關於 觀音六齋日 ，我們在網路上蒐集到這些相關的討論、資訊與評價

今天因為車子後玻璃碎裂的緣故，所以改搭晚上的車回台南，結果下午我哥突然接到一通電話後，就問我要不要跟一對夫婦一起去供僧？

「好啊，當然好！」我從床上跳起來說。

開了七八分鐘的車就抵達了，離我家超近，但我卻從來沒來過這間寺院，寺廟位於卑南要往初鹿的半路上，是個實修道場，裡面人不多但全都精進無比，整個下午都看到居士們在三步一拜的在繞塔朝山，從下午兩點直到我們離開都沒停過。

而參拜了大雄寶殿後，見到了住持慧希法師，法師是為很慈祥的比丘尼，先在齋堂跟我們開示，也讚歎大家能接觸佛法真的因緣福慧具足，也說了很多佛經的小故事給我們聽。

接著師父帶我們到地藏殿參拜，裡面巨大又莊嚴的菩薩像讓人看了無比讚歎，此時她恭敬的拿出一盒香粉，捏成月牙形點燃。

「這什麼香？也太...好聞又特殊無比？！」我內心驚訝，因為我記憶庫裡沒有這個味道，讓我隔著口罩也聞到濃郁的香氣，但我無法用任何一種形容詞或類似的味道來表達香的味道。

「師父這是甚麼香啊？我們自己也有在製香，但怎麼都沒聞過這個味道？」尤一起來供僧的夫婦合掌問師父。

「喔，這個啊，是牛頭栴檀！」師父點完香後，恭敬的向地藏菩薩禮拜，我們也一起拜了下去。

禮拜完後，夫婦又問：「牛頭栴檀？我們製香這麼久，還真是第一次聽到，是藥香嗎？」

「不是唷，這是我某天夢裡，看見一位天人來到我面前，我問他有什麼事嗎？祂說祂從天上帶來了三根牛頭栴檀香來給我供佛，放在西廂房的門口，說完祂就消失了！」

「後來呢？」我們都很好奇後續。

「後來我一醒來，馬上跑去西廂房門口一看，果真三根很粗的木頭整齊的放在門口，我就把木頭收好，部分研磨成粉末，點燃後供佛！佛經裡記載這個牛頭栴檀是最佳的浴佛供佛的材料之一，但世間真正的牛頭栴檀聽說好像都沒有了，所以天人才特別帶來。」師父說。

「哇，我還真的第一次聽到看到，也是第一次聞到...看來我車壞掉不是因為障礙，而是因為能聞到這稀有珍奇的香味，也能一起供佛，終於明白我留下來的緣故！」我跟我哥說，說完馬上再禮佛三拜，接著繞塔三匝。

師父出家前曾在北投發生過嚴重的車禍，她只是在田埂旁看人插秧，但朋友騎車不慎撞到她的小腿，結果送了兩間醫院都說要截肢，她內心大喊：「截肢後我未來怎麼出家？不行，我不能截肢。」

於是她就飛到美國找她哥哥，到了美國的第二天，她就見到了觀音菩薩(不知是在夢裡還是現實師父沒說)，菩薩當著她的面說：「你就起來走看看吧！」

當時坐在輪椅上，之前都被診斷應該要截肢才能保命的她，就馬上站了起來走了幾步後，她就一直走到今天了！

師父說她自己沒甚麼修行，也沒什麼功德，都是藉由佛菩薩加持力，所以只能精進念佛拜佛誦經持戒來報佛恩，所以她每天早上三百拜，中午三百百拜，晚上三百拜，佛號一千，地藏菩薩聖號一千，還有其他工作與各種早晚課午供...

二十六年如一日，而徒弟與信眾們看到住持如此精進，也不敢放逸懈怠，全都一起如實修行。

我則把身上全部現金全供養給三寶，用所有插畫粉絲與大百解成員的名義，希望大家也能得到最大的利益和福德。

而我們下一站則拜訪了我第一位皈依師父，宏悟老和尚，他獨具在初鹿牧場的後山裡，九十幾歲的年紀，老和尚跟淨空法師、聖嚴法師是同期戒師兄弟，實修念佛法門，本來跟我家住在同一社區，因此結緣皈依，而老和尚現在最大期盼就是再辦一次佛七，最後閉生死關，生死關就是閉關後直到往生都不出關房。

老和尚一個人在家在山裡種菜，自己煮飯，自己做早晚課，自己敲鐘打木魚，希望越少人去找他越好，但還是偶爾會去探望他，幫他帶一些藥品上去，或是開車帶他去醫院回診。

但因為時間不夠，就沒跟老和尚詳談太久，也怕耽誤老和尚做晚課的時間，所以我們就供僧完就離開。

但我突然想到剛剛我已經把身上所有現金都供養了，現在身無分文怎麼辦？

啊！上次木星儀式我有用一個紅包戴裝了3600在裡面做儀式，後來就當發財金放在包包暗袋，馬上拿出來供養老和尚。

老和尚客氣的說認識那麼久，不用啦，他夠用夠用...但我說這是我跟所有粉絲的心願，希望老和尚能給我們機會造福田，他才點頭收下。

沒想到，因為車子壞了，多了一個下午的時間，我能有這麼棒的機緣，真的是最好的安排阿阿阿阿阿！

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後記

我後來在網路上查了牛頭栴檀香，
相關的介紹如下：

【牛頭栴檀香】
世界上最寶貴、最奇妙的「香」，是佛住世時印度的「牛首栴檀香」。

首楞嚴經卷三曾說：

「此香若復燃於一銖（二十四銖重為 一兩 ），室羅筏城四十里內，同時聞氣」。因為世間除了佛的福德之外，再沒有人堪當受用那種妙香，所以在佛滅度之後，那種檀木也就不復出現了。—這真是一件「不可思議」的事。

世上最寶貴奇妙之香，是産自於印度的一種名爲“牛頭旃檀”的檀香，又被稱爲赤旃檀或牛首旃檀。
此香出自印度的摩羅耶山，其山峰的形狀類似牛頭，因此便將這種栴檀稱爲牛頭旃檀。

在《華嚴經》上也曾有記載說：「摩羅耶山，出旃檀香，名曰牛頭」。書上說此香“爲旃檀中最香者，且亙久不朽”，由此也可見此香之珍貴。可誰又會想到，如此珍貴難得之香，卻生長于伊蘭林中。那麽伊蘭是何物哪？佛教辭典上說：“伊蘭，臭木名，其味惡如腐屍，薰四十由旬，花紅豔可愛，若誤食之，發狂而死。旃檀香木，生此林中。”

