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Hall
of Heavenly Kings,
also called Devaraja Hall, is the former entrance to Yongzheng's imperial
palace. This hall is also called the Maitreya's shrine. In this hall,
Maitreya always greets visitors with a smiling face.
On each
sides of Buddha Maitreya, there is a sandalwood pagoda. On the pagoda
stand many small Buddhist images which were symbols of longevity. Hence,
the Longevity Pagoda.
On both
sides of Maiteya's shrine are four fearsome looking Heavenly Kings or
Celestial Guardians, two on each side.
The Buddhist theory goes that the earth is divided into four worlds: northern,
southern, eastern and western. Each of the four worlds is guarded by
one of the Four Heavenly Kings.
The Four
Heavenly Kings are :
- Southern
World Heavenly king: Zengzhang;
- Eastern
world Heavenly king: Chiguo;
- Norhtern
World Heavenly King: Duowen;
- Western
World Hevenly King: Guangmu
Behind
the shrine of Maitreya stands the statue of Weituo facing
backwards to a large courtyard.
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