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Saturday, 11/21/2020 00:30 AM (GMT + 7)
The great wall of Amitabha Buddha at Wat Than Quang (Hanoi) is molded from many different statues of the Buddha statue in 1952. It was once that Central Vietnam record books confirmed the 2010 bronze Buddha statue the oldest in Vietnam.
Ngu Xa Pagoda (the name is the God of Light) in Ngu Xa city (Ba Dinh district, Hanoi), where the Amitabha Buddha statue is the center that the Vietnam record books confirm 2010
In Hanoi, not many people know that the Amitabha Buddha statue currently in the Ngu Xa Pagoda (Ba Dinh, Hanoi) is made of bronze, the oldest surviving Buddha statue in Vietnam. In 2010, the Vietnam Records Center confirmed the Amitabha Buddha statue at Ngu Xa Pagoda as the oldest bronze Buddha statue in Vietnam.
The Amitabha Buddha statue is perfectly cast in bronze, has a horizontal circumference of 11.6 meters, a height of 3.95 meters and a distance between two knees. The statue is located on a bronze lotus with 96 wings and 1.45 m high. Including the statue and the lotus building as a base, the statue weighs 12,300 kg and is 5.4 m tall.
The statue is about 4 meters high and weighs 10 tons. To make this statue, the pagoda and the townspeople of Ngu Xa had to mobilize a large amount of copper.
Venerable Thich Chinh Tin, the abbot of Ngu Xa Pagoda, said that to make this giant Buddha statue, all the ancient Ngu Xa people with the most skillful craftsmen and craftsmen had to come together in many days. dissolved and had to mobilize a large quantity of copper
Temple has called in the pilgrims who contributed bronze for the statues, but not enough yet to have to ask the government for the bronze statue in the Luc Highway City warehouse, and Mr. Mayor approved. for Than Quang Pagoda all the bronze statues in the warehouse, said the abbot.
The stages are completely handmade, but the statue is monolithic bronze, requires a high technical level and requires a lot of time and effort.
According to Dai Duc Tin, at that time, making the big statue was very complicated, there were no machines, there was no electricity, all the stages were completely handmade. It took half a year to make the sculpture of the earth by the best craftsman
Then go on to making cement statues, and finally make molds for pouring copper. To make the statues, the artisans had to use up to 70 tons of clay and paper to make molds.
All the curved, sinuous and sunken lines of the statue are very delicate, united in a complete block, without any ripples due to technical errors.
Before pouring copper into the mold, the earth must be baked. Especially the inside of the statue must build a furnace under the base, burn it so that the statue is ripe as bricks. Because if the surface of the ground is still wet, when pouring copper water with a temperature of about 1400 degrees C, between hot and cold it will boil and create steam, then the statue will be defective, it will sting, and the mold may break.
On the great day of cooking bronze and pouring statues, the pagoda has mobilized many workers from the village to help cook copper. All divided into 10 ovens to cook copper. At that time, the town was like a large construction site, working all day continuously. In this way, the copper is poured evenly, the new statue creates a unified block. All the curved, sinuous and submerged lines of the statue are very delicate, united in a complete block, without ripples due to technical errors.
The Buddha’s face is smooth and calm. From the body, the seated figure to the folds of the shirt, they all exude deep depression, but are very lively.
It is a magnificent work of bronze art, unique and delicate in all respects, both in terms of technique and the art of bronze casting. The statue is arranged in a very harmonious way. The face of the Buddha is sweet, calm and close. From the body, the seated figure to the folds of the shirt, they all exude deep depression, but are alive as a real person. The measurements of every detail are carefully calculated and accurately estimated by the model artist and the statue commander.
Ngu Xa Village is a famous traditional bronze casting village in the ancient land of Thang Long. Two famous works of art are the black bronze statue of Tran Vu, called Huyen Thien Tran Vu statue located in Quan Thanh temple and Amida statue located in Than Quang pagoda, right on the land of the people.
Source: http: //danviet.vn/dieu-it-biet-ve-tuong-phat-bang-dong-lau-doi-nhat-viet-nam-50202021110291730.h …
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