據《觀佛三昧海經》中的記載，伊蘭與旃檀都生長在摩羅耶山中，但與香妙無比的牛頭旃檀所不同的是，伊蘭所散發出的卻是猶如死屍一般惡臭，而牛頭旃檀就生長在伊蘭林中。平日裏人們是看不到牛頭旃檀的，只有到了仲秋月圓之時，牛頭旃檀才會成熟長成旃檀樹，發出無比奇妙之香味。

此時人們聞到只有牛頭旃檀的香氣，卻聞不到伊蘭的惡臭氣味。也因此在經論中，經常用香味上妙的牛頭旃檀來比喻無上菩提，而用惡臭的伊蘭來比喻衆生的無明煩惱。

但令人覺得不可思議的是，在佛涅磐之後，這種牛頭旃檀便從世間消失了，再也沒有出現過。

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啊啊啊啊，難怪我完全無法形容這香的味道，因為從沒聞過，就好像如果我一輩子從沒吃過奶油麵包，突然你讓我聞到...我也無法從我味道資料庫裡面找到適合的比喻或是形容詞一般。

但牛頭栴檀的味道，我無法比喻，只能說聞到的感覺，首先是一股很濃郁的香味，你的嗅覺會瞬間被這香味吸引，然後就是綿延不絕的持續與韻味，味有很多層次但都是讓人愉悅歡喜的味道，而且我聞了一陣子後，身體寒毛居然瞬間豎起，當時我以為是自己可能打了個冷顫，但當下沒有冷風更無冷氣，外面非常熱，可能毛細孔也在大口品嚐著這從來沒聞過的好味道吧？

而且本來有點鼻塞的我，聞到後我也覺得鼻孔透氣度大增，隔著口罩也能聞到相當濃郁的香氣。

直到我們走出地藏殿，還是一直聞到陣陣香味，我本來以為是殘留在口罩或是鼻腔黏膜上的殘味，但在戶外無人處脫下口罩聞幾口，果真跟在地藏殿裡聞到的一樣濃郁！

嗯，牛頭栴檀原來長在惡臭無比的伊蘭林裡，但他的香味卻能蓋過伊蘭的腐爛惡臭，而且文中說到牛頭栴檀只會在仲秋月圓時才會成熟冒出香味，而今天我剛好就是中秋月圓日聞到牛頭栴檀，真的無比的巧合，這是很棒的吉祥徵兆，我覺得自己也要更精進實修，才能從這五濁惡世的惡臭裡稍微去掉一點味道吧。

謝謝我的車車，謝謝犧牲的玻璃，謝謝師父無私點燃珍貴的牛頭栴檀供佛，我們才能有幸順勢聞到珍貴夢幻香味。

師父那邊是實修道場，所以一般不辦法會也不接遊客，所以如果不是要參加他們嚴格佛七或其他法事，通常不建議前往打擾，我也不曾看到他們的招牌或是路標，難怪在台東三十九年我也第一次知道，我家附近有這麼棒的聖地。

好了，接下來今天是幸運馬蹄鐵的儀式，也是月光菩薩、福德正神土地公的聖誕日，就以今日所聞之牛頭栴檀香的歡喜供養眾神佛，願這塊土地上的人們都健康幸福，有著同理心、慈悲心、抹去無明煩惱、燃起智慧光明之燈、在這信仰自由的土地上，我們都能珍惜，也互相尊重。

感謝一切，感謝你們看完。

接下來我好想用珍貴的香來做一場上供儀式，也幫大家迴向，讓大家一起參與。

(圖中的月牙香粉就是牛頭栴檀香)

