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Manpaku-ji's lantern festival is the perfect tonic for the chilly evenings!

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Chinese style gate lantern, entrance to Manpuku-ji during its lantern festival.

Lantern Kannon Bosatsu sitting on a lotus pedestal.

Lantern cranes flying over mountains, waves and lotuses.

Chinese dragon lanterns...each one if made from thousands of tiny glass bottles, which are then embellished with material and lit from within.

Manpuku-ji (萬福寺) in Uji, home to the Ōbaku Zen sect (黄檗宗), was founded in 1661 by the Chinese monk Yinyuan Longqi (隱元隆琦 aka Ingen Ryūki 1592-1673).
It is considered to be Japan's greatest Chinese-style temple.

#Kyoto #京都 #Uji #宇治 #Manpukuji #萬福寺 #隱元隆琦

A dragon dance in lantern form.

Diamond shaped stones act as paths linking the main structures of Manpuku-ji together.

Manpuku-ji's pond sits in front of the main gate.

Straight, unbending paths link all of Manpuku-ji's great halls.

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The layout of Manpuku-ji's structures and grounds is said to represent the abstract body of a dragon...the buildings and corridors its limbs, the paths its spine and scales, and the pond its gaping mouth.

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The ball in the kaipan's mouth represents bad mental states.

Manpuku-ji's 'kaipan' is a fish-shaped board struck to alert monks to mealtimes, lectures and daily tasks.

Manpuku-ji's 'kaipan' is a fish-shaped board struck to alert monks to mealtimes, lectures and daily tasks.

Signpost directing visitors to the kaipan.

The ball in the fish's mouth represents 'bonnō' (煩悩), bad mental states (such as greed, jealousy and ignorance) that cloud one's mind.
Hitting the kaipan helps the fish 'spit out' the 'bonnō', the sound reminding the monks of their spiritual duties.

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Manpuku-ji's striking statue of Rahula, 1 of the 16 Arhats.

Manpuku-ji's Daiyu Hoden.

The fence about the Dharma Hall features a broken down swastika pattern.

Manpuku-ji's 'kaipan', a fish-shaped board struck to alert monks to mealtimes, lectures and daily tasks.

🐉👣THE DRAGON'S BODY🐟🔔

Manpuku-ji (萬福寺) in Uji, home to the Ōbaku Zen sect (黄檗宗), was founded in 1661 by the Chinese monk Yinyuan Longqi (隱元隆琦 aka Ingen Ryūki 1592-1673).

It is considered to be Japan's greatest Chinese-style temple.
#Kyoto #京都 #Manpukuji #萬福寺

Lanterns in the shape of boys performing a dragon dance.

Lining the path at Manpuku-ji, lanterns depicting heavenly attendants.

Lanterns depicting courtly women admiring cherry blossoms under a full moon.

A lantern monkey in a peach tree.

Kyōto has many light-up events during the autumn, but Manpuku-ji's is something to behold.
As one might expect from one of the country's few Chinese-style temples, the colourful lanterns are heavily influenced by festivals on the mainland.

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Statue of Rahula at Manpuku-ji, distinctive as it depicts him tearing open his stomach to reveal the head of Buddha within (symbolising the inherent Buddhahood in each one of us).

Manpuku-ji's 'Treasure Hall'.

The balustrades of the main hall have a broken down swastika design.

Manpuku-ji's famed fish-shaped 'kaipan', rung as an alarm clock of sorts for temple monks.

🐉👣THE DRAGON'S BODY🐟🔔

Manpuku-ji (萬福寺) in Uji, home to the Ōbaku Zen sect (黄檗宗), was founded in 1661 by the Chinese monk Yinyuan Longqi (隱元隆琦 aka Ingen Ryūki 1592-1673).

It is considered to be Japan's greatest Chinese-style temple.

#Kyoto #京都 #Manpukuji #萬福寺 #Uji #黄檗宗