Fo Guang Shan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
A popular tourist attraction is located on the left bank of the Gaoping River, northeast of Dashu Township in Kaohsiung City. Master Hsing Yun and his students created the Buddhist center of South Taiwan here. The Fo Guan Shan Monastery is Taiwan's largest Buddhist monastery. It is the headquarters of a new religious movement that advocates a new form of Humanistic Buddhism and was created in 1967.
The temple architecture is distinctive, and the most notable landmark in the region may be located on the southeastern side of Fo Guang Mountain (Guang Shan) Monastery: a 120-meter-tall golden statue of Buddha Amitabha. The main area is encircled by 480 standing Buddhas, and the surrounding environment is breathtaking. The primary constructions are four temples, notably the Daxiongbao, Dabei, Dazhi, and Dashu shrines. The Daxiongbao shrine is the largest and most majestic of the four sanctuaries. Sakyamuni is the principal god of worship here, with sculptures of Amitabha on the left and right sides. The shrine is surrounded by around 10,000 Guanyin figurines. Buddha sculptures and light lamps lay in the 14,800 holes in the four sanctuaries' walls. The park contains almost a thousand Buddha statues, both huge and small.
Location: No. 153, Xingtian Rd., Xingtian Vil., Dashu Dist., Kaohsiung City