《 我和香的因緣之九 》
　
「我已近耄耋之年，但尚覺慶幸，如今頂上毛髮仍然未曾添加半莖霜雪，齒牙尚未動搖，眼尚可穿線自如，終年未曾有過頭痛腦熱或風寒之疾……這些如今想起全是我在年輕時，在北京曾經居住一段時間，經由友朋之介，曾和王維老道長學習過醫術和拳術，後來始知道，王師乃近代受人景仰之奇人異士，其門下高士亦多，例如譽滿國內外之武術大家杜心五，對其功夫和修養就極為讚賞，日後成為亦師亦友之交。」方老道談及這段因緣時，從他的臉上神情，彷彿有著感今懷昔之慨⋯⋯。
　　　
方老道曾經在六朝古都的北京駐停過數年，原本是受道觀師父之命至西區的白雲觀受戒，後來經由北京某一道友之緣，謁見當時遠近遐邇的高人，人稱神仙的王心齋道長。當時他住在一座老道祠裡，平日裡有著絡繹不絕來求助、求依、尋求解答人生疑難者多不勝數，當日去拜訪時，也是等了好幾個時辰之久，王道長一見方老道，二話不說直接指出身上所患之疾在何處？有何症兆？一一細說，毫無含糊，接著又跟方老道提及祖先某房有人跳井而亡，未受超度，靈魂飄蕩，並且問詢方老道，此亡者在其年幼時家人把其過繼予他⋯⋯？這段話說得方老道膽顫心驚、虛汗直冒，因為王道長所說的幾乎件件皆是一言中的⋯⋯，那天所有訪客中就屬王道長和方老道所談的時間最長，或許也是宿世之緣，王道長說方老道和他有些因緣，可以閒暇時從他處學習些醫科及傷科之技，後來方老道能夠對於傷筋動骨、矯治刀患，並且擅治內外一切諸傷或熱症、瘡癰、諸毒症，這些本事是否皆從王道長處習得就不得而知，但有幾次有些骨盆、脊椎、手足錯位等相關病者，有的困擾多年，影響生活品質極深，但似乎不用三次，方老道皆有辦法使其歸位，並且毫無痛楚之況⋯⋯關於此點，我曾從旁仔細觀察，奇怪的是有些病症，老道並未觸及患者膚骨，但為何有些病者會眉頭深蹙，似乎有股熱氣在其患處來回竄動，不消一會兒卻又平靜如初，進而活動自如，叩謝稱奇不已。我了然於心，方老道和我在他處幾位老輩高人所見皆同，應是菩薩心腸所致，用自身畢生之精氣神所聚之氣，療人之疾，解人之痛，若無悲憫之心，恐難達此。
　　
除了方老道之外，在過去所學道家尊宿師長所得之，香供在佛、道兩家都有其供香之道，在道教稱為太真天香，隨著所學傳承有別，也有聽聞過靈寶慧香、妙洞香⋯⋯等，整個道教所言道香其實所講的也離不開心香，一切都以心為主、為真，為精、氣、神之象徵，故稱德香，也稱無為香，因為和心神清淨度為重、為要，所求亦以心神統一、俯敬三清，不散亂，承事用敬，自然可得神助。
　　
在中國焚香、點香的習俗從周朝便有記載，也是世界上最早使用香的國家，因此在過去中國人的觀念總認為祭祀天人、神明，總要使神得知、得聞，因此尋找最好的香木，點燃香氣上揚，直達蒼穹，神明自然得聞，便會降福於民。漸漸地也開始講求香品的高低之分，這點從道教的宮廟中，一旦有任何法事、科儀以香齋天，便成了極重要的流程。隨著香煙騰空上供一切上、中、下三界中之高真諸神，都極為慎重⋯⋯。
　　
方老道年輕少壯之時遍歷各省洞天福地，因此，一切齋戒、科儀莫不嫻熟，每當諸佛菩薩、諸天神明聖誕之時，方老道便會在幾天前就把他私藏上品香塊取出，切成香片用以祭天，他的道壇上有早期上品沉香木塊所刻三清道祖，雖然佛身不長被盛供在一玻璃匣中，但因為年代久遠，三尊聖像上已經流透出溫潤黑金色光澤之油光，令人好生恭敬歡喜，方老道說：「這是標準的閩南刻工，是我早期剛到台灣時尋找當時最好的福建師所雕刻，當時還是用商船寄艙漂流來台，因為香木本身精貴取得不易，我為了怕木身受潮，還花了大半月訂製錫作為盛裝之器，煞費苦心。沉香怕潮溼，怕過於乾燥，也怕霉氣侵襲，再加上要乘船，海上漂流期間船上水氣、濕氣過重，擔心時間過久整塊木頭價值和香氣受影響，因此，我便在匣盒下層以蜂蜜及上等老沉香一起盛放相隨以養其木，隨船的尚有兩大箱香塊，以及沉香所雕觀音像、沉香所製佛珠⋯⋯等香品一起隨行⋯⋯」
　　
方老道在某日晚饍後一時談興大作，一邊啜飲著武夷老茶，一邊把自己所了解的心得和有緣者大談其道：「要選擇一塊好的香木真的是可遇不可求，並且要懂得判斷抉擇，例如：挑選時一定要挑選油質的含量愈高的，品級愈是上乘，若是把木頭丟置於大海之中，經由打撈上岸此香便成水沉，本身油脂也算高⋯⋯」（未完待續）
　　
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野放台灣五十餘年，貪狼獨坐，三方四正殺破狼格局，少年多舛，白手起家，隨展覽雲遊四海，如閒雲野鶴常持各類底片機流連廢墟、山川、宮廟忘返，遂設幻影堂自詡堂主，一日三省「凡所有相皆是虛妄」，常宅於暗房沖片放大通宵、鍾情黑白世界之單純，彩色照片俗世繽紛花俏做作甜美甚至比現實更現實故少拍也。知天命之年有餘，了悟人生一瞬、眨眼即逝，雖非仙人，亦無道骨，初聞離垢地生清淨心，但離華嚴「不動地」尚遠，待修持也。
2017年盛暑拍畢《巨神連線》，心律不整差點心肌梗塞向閻羅王報到，意識死神隨伺在側，人生苦短，如何了生脫死、盡斷煩惱、無所罣礙、遠離顛倒……總不得解，蒙釋迦摩尼佛開示飆淚三晝夜，聞佛法數載始知自我渺如塵埃，甚感慚愧。閒暇乃參訪名寺古剎，禮敬焚香佛陀菩薩羅漢諸神天仙王爺媽娘，台灣宮廟千奇百怪、宗派錯綜複雜（佛教、道教、一貫道、天主教、基督教、齋教、回教＆大同教、儒教鑾堂、天帝教＆天德教、慈惠堂＆勝安宮、軒轅教、道院、理教、萬國道德會、會靈山……）、神棍橫行（依人不依法、偶像崇拜、斂財、邪淫），因歷史變遷、社會動盪、政治鬥爭、意識形態等因素導致佛道混雜，但地獄造景稀少，後專注拍攝各殿閻王、判官、陰司、獄卒、七爺、八爺乃至一切罪人，各寺造景巧妙、耐人尋味，意境乖張溢於言表，造型扭曲非常人所能塑也，然匠心獨運、自成一格，專研西方藝術數十載方知真誠樸拙最美，絲毫不輸喬托（Giotto di Bondone，1267～1337）乃至米開朗基羅（Michelangelo Di lodovico Buonarroti Simoni 1475 ~ 1564）矣。

創立於1986年的石門金剛宮風景優美可眺望北濱，雖主祀四面佛，儒釋道眾神尊也不含糊，可過七星橋解厄、繞行五百黝黑羅漢敲鑼印心、跪拜亞洲最大臥佛涅槃像，安太歲自不在話下，甲子太歲爺雙眼長出手掌印象甚深，1994年經閻羅王指示廟公建造一條肚內設極樂世界及陰曹地府之神龍，行走暗黑通道觸動感應機關，只見面容猙獰受刑者呼天搶地喊冤、身邊盡是血肉糢糊殘肢敗屍腦漿塗地，十殿閻羅各司其職、威儀攝人。新北市林口區青嶺湖北文紫祥宮包公廟則以壁面彩塑地獄浮雕獨步全台，粉嫩色彩搭配卡漫風格，尤為造型簡直恐怖到可愛透頂，該廟主祀森羅殿閻羅天子包拯（包青天），陽世冤屈者可至此參拜祭解，求破懸案者眾，逢中元普渡皆以紙紮船渡亡魂至彼岸，全台唯一閻羅天子巨像籌備中，四周環繞墓地，適合修不淨觀也。台灣首尊彰化八卦山大佛旁南天宮（1971）地府則是首座電動地府，規模精小但驚嚇度破表，略顯破敗但五光十色仍蠻凶悍，出自已故台南大道長金登富之作，而電動神明起始可追溯至1960年代北港朝天宮。倒是嘉義水上鄉白人牙膏觀光工廠「戴相府」、「將軍府」設置十殿地府出乎意料之外，乾淨亮麗、ㄧ殿ㄧ間、簡單樸實。由高雄蓮潭龍虎塔龍口入內可見全臺唯一交趾陶地獄牆面，尊尊栩栩如生，續入龍身乃進聞聲救苦白衣觀音大士三十三化身浮雕隧道，造型設色甚為古錐。高雄大岡山超峰寺入口處「西方三聖蓮池海會」（阿彌陀佛、觀世音菩薩、大勢至菩薩巨像）旁設靜態十殿閻羅（1970年代初），雖略為陳舊然韻味猶存，續往上行可抵「證菩提道－釋迦如來應化事迹」雕塑園區，一攬世尊畢生精華。如來年邁時，琉璃國王為報長期被釋迦族輕蔑之傲慢心，世尊雖三次單獨伽跌坐 阻擋大軍進攻之路，但因緣果報無法逆轉，昔日婢女所生王子瞋恨無以復加，還是滅了祖國。自持神通第一目犍連不忍無辜百姓慘遭屠殺，遂以缽盛救度五百族人，最終卻化為血水，佛言神通廣大仍不敵千百劫業力，因緣果報屢試不爽。其母死後墜入餓鬼道飢餓難耐，目犍連遂展神通救渡，但所食尚未入口皆化為赤火，佛陀囑咐農曆七月十五日僧眾解安居自恣日，於盆中設甘露美食供養十方僧眾，因此超度亡母。後世「盂蘭盆法會」乃至「水懺法會」、「瑜珈焰口法會 」皆為消業障、斷塵垢之超渡儀軌，既渡亡魂也自懺悔。

