Is Xiangkun Temple terrifying?

This is the wisdom of the benevolent and the wise!

If you are accustomed to seeing the dignified and decent Buddha statues in China, it is indeed a little supernatural, but if you have really been in contact with several countries in Southeast Asia and their religions, and understand the stories behind these Buddha statues, you will not feel supernatural.

Laos is a country of Buddhism with many temples, and it has reached the progress that can be seen almost everywhere, and on the outskirts of Vientiane, there is a temple park with a unique shape, which is the destination of this trip.

At this time, I have to say that there is an interesting point, that is, the flag of Laos and the flag of Japan are really similar at first glance.

The official name of the Japanese flag is the Japanese flag, and the common name in Japan is "日の丸", a round of red sun in the center of the flag, reflecting the white flag, white symbolizes sacredness, peace, purity and justice, and red symbolizes sincerity, enthusiasm, vitality and fraternity, in fact, it is what many people in China call the 'plaster flag', and it really looks like a plaster.

Here is talking about the national flag of Laos, their national flag is rectangular, the ratio of length to width is 3:2, the parallel rectangle in the middle of the national flag is blue, occupying half of the flag ground, the top and bottom are red rectangles, each accounting for a quarter of the flag land, there is a white full moon in the middle of the blue, red symbolizes the revolution, indicating that the motherland will be defended with blood, blue symbolizes the country, and the white full moon symbolizes the leadership of the people's revolutionary party.

What really makes people feel weird is the image of the Lao flag printed on the buses that come and go, which was inexplicably printed into the image of the Japanese flag, which should be eye-catching, after all, the background color of the bus is orange and yellow.

Along the way, I followed the buses with the 'plaster flag' printed on the body to come here, but the Xiangkun Temple mentioned by the official term did not see the meaning of "temple" at all, as if it was more like a park, a park for tourists to enjoy a relaxing afternoon!

It is a temple with Buddha statues of Guanyin, Buddha, Shiva, Vishnu and many other Hindu and Shakyo deities, but it is also the least temple-like temple park in Laos.

At the beginning of May, it is the peak season for tourism, and many tourists who come here by bus No. 14 gather in groups and threes in front of the park to wait excitedly for their companions.

When he got off the bus, Zhang Yang was very surprised to meet a little monk, just taking advantage of the time when the tourists who came with the tour group went in first, on a whim, he simply stayed on the side of the road in front of the park and chatted with the little monk.

He Xiaoman, who was standing next to him, looked at the two of them with a strange face, the two of them obviously didn't know each other, obviously they had just met, and they had only chatted for a few words, but the two of them were still chatting very well, and they seemed to be very familiar.

Through chatting, the little monk also knew that Zhang Yang was broadcasting live, and he should also want to add a little fun to the live broadcast room, so he can't always follow the main plot when he writes, and he has to have some side plots from time to time.

The little monk was learning Chinese, and He Xiaoman, who was standing next to him, listened to the two people chatting there, and learned that the little monk had just learned to speak Chinese, and he was only 19 years old, and he was only a few years younger than the two of them.

But the little monk has been a monk for 8 years, and even his younger brother is a monk, and from time to time the names of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Chengdu can pop up in his mouth.

It's just that the little monk's Xia Guohua is still a little awkward, but the nouns such as 'thank you', 'hello', and 'goodbye' are very proficient, and even a funny sentence of 'I love you', of course, this is after learning that Zhang Yang is still a big anchor in Xia Guo, the little monk uses words of gratitude to the anchor from Xia Guo for the promotion of his country.

"I heard that Buddhism has a very high status here, and I thought that monks don't need to buy tickets to take the bus!"

"My goodness, it costs 8,000 kip to take a bus for an hour, and it sounds like it can scare people to death, but it turns out to be only 8 yuan, haha!"

"Yes, yes, I also said that it would be boring to wait for those fish to go in, and it's still interesting to have a little monk appear in the live broadcast room. ”

"The tickets for Xiangkun Temple are also very cheap, only 20 yuan, which is much better than those attractions in our country, and it seems that the tickets for the attractions in Laos are relatively cheap. ”

"That's because the souvenirs are a little more expensive, but not that expensive. ”

"I just saw that the monk heard that Zhang Yang was an anchor, and then decisively took out his mobile phone to download the overseas version of the starting point live broadcast, and I laughed at the time. ”

"Is it because he looks a little out of the world in a monk's robe, but suddenly he comes up with high technology?"

"You're almost done in, aren't you ready to go in? I can't wait, I want to see how weird the Buddha statues are here. ”

Finally, Zhang Yang, who had a very pleasant conversation, said goodbye to the little monk, the little monk went into the park to do his own thing, and Zhang Yang took a sip of a bottle of water handed over by He Xiaoman after watching the other party disappear at the entrance of the park.

"I have to say, chatting with this little monk, I found that he is still very level, and he knows a lot. ”

After sighing a little, he told a few little guys along the open car door, like this kind of place with a large flow of people, he basically won't bring the four little guys out, and generally let them stay in the RV to entertain themselves, anyway, they are playing in the car is also quite hilarious, only when they are in the wild is when they have fun.

"Before you go in, let me remind you, Xiangkun Temple...... Forget it, I'll call this a Buddha statue park, it always feels weird to call the temple.

There are two features in this Buddha statue park, one is the pumpkin tower in front of me at the entrance of the park, and the other is the reclining Buddha, let's go, I'll take you in to see it first. ”

When I arrived at the gate of the Buddha Park, the first thing that caught my eye after entering the gate was a large circular sphere building, which was the pumpkin tower that Zhang Yang just said, of course, this is just his own description, but it is indeed quite appropriate.

Almost all the posters about Xiangkun Temple here seem to have traces of this building, but compared to the pictures on the posters, perhaps because the time is not right, and the people below are not right, but here is always a little worse artistic conception, not as charming as on the poster.