Hompukuji Water Temple

The Buddhist temple "Water Palace" is Honfuku-ji Temple. The temple is very beautiful. It was completed in 1991 and designed by Tadao Ando. It was built with reinforced concrete. It won the 34th Construction Industry Association Award. It was built on the hill behind the ancient building of Honfuku-ji Temple. Above. On the ground floor of the building is a lotus pond. Under the ground is a temple , going up along the green path all the way, you will reach an open area covered with white gravel, after passing through and around two concrete walls that are always curved, you will see an oval lotus pond. In fact, it is hidden under the lotus pond. To enter the building, you need to go down the stairs in the middle of the lotus pond, just like entering the water. Most of the common religious buildings go upward to express the improvement of religious cultivation and the approach to heaven; The design of the Shuiyutang, slowly entering the temple surrounded by the lotus pond, actually has the meaning of cleansing the soul. The tranquility of the lotus pond has a Zen feeling, and the temple reveals a solemnity that should not be taken lightly. At the bottom of the stairs After that, you enter a completely different world. The color and light are completely different from the outside. After passing through a mysterious passage, you will enter the main hall. From the outside, the walls of the main hall building are round; but the columns inside are The columns and inner walls are square. The light inside is in sharp contrast with the outside, and the whole hall is red, although this color is common in temples, it is usually mixed with other colors, so pure use of only one color does not Rarely seen. The Buddha statue faces east, and the setting sun shines out from behind the Western Buddha statue, casting a long shadow on the ground, deepening the shroud of the main red color on the worshippers. The unique and mysterious atmosphere makes them from the daily hustle and bustle. of sublimation.