台南麻豆代天府規模宏大、造型豔麗，不但可遊十八層地獄尚可逛天堂（1979年興建，1983年開放)，燈光絢爛、聲響駭人，獨自漫步宛如觀落陰、地獄走一回。先過「心頭山」、入「清心池」、進「陰陽界」、抵「交簿廳」、達「鬼門關」、遊「補經所」、探「枉死城」、行「奈何橋」，至ㄧ殿泰廣王照「孽鏡台」現造惡原形，睹抱柱、火床等小地獄。二殿楚江王開「陰查簿 」判案定奪，觀糞尿泥、餓鬼、舞池、寒冰、膿血、鞭韃、舌犁、劍葉、戟腹拋接、砧截……等小地獄。三殿宋帝王刑罰為倒吊、銅鐵刮臉、挖眼、搗樁、倒烤、吸血、穿肋、抽筋、蛆蛀等小地獄……兼遊「四生（胎、卵、濕、化）回魂府」。四殿五官王掌管腰斬、拔舌、沸湯、刺嘴、剝皮、箭樹、車崩、射眼……等十六小地獄。隨五殿森羅王豋「望鄉臺」回眸親人最終眼後觀擊膝、誅心、刀山、飛刀火石……小地獄。六殿卞城王別稱「大叫喚大地獄」，轄火牛、虎啖、噬腎、鉗嘴含鍼、釘喉、磨摧、砍頭……等小地獄。七殿泰山王為「熱惱大地獄」，窺烙手指、抽腸、頂石蹲身、油釜滾烹、割舌穿腮……等十六小地獄。八殿都市王掌管「大熱惱大地獄」兼火狗、鐵汁、鐵蛇、鋸劈斷肢、釘板、灸脊、鐵丸、磅秤……等小地獄。九殿平等王直轄十八層「阿鼻大地獄」，直透地心、內中陰森、不見五指、滿溢地漿，皆為極犯，另轄紫赤毒蛇鑽孔、夾頂、鐵鴉、針雨、蜂蠍……等小地獄。至十殿輪轉王上「觀生臺」、「轉劫所八司」（查驗司 、稽善司 、考過司 、恩怨司 、壽命司 、支配司、掌劫司 、授生司）後至「孟婆亭」飲「醧忘湯」忘盡前塵往事，依前世功德過金、銀、玉、石、木、竹六種橋樑至「轉輪臺（紫河車）」入六道輪迴轉生投胎。據《十八泥犁經》記載，人過世後七七四十九天為「中陰生」，經閻羅王審判善惡業力判定去留或懲罰百千萬劫，犯五逆重罪則墮入「無間地獄（阿鼻地獄）」永劫不復。地藏王乃幽冥教主，統轄十殿閻羅，逢三曹普渡便在各殿設「講道所」超度尚存善根之鬼魂。

人類居於五趣（阿修羅、人、傍生、餓鬼、地獄）雜居地五濁惡世之堪忍世界，犯十惡業（殺生、偷盜、邪淫、妄語、兩舌、惡口、綺語、貪慾、嗔恚、愚痴）者必墮三趣惡道。如何出「三界」（欲界、色界、無色界）二十八天？凡人無此意識，別說能破「十二因緣」（無明、行、識、名色、六入、觸、受、愛、取、有、生、老死）還滅門，更別想斷除「四聖諦」（苦、集、滅、道）集地八十一品見惑與八十八使思惑（五利使-身見、邊見、邪見、見取見、戒禁取見、五鈍使-貪、瞋、癡、慢、疑），了悟「五蘊」（色、受、想、行、識）本空、「十二入」（眼、耳、鼻、舌、意、色、聲、香、味、觸、法）空、「十八界」空，破俱生我執與分別我執、法執甚至空執，生十一處「善心所」（信、精進、慚、愧、無貪、無瞋、無痴、輕安、不放逸、行捨、不害），降二十六處「惡心所」（貪、瞋、癡、慢、疑、惡見、忿、恨、覆、惱、嫉、慳、誑、諂、害、憍、無慚、無愧、掉舉、惛沉、不信、懈怠、放逸、失念、散亂、不正知），須知善根斷盡則陷永劫輪迴、無垠轉世之苦。

地獄可能空滅嗎？若地獄空乏人間多鬼怪，地獄淨空世間何嘗非淨土？若能證空性何處現地獄？

地獄曠古來便廣泛流傳各部族間，老死生滅為自然運行之基礎、宇宙意識之核心，然今文明昌盛如咱城邦並非慾望消弭之所，惡性所及實無可根除，礙於憲法國家法律社會軍隊企業公司學校家庭團體之層層束縛不亞於十八層，乃遁於壓抑、束己情懷，暗埋心底、日久貪嗔痴慢疑怨噌會疊穢。而六塵未熄，心多妄念，妖魔鬼怪魑魅魍魎孤魂閃靈出沒於荒郊乃至人間，會靈於曠野密林以增性靈乃出世高人修煉之舉，我等凡人擅闖宛如迪士尼般之人造地獄，三魂七魄尚不足以出竅，驚邪恐怖淒厲猙獰倒滿足了自以為是的慚愧，豈不謬哉？

病毒肆虐年半有餘，全球確診者逼近一億八千萬，枉死者近四百萬，堪比戰爭規模，望眾生發慈悲心、令往生者安息、善待其他物種、平等有情眾生。地獄本空，唯妄念生起一切羨慕嫉妒恨而地獄現前。盡以此書作為世界新冷戰獨裁者、超限戰者、暗網駭客、陰險狡猾冷嘲熱諷落井下石者之良知備忘錄矣。

