THE GARDEN
The Fragrant Forest香林
A variety of trees in a meadow of flowers and statues.
Trees:
Trees:
- Regal Prince English Oak
- Autumn Blaze Maple
- Brandon Elm
- Green Mountain Sugar Maple
- Catalpa
- Silver Spruce
- Tamarack
- Ginkgo
- Dogwood
The GuanYin Tea House觀音茶館
This more formal area is for peaceful meditation, relaxing, and socializing.
The Fantasy TangGarden 夢幻唐園
A mythical village from the Tang Dynasty with a 2.5 m dragon and other statues.
Coming soon (Spring 2023) are buildings and figurines which will finish the village. The scale is about 1:10.
Caution: Please do not approach the pond edges to avoid falling in. Also, to deter herons, there may be active electric fencing around the ponds.
Guanyin 觀音
‘Guanyin is a Bodhisattva associated with compassion. She is the East Asian representation of Avalokiteśvara and has been adopted by other Eastern religions including Chinese folk religion. She was first given the appellation of “Goddess of Mercy” or “Mercy Goddess” by Jesuit missionaries in China. Guanyin is short for Guanshiyin, which means “The One Who Perceives the Sounds of the World.” On the 19th day of the sixth lunar month, Guanyin’s attainment of Buddhahood is celebrated.
Some Buddhists believe that when one of their adherents departs from this world, they are placed by Guanyin in the heart of a lotus, and then sent to the western pure land of Sukhāvatī. Guanyin is often referred to as the “most widely beloved Buddhist Divinity” with miraculous powers to assist all those who pray to her, as is mentioned in the Pumen chapter of Lotus Sutra and Kāraṇḍavyūha Sūtra.’
[Source: WIKIPEDIA]
