灵隐寺英文导游词

灵隐寺英文导游词

【篇一：灵隐寺导游词

(

中英文

)

】

lingyin temple

situated at the food of lingyin mountain

，

aside from the west

lake

，

lingyin temple(temple of inspired seclusion) is one of

the ten most famous ancient buddhist temples in china.

first built by an indian monk huili in 326ad during the eastern

jin dynasty (317 - 420 ad)

，

the temple was named lingyin

temple (temple of inspired seclusion) for its environment is

very beautiful and serene and suitable for gods rest in

seclusion. in its prime

，

this temple

，

containing over 1300

rooms and 3000 monks

，

used to be a large monastery with a

scale you just imagine. due to war and calamity

，

the temple

has experienced about 1700 years of repeated circles of

prosperity and decline until its last restoration in the qing

dynasty (1644 - 1911).

on the compound’s central axle stand hall of heavenly kings,

daxiongbaodian hall (precious hall of the great hero),

pharmaceutical master hall and great mercy hall. hall of

heavenly kings

it is the first hall after entering the temple. a tablet inscribed

with cloud forest

buddhist temple

，

penned by emperor kangxi

，

who was

inspired on one occasion by the sight of the temple in the mist

and trees

，

was hung above the door

，

producing a sacred

atmosphere here. more noticeable is a couplet hung on the

door reading: let us wait sitting on the threshold of the temple

，

for another peak may fly from afar. smiles appear welcoming

，

for the brook is gradually warming up to the springtime. when

tourists admire the couplet

，

they can’t help but grin.

inside the hall is a statue of laughing buddha who can endure

everything

unendurable in the world and laugh at every laughable person

in the world. four heavenly kings stand on both sides of the

buddha and weituo behind.

daxiongbaodian hall (grand hall)

daxiongbaodian hall (grand hall) is the main hall of lingyin

temple. it is 7 rooms wide and 5 rooms deep

，

with one story

，

double layer eaves and pinnacle roof 33.6 meters in height

，

famed as one of china’s tallest one

-story buildings. a statue of

sakyamuni

，

carved out of 24 pieces of camphor wood

，

stands 24.8 meters high in the hall. on the both sides of

sakyamuni stand 20 saints protecting justice and on the back

wall sit his 12 disciples serving as guards. in front of the hall

are two stone pagodas built

during the northern song dynasties (960 - 1279) with 9 stories

and 8 surfaces and sculptured buddhist stories on four walls.

scattered outside and inside the temple are numerous relics

left from ancient times

，

in which pavilion of cool brook

erected in the mid tang dynasty

，

stone pagoda and stone

storage for buddhist scriptures built in the five dynasties

，

pavilion of greens first built in the southern song dynasty

，

the pagoda of huili erected in the ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

are especially worthy of viewing.

the temple also houses various buddhist literature and

treasures including the

scriptures written on pattra leaves

，

the diamond sutra copied

by dong qichang in the ming dynasty

，

a wood cut edition

published in the qing dynasty.

【篇二：灵隐寺书面导游词】

灵隐寺书面导游词

灵隐寺

,

又 名云林寺

,

位于

浙江省杭州市西湖西北面

,

在飞来峰与北高

峰之间灵隐山麓中

,

两峰挟峙

,

林木耸秀

,

深山古寺

,

云烟万状

,

是一处景

色宜人的游览胜地

,

也是江南著名古刹之一。

灵隐寺历史：

它创建于东晋咸和元年

(

公元

32 6

年

),

至今已有一千六百余年的历史

,

为杭州最早的名刹。当时印度僧人慧理来到杭州

,

看到这里山峰奇秀

,

认为 是

“

仙灵所隐

”,

所以就在这里建寺

,

取名

“

灵隐

”

。清康熙南巡时

,

曾

登寺后的北高峰顶揽胜。他看到山下云林漠漠