姚瑞中寫於2021年端午節

Postscript

I have been living recklessly in Taiwan for more than fifty years. According to Zi Wei Dou Shu (Purple Star Astrology), Tan Lang is the sole star in my house of Self. This star, which represents xxx, forms an equilateral triangle with that star Qi Sha and Po Jun on the square chart and constitutes a Sha Po Lang pattern. The pattern indicates a kind of turbulence and change, a life of wandering with ups and downs and it tells a lot about my life. After my ill-fated youth, I started from scratch and traveled around the world with exhibitions that I participated. Like a flaneur, I wandered around ruins, nature, and temples with every type of film camera obliviously. Thus, I founded the Hall of Illusion and claimed to be the master of the hall. Several times a day, I pondered a quote from the Diamond Sutra, “Everything with form is unreal.” In addition, I usually stayed in the darkroom developing film and enlarging those negatives overnight. However, I treasured the simplicity of the black and white world. The earthly, gaudy, garish, phony and pleasing qualities within colored photos make the images even more realistic than the real world. It is not my cup of tea, so I seldom took colored photos. In Confucian thought, the age of fifty marks the stage knowing the mandate of Heaven. I am now at my fifties and realize how ephemeral human life is. However, I am not an immortal, nor having sagelike characteristics. I just learned that the stage of stainless (the second bhūmi) and develop a pure mind that is free from doubt and defilement. However, I’m still far from the immovable state and need to practice.

In the summer of 2017, after filming the work Incarnation, I experienced a severe heart rhythm problem which almost triggered myocardial infarction and could have killed me. Consequently, I realized that death was waiting for me and the life is too short to figure out how I can liberate myself from the cycle of Birth and Death. I couldn’t comprehend how to be free from all afflictions and worries and how to avoid delusive ideas. I wept for three days and nights after being enlightened by Shakyamuni Buddha. Up to the moment, I felt ashamed that I failed to realize that the self is as insignificant as dust after these years learning and practicing Buddhism. Since then, I have visited famous temples and monasteries in my spare time, worshiping Buddha, Bodhisattvas, arhats, and all the deities and immortals. Taiwan’s temples are myriad with a enormous number of sects, including Buddhism, Taoism, Yiguandao, Catholicism, Christianity, Chinese religions of fasting, Islam& Baháʼí Faith, Confucianism, Tiandiism& Tian-De Teachings, Xiwangmu cult, Yellow Emperor Sect, Precosmic Salvationism, Liism, World Wide Ethical Society, séance cult, etc. Some people even claim that they can mediate communication between the deities or spirits of the dead with human beings, having their believer rely on themselves instead of the orthodox dharma or dogma and pay excessive respect and admiration for the mediums or objects, accumulating wealth through such an unfair means or even harassing their believer sexually. Due to Taiwan’s historical changes, social turbulence, political struggles, and ideological issues, Buddhism and Taoism are somehow mixed. However, there are few emphases on the concept of the hell. As I took photographs of Yama of each court, judges, wardens of the underworld, jailers, General Fan and Hsieh (the ghost escorts) and all sinners, I found few temples cleverly created hellish scenes that are intriguing, exaggerating, and extraordinary. However, the creations are unparalleled unique. I have been studying Western arts for decades and then I came to realize that simplicity makes the most beautiful works of art. These hellish scenes can even compete with works of Giotto di Bondone (1267-1337) and Michelangelo Di lodovico Buonarroti Simoni (1475-1564).

Jingang Temple Shimen District, founded in 1986, overlooks the beautiful North shore. Although the temple is mainly dedicated to Phra Phrom (the Thai representation of Mahabrahma), spirits of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism can also be founded in the temple. The worshipper can go cross the Seven Star bridge to relieve bad luck, walk along the five hundred arhat statues and knock on the gong to affirm one’s Buddha nature. Furthermore, the worshipper can also prostrate themself before Asia’s largest statue of Buddha in Nirvana (the Reclining Buddha statue) and pacify the Taoist Tai Sui deity of the year. I was impressed by the Jia-Zi Tai Sui General that a pair of palms grow out of his eyes. In 1994, the biō-kong (the person taking charge of the temporal affairs of a temple) received a divine inspiration from Yama (the King of Hell) that he had to build a sacred hall in the shape of a divine dragon, with the interior designed according to the World of Ultimate Bliss and the Underworld. When the visitor walks in the dark hallway, they will see the tortured people (dioramas, of course) scrunching their faces and crying bitterly and loudly in excessive grief as the visitor triggers the mechanism. One will even find them in the midst of flesh, body liquid and blood, mutilated limbs, and rotten corpses. While each of the ten Yamas are focusing on their own duties, showing their sacred dignity that collect visitors’ attention. The Baogong Temple in Linkou District, New Taipei City exclusively features colorful depiction of hellish scenes in relief in Taiwan. With its pastel shades and cartoon-like style, the relief is both grotesque and adorable at the same time. This temple is dedicated to Bao Zhen (also known as Justice Bao) representing the incarnation of Yama. Living people who have been treated unjustly can come worshipping Bao Gong and receive exorcism. Therefore, many people come here for seeking to solve unsolved cases. In Zhongyuan Festival (the ghost festival), the temple will burn the Zhizha (paper craft) boat to ferry the ghosts to the other shore, which is the shore of enlightenment. The only giant statue of Yama in Taiwan is still in the making. The temple is surrounded by a cemetery, suitable for meditating on the loathsomeness and impurity. Nantian Temple (1971), located next to the Eight Trigram Mountains Buddha in Changhua, features the first animatronic underworld. Despite the small size, the animatronic underworld is intensely shocking. Though it’s slightly worn, the colorful dioramas are still brutally ferocious. The creator was the late venerable Dao Zhang (Taoist priest) Jing Deng-fu while the origin of animatronic deities can be traced back to the 1960s Beigang Chaotian Temple. On the contrary, the Whiteman Toothpaste Tourism Factory in Shuishang Township, Chiayi, features ten Yamas with individual booth. The place is unexpectedly clean and polished yet keeps a simple and modest tone. Then, the Dragon Pagoda of the Dragon and Tiger Pagodas at Lotus Lake in Zuoying, Kaohsiung, holds the only relief of hellish scenes made of Kochin ceramic. All the figures are vivid and life-like. If one goes further into the pagoda, they will see a relief tunnel of the thirty-three incarnations of the white-robed form of Guanyin (Avalokiteśvara) on a white lotus, with a lovely and interesting design. Another Hall of Yama is built in the 1970s next to the entrance of Dagangshan Chaofeng Temple, located in the Alian District of Kaohsiung. Visitors will also see three statues of the Three Holy Ones of the Western Pureland (Amitābha, Avalokiteśvara, Mahāsthāmaprāpta) which assemble at a lotus pond. Although the hellish scene looks somewhat antiquated, you may still find its previous charm. If one goes further, they will reach the sculptural garden of “Attaining the Bodhi Way: the Incarnation of Sakyamuni Buddha,” where the visitor can see the essence of Bhagavato’s (meaning the Blessed one, one of the common epithets for Buddha) life. When Tathāgata (another epithet for Buddha) was old, the king of Kosala wanted to avenge the arrogance of the tribe of Shakyas who had long despised him, regarding him as a son of a maiden. Although Buddha has sat in lotus position alone three times to stop the army from attacking his tribe. However, one can never reverse the cause and following karma. The prince born of a maiden was so furious that he eventually destroyed his homeland. Maudgalyāyana (one of the Buddha’s closest disciples), who is said to have had supernatural abilities that surpassed the other disciples, could not bear to see the slaughter of innocent people. Thus, he saved five hundred people of his tribe with a pātra (an eating utensil of Buddhist monks). Unfortunately, everything he did was in vain, those who were saved eventually turned into a puddle of blood. The Buddha said that the supernatural abilities cannot surpass the power of karma. The cause and effect work all the time. When Maudgalyāyana’s mother fell into the path of hungry ghost, he used his supernatural abilities to save his mother from hunger. However, all the food turned into fire before being fed to his mother. Later, the Buddha commanded the monks to put nectar and dishes in a basin on the 15th day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar for the monks from all directions to free his mother from reincarnation. In later times, the Ullambana Dharma Service, the Compassionate Samadhi Water Repentance, and the Yoga Collection for Feeding the Searing Mouths Dharma Service are rituals to eliminate karmic hindrance and to cease to worldly delusions. Through such practices, one can free the dead as well as confess their repentance.

