simple Zen art, and maybe your next Zen will understand it.
In Nianhuawan, every Buddhist who has no intention of Zen art is a thoughtful Buddhist. Everyone's behavior is a Zen artistic landscape. Everyone takes their own food, shelter and entertainment to participate in the continuous creation of Nianhua Bay. Nianhua Bay has become a unique "Zen Art Grand View Garden" because of the Zen life of every Zen guest.