From December 17, the "Rainbow of the Sea-Tang Temple Cultural Relics andDongkaishan District Fan Exhibition" are officially exhibited at theShanghai Museum. This is also the first time that Tang Zhaoti Temple artifactshave left Japan. This exhibition takes the Tang Zhaoti Temple built by themonk Jianzhen as the background of time and space, and selected five groups ofcultural relics related to Jianzhen, such as "Golden Turtle Relic"(Japanese national treasure), which are stored in the Tang Zhaoti Temple. Thecultural relics brought by Du Dong, and in the form of a blend of scenes, 68district fan paintings by the famous Japanese painter Dong Kaishan for the YuYing Pavilion were displayed in the temple, specially displaying the"Jianzhen Monk Statue".

In addition to the limited number of cultural relics visited, what is thehistory of the Tang Zhaoti Temple in Nara, an ancient city in Japan, and whatdoes it have to do with the Jianzhen East Cross in the Tang Dynasty? Inaddition to the cultural relics exhibited at the Expo, what other beautifulitems and national treasures? A wooden plaque inscribed by EmperorXiaoqian of Japan (reigned 749-758) at the

exhibition site of the Shanghai Museum

At the exhibition site of the Shanghai Museum, the audience is watching theJianzhen Crusader scrolls.

Whenever we lament the elegance of Shengtang architecture, we always think ofNara in Japan. After all, the best-preserved buildings in the TangDynasty, along with those precious historical scrolls and architecturaltechniques passed down from generation to generation, are treasures of humanculture. The Tang Zhaoti Temple is a pearl in these treasures.

Tang was originally a former residence of a prince surrounded by green trees,enjoying a peaceful and peaceful atmosphere. He also borrowed the words ofJapanese painting master Tokaiyama to create architectural imagination."The natural environment of the temple was originally full of Japanesestyle, and in the period, a large-scale Tang style with an exotic atmospherewas built." At that time, people expected the beauty of the naturalenvironment to be overshadowed, while the magnificent architecture and thegolden Buddha statues were breathtaking. For a long time, however, thebuilding was washed away, becoming pristine and elegant, while the vegetationwas verdant. Thus seeing the harmony between nature andarchitecture. "This may be an important reason why ancientarchitecture is fascinating. The

Tang Zhaoti Temple has a high status in Japanese Buddhist circles and is themain mountain of the Japanese Green Sect. Its origin can be traced back tothe" Jianzhen Dongdu "of the Tang Dynasty.

Jian Zhen Du Dong