Madou Daitian Temple is a magnificent and colorful temple in Tainan. Not only can the worshippers visit the eighteen levels of Hell but also the Heaven (it was built in 1979 and inaugurated in 1983) here. The lighting and sound effects are stunning and frightening. When walking alone in the space, one may feel like taking a Guan Luo Yin trip (a Taoist necromancy which leads people’s spirits to hell and communicate with the dead ones) to visit the underworld prison. Before arriving the first court of the underworld, the visitor will walk through the Mountain of Heart Summit, the Pure Heart Pond, the Frontier between the Living and the Dead Realms, the Soul Registry Hall, the Portico of Demons, the Center for Complementary Teaching of Canonical Books, the Citadel of Premature Death, and the Bridge of Vanity. When one arrives at the first court, they will see King Chin-guang, who is in charge of the court, using the Mirror of Retribution to show the earthly form of evil creatures and also witness the sub-hell of Pillar-Holding and Fire Bed, etc. At the second court, King Chu-jiang collates the register of sins the souls of the dead have committed to impose the punishments. Here, you will see the sub-hell of Excrement and Urine, Hungry Ghost, Burning Dance Floor, Ice, Pus and Blood, Whipping, Tongue-Raking, Sword Blade, Stomach-Piercing, Chopping, etc. Next, the dead at the third court, ruled by King Song-di, will receive the punishments including inversion tortures, face-skinning with steel and copper knife, eye-wrenching, pounding, blood-sucking, rib-piercing, roasting, tendon-taking, being eaten by maggots. The visitor can pay a visit to the Palace of Soul-Resuscitation for the Four Forms of Creatures (birth from an egg, birth from a womb, birth from moisture, and birth by transformation). King Wu-guan is in charge of the fourth court. There are sixteen sub-hells at the fourth court including Waist Chop, Tongue Removal, Boiling Pond, Mouth-stabbing, Skin-peeling, Sword Tree, Burning Wheels and Cart, Eye-shooting, etc. Next, at the fifth court, sinful souls are allowed to ascend the Tower of Hometown-Viewing to take a final look of their family. The visitor will witness sub-hells of Knee-striking, Heart-slicing, Blade Mountain, Flying Swords and Burning Stones, etc. The King of Bian City takes charge of the sixth court, which is also known as the “Great Hell of Screaming,” with sub-hells including Fire Cattle, Tiger-Biting, Kidney-Eating, Mouth-Poking, Throat-Nailing, Iron Mill, Decapitation, etc. The King of Tai-shan is in charge of the seventh court, the “Great Hell of Heat and Fire.” The sixteen sub-hells at this court include Finger-Searing, Bowel-Hauling, Stone-Bearing, Boiling Oil, Tongue-Removal and Cheek-Piercing, etc. Next, the King Du-shi is in charge of the eighth court, the “Great Hell of Intense Fire and Heat,” and the sub-hells including Fire Dogs, Molten Iron, Iron Snakes, Dismemberment, Steel Spikes, Burning-Marrow, Iron Ball, Scale, etc. The ninth court is ruled by the King Ping-deng. It is known as the biggest court, Avici Hell (the Hell of Incessant Suffering), which if the lowest level of the hell realm and the interior is gloomily and terrifyingly dark. Those who committed the most serious evil deed will be sent to the Avici Hell. Sub-hells such as Poisonous Snake, Brain-Removal, Crow-Gnawing, Raining Needles, Wasps and Scorpions are included at this court. After arriving the tenth court, ruled by the Great King of the Reincarnation Palace, one can visit the “Observatory of Life on earth” and the “eight bureaus of the Reincarnation Palace” (including the Bureau of Judicial Control, the Bureau of Good-Actions, the Bureau of Bad-Actions, the Bureau of Debts, Gratitude, and Vengeance, the Bureau of Longevity and Destiny, the Bureau of Familial Ties, the Bureau of the Reincarnated, and the Bureau of Birth). The sinful one will be sent to the Pavilion of Mengpo and made to drink the Soup of Forgetfulness to forget all past affairs. According to the sinful one’s merits of previous life, they will go across one of the six bridges (gold, silver, jade, stone, wood, bamboo) to the “Reincarnation-Wheel (Wheel on the Crimson River).” Finally, one is able to reborn in the six realms. According to the Aṣṭadaśa nāraka sutra ( the Eighteen Hells Sutra), after one passes away, they will enter an intermediate and transitional state between death and rebirth, known as antarābhava in Sanskrit, for forty-nine days. The being will be evaluated by Yama, who will decide if one should get reborn or get punished at the hell. Those who committed the Five Grave Offenses (killing one’s father, killing one’s mother, killing an Arhat, shedding the blood of a Buddha, and creating a schism within the community of Buddhist monks and nun who practice for attaining enlightenment.) will be sent to the Avici Hell and stay there eternally. Kṣitigarbha is the Lord of the Nether World, ruling the ten court of Hell. The lord will set up the “Hall of Teaching” at each court to salvage those sinful ones who still obtain few merits at the offering rituals.

