kaiyuantemple紫云屏大雄宝殿甘露戒坛藏经阁飞天-泉州七中.ppt

* * Discover Quanzhou General Introduction Places of Interest Cultural Specialties Delicacy the flower of erythrina General Introduction: Quanzhou is an ancient city, located on the reach of Jin River in the southeast of Fujian by the sea. It covers an area of 11’015 square kilometers. The population is over 8 million in 2010. Quanzhou was known as the “Oriental First Port” in Song Dynasty; it was also well-known as the “City of Light” four years before Marco Polo reached this mysterious continent. Quanzhou, the start of the Maritime Silk Road, was a commercial and cultural crossroads, a great melting pot, with people of all nations and faiths living together peacefully----a true light in that era. General Introduction: Local people speak a variant of Hokkien which is similar to Amoy and Taiwanese. In Mandarin Chinese this dialect is called Minnan Hua, which can be translated as the language of South Fujian. It is essentially the same dialect spoken in Xiamen and Zhangzhou, and it bears little similarity with the official Chinese Mandarin. People whose ancestry from Quanzhou city, now live overseas, especially in southeast Asia, also speak Hokkien at home most of time. Quanzhou is a time-honored city of civilization and a famous hometown for numerous overseas Chinese and Taiwan compatriots. 2. Places of Interest：Tianhou Temple 2. Places of Interest：Tianhou Temple 2. Places of Interest：Zhongshan Street Arcade 2. Places of Interest：Kaiyuan Temple 紫云屏 大雄宝殿 甘露戒坛 藏经阁 飞天 Depository of Buddhist Texts Purple Clouds Screen Great Buddhist Hall Buddhist Angels Ganlujie Altar/Sweet Dew Altar of Precepts 2. Places of Interest：Kaiyuan Temple 据传说，桑园财主黄守恭先生梦见有一位僧人向他募地建寺，黄先生扔了一片羊毛回答道：“如果桑树会开出白色的莲花的话，我就把地捐出去。”三天后，满园桑树都开了雪白的莲花。黄先生说：“这真是奇妙！”，于是把地捐了出去。 2. Places of Interest：Kaiyuan Temple According to the legend, Mr. Huang Shougong, owner of a mulberry field, dreamed that a Buddhist monk asked him to donate the land for a temple. Mr. Huang threw out a fleece. “I’ll donate the la