Human beings live the Sahā world (sahāloka in Sanskrit, meaning “endurance of suffering,” a concept of mundane world in Mahāyāna Buddhism) where they share with other reincarnations (including beings of the hells, of the preta, and of malevolent nature spirits) with five turbidities (the Kalpa turbidity, the view turbidity, the affliction turbidity, the living beings turbidity, and the life turbidity). Those who commit the ten evil deeds (killing, stealing, adultery, lying, using immoral language, slandering, equivocating, coveting, anger, and false views) must fall into the three evil paths (animals, preta, and hell). However, how can one escape from the three realms/ twenty-eight heavens (including the six heavens of the desire realm, the eighteen heavens of the form realm, and the four heavens of the formless realm)? Worldly people who don’t have such an awareness cannot leave the cycle of the twelve nidanas (meaning causes or motivations), let alone eliminate the eighty-one afflictions (that have been produced due to misunderstanding regarding reality) and the eighty-eight illusions (including five afflictions of advanced practitioners, also known as five views: view of self, extreme view, evil view, view of attachment to views, and view of morality; and five unintelligent temptations: desire, anger, stupidity, arrogance, and doubt) of thought within the three realms and four Arya satyas (noble truths, including suffering, arising, ending, and path). They cannot realize that the essence of the five skandhas (referring to aggregates of clinging, including the matter of form, sensation, recognition, mental formation, and consciousness) , the twelve ayatana (meaning sense base, including six internal bases: eye, ear, nose, tongue, body, and mind and six external bases: visible objects, sound, odor, taste, touch, and mental objects), and the eighteen dhātavah (meaning compositional elements of human existence, including six consciousness, six faculties, and their objects) are the emptiness and the void. Furthermore, they cannot dispel the two reasons for clinging to the idea of the self and the attachment to elemental constructs and even believe in the two (false) tenets that that karma and nirvana are not real and that the ego and phenomena are real. As a consequence, they fail to develop the eleven wholesome mental factors (faith, energy, conscience, being ashamed, non-attachment, non-aggression, non-delusion, calmness, equanimity, conscientiousness, and non-injuriousness) and cease the sixteen unwholesome mental factors (desire, greed, anger, delusion, arrogance, doubt, wrong view, wrath, enmity, hypocrisy, vexation, jealousy, parsimony, deceit, flattery, harming, ambitiousness, stupidity, lacking of faith, idleness, being unrestrained, forgetting, distraction, non-discernment, ). One must bear in mind that once all our virtuous roots are discontinued, they will be trapped in the never-ending reincarnation and the suffering of infinite continuity.
Is it possible that the hell will be empty one day? If the beings in hell will become extinct while evil spirits inhabit the mundane world, the world could be considered as a pure land. If we could witness the nature of the void, then hell will exist no more.
Since ancient times, the concept of hell has been widely spread among all tribes. Aging, death, beginning, and end are the basis of nature and the core of cosmic consciousness. However, the prosperous civilization as our island is not a place where desire can be eliminated. It’s impossible to eradicate evil nature. Since fetters brought by the constitution, the state, the law, society, the military, corporations, schools, families, and groups are not less than the eighteen levels of hell, the mortals repress themselves, bury their feelings. Day after day, greed, anger, stupidity, arrogance, doubt, and resentment are stacking. However, since the six dust (visible objects, sound, odor, taste, touch, and mental objects) has not yet been extinguished, people in the mundane world are still full of delusions. The demons, devils, evil spirits, and the wondering dead exist in the wilderness, while only advanced practitioners with transcendent would attempt to make contact with the dead in the wasteland and forest. Worldly people like us trespass in Disneyland-like man-made hell. It is absurd and ridiculous that the hellish scenes cannot stop us from perpetrating evil deeds, but the horrific and cruel scenes yet satisfy our self-righteous shame.

The pandemic has been boiling over for more than a year and a half. The number of infected patients worldwide is nearly a hundred and eighty million, and the death toll has risen to four million, which is equivalent to a war crisis. I hope that we can all be compassionate, give peace to the dead, treat all sentient beings well and equally. The hell is innately empty; however, deluded and misleading thoughts would give rise to all jealousy and hatred and then manifest the hell before us. This book merely serves as a memorandum of conscience for dictators of the world’s new cold war, supporters of unrestrained warfare, dark web hackers, and those who are cunning and contemptuous and maltreat others when knowing they have problems.

June 2021,

Yao Jui-chung

三歲看大，七歲看老！
小時候沉迷小說的“葛飾應為”，
開始憧憬想成為“仙女”！

“能力超強，頭腦清晰，稀世的女浮世繪師！
順帶穿上艷麗的和服就再好不過了！”

......要素會不會過多了阿榮？（爹爹大人也在。）

身高／體重：162cm・51kg
出典：史實
地域：日本
屬性：混沌・善　　性別：女性
順帶一隻濕漉漉的“爹爹大人”。不知為什麼跟了過來。

比起做浮世繪師更像做“仙女”，發著這種少女夢的少女應為保持這樣長大了的樣子。
她沒經歷過作為畫師會面對的挫折、嫁出去後又離婚，對自己畫畫的技術抱有不自量力的自信，自負自己終有一天可以超越父親北齋！

她一心想超越父親，擅自承襲了父親“葛飾北齋”的名字，但其實還尚未成熟。即便如此，她內心也隱藏了大人應為沒有的東西。

她認真相信了北齋說的玩笑話，相信自己繼承了“忠臣藏”裡吉良家家臣武士的血脈，完全沉浸在“劍客”扮演裡。她還讀了曲亭馬琴的劇作，還有中國《水滸傳》等文本，產生更多妄想，結果便是如此。

葛飾北齋是忠臣藏的復仇裡，被打倒了的吉良家家臣劍客小林平八郎的曾孫，然而這個傳說真偽不明。假如屬實的話，應為就是他的曾曾孫。

○神通力（墨）：Ｃ
稱是為了修成仙女，把茯苓煎來喝，又沉迷占卜看相。這是誰也經歷過的，頭腦發熱到忘我的季節。

○父女之緣：Ｂ
守望自己的黃毛小女的父親，想超越自己父親獲得認可的女兒，這就是兩人之間稍微錯開了的信念。

○雅号・龍紋蛸：Ｂ
把女兒的靈體化成自己的觸手繼而侵蝕，乃深淵裡邪神的瘋狂。
他喜歡旅行喜歡搬家，到現在竟然連其他職階也染指了......？

“諸國瀧廻”
等級：Ｂ　種類：対人宝具
範圍：１～？　最大捕捉：８人

Syokokudakimeguri
從各種著名瀑布的景觀啟發、
應用無邊天界飛翔的大劍技。
爽爽快快砍掉夏天的熱氣，招待對方來到瀑布的巡禮。
在《冨嶽三十六景》之後畫出來的一系列名所繪，總共由八幅畫構成。瀑布名稱是
《下野黑髮山霧降瀑布》
《東海島坂下清滝觀音》
《東都葵岡瀑布》
《相州大山蠟筆之瀧》
《和州吉野義經馬洗瀑布》
《美濃之國養老瀑布》
《木曾海道小野瀑布》
《木曾路之奧阿彌陀之瀧》

不是由其他的門生，而是自己繼承父親葛飾北齋的雅號，想進一步提高名聲。她希望父親能在旁見證自己的成功。
她自知自己的技術尚未到家，但她有自信自己的想像力無人能敵。既然是從者，她充滿好奇心，覺得比起創作，吸收更多事務更為方便。
應為的有著優勝男生的江戶人氣質，然而有時候會出人意料地做出一些純真天然的反應，然後為此害羞不已。

#FGO #葛飾北齋

頤和園是清朝的皇家行宮和大型皇家園林，位於中國北京市海淀區西北，占地290公頃（合4400畝）。頤和園修建於清朝乾隆年間（原名清漪園）、重建於光緒年間，曾屬於清朝北京西郊三山五園之一。頤和園素以人工建築與自然山水巧妙結合的造園手法著稱於世，是中國園林藝術頂峰時期的代表。1998年，頤和園被評為世界文化遺產。頤和園以萬壽山和昆明湖為主，昆明湖占頤和園總面積的四分之三。除了湖山，還有殿堂景區、耕織圖景區。重要建築集中在萬壽山南北中軸線上。萬壽山分為前山、後山兩部分，前山自東向西有養雲軒、無盡意軒、介壽堂、排雲殿、清華軒、寶雲閣、共一樓、聽鸝館、畫中游等知名景觀。後山南北中軸線為規模宏大的漢藏風格寺廟殿宇，包括四大部洲、須彌靈境、香岩宗印之閣等等，周圍點綴以數座小型山間園林，有蘇州街、寅輝城關、花承閣、賅春園、繪芳堂等建築。昆明湖中有三座島嶼，分別名為南湖島、藻鑒堂島、治鏡閣島。昆明湖由一條西堤將大湖一分為二，光緒時建立圍牆，修築起了東堤。
頤和園的主要區域可包括六個部分，分別是殿堂景區（是帝後料理朝政和住宿所在）、萬壽山景區、昆明湖景區、耕織圖景區（獨特的農牧色彩）、長廊景區和中軸景區（起於前山雲輝玉宇牌樓，止於後山慈福慧因牌樓）。作為一座知名園林博物館，擁有豐富制式的園林建築和景觀營造手法，涵蓋了中國傳統名著中的亭台樓閣，軒榭台堂。
東宮門：為頤和園的正門。門前有兩隻銅獅，是清漪園遺物。宮門前的雲龍石階是圓明園安佑宮遺物。門額上「頤和園」三字為光緒帝御筆親賜。宮門前有大廣場，南北兩側為朝房，前有大影壁。
仁壽殿：在頤和園東宮門內，是慈禧太后、光緒帝夏天住在頤和園中臨朝聽政，接受恭賀，以及接見王公大臣和外國使節的地方，這裡也曾經是光緒皇帝頒詔實行變法維新的地方。始建於乾隆十五年（1750年）命名為勤政殿，意為不忘勤理政務。咸豐十年（1860年）遭到英法聯軍焚毀，光緒十二年（1886年）慈禧太后重建時，改為現名，意為施仁政者長壽之意，是頤和園聽政區的主要建築。殿為東向，面闊九間，單檐卷棚歇山頂，兩側有南北配殿，前有銅麒麟、壽星石，以及銅龍銅鳳的雕像，排列在仁壽殿外。是皇帝，皇后在舉行朝會大典時會點燃檀香。在中國古代龍就是皇帝的象徵，鳳就是皇后的象徵。按照慣例是龍在上，鳳在下，但是自慈禧太后掌權之後，就將龍，鳳的位置給顛倒變成鳳在上，龍在下，藉此來顯示出慈禧太后的權威。殿外懸掛著「大圓寶鏡」的匾額，意為當政者的智慧如同大圓寶鏡一樣，能夠洞察一切。殿內則是高懸著「壽協仁符」的金字匾額，意為仁與壽君子兼而有之。正殿內設置慈禧太后，光緒帝召見王公大臣時的寶座，寶座是用上等的紫檀木雕刻而成，椅背上刻有九條金龍，寶座的旁邊設有掌扇，鼎爐，鶴燈。東為仁壽門。殿北有水井「延年井」，殿後為巨大的獅子林假山，仿蘇州獅子林，堆山所用的劍石、石筍為圓明園正大光明殿後假山遺物。
玉瀾堂：在仁壽殿西，始建於乾隆十五年（1750年），咸豐十年（1860年），光緒十八年（1892年）重建，成為皇帝在頤和園中處理政務和居住的地方。正殿即玉瀾堂，堂名是取自晉代詩人陸機的詩句「玉泉甬微瀾」當中的「玉」和「瀾」二字合併而成。內設有御案寶座。原為一四通八達的穿牆殿，光緒皇帝曾經被慈禧太后囚禁於此，因此殿北的後門用磚牆砌死。前院東配殿名霞芬室，西配殿為藕香榭，兩殿的門內亦可見圈禁光緒帝的圍牆，是一處重要的歷史遺蹟。正殿地磚上原有坑窪洞痕，為光緒帝被囚禁時用手杖擊地發泄而成。玉瀾堂西側另有夕佳樓，樓西為鄰水過道，蜿蜒曲折，稱為「九道灣」。
宜芸館：在玉瀾堂北面，乾隆時是藏書之所，光緒年間改建為光緒皇帝的皇后隆裕的居所。院門為垂花門，稱宜芸門，門內側牆壁上有10塊石刻，是乾隆帝摹寫的名家法帖，原藏於惠山園內，重建時移此。正殿為宜芸館，東配房稱道存齋，西配房稱近西軒，均沿用乾隆時舊名。戊戌政變後，玉瀾堂與宜芸館之間的通道也被磚牆切斷。宜芸館北門有飛閣復道通至德和園戲台。
德和園大戲樓：頤和園中看戲的地方，原為乾隆時期的怡春堂。樓高21米，三層，結構與圓明園同樂園清音閣和避暑山莊清音閣相同（與紫禁城暢音閣不同的地方在於其外形是卷棚頂，且覆灰瓦），是清朝最大的戲樓之一，三層舞台間有天地井相通，南部有兩層的扮戲樓，北部為看戲用的頤樂殿。德和園之東為「東八所」（壽膳房、壽茶房、壽藥房）、養花廠和武備院等服務性院落，現被隔出頤和園，改為頤和安縵酒店。
樂壽堂：是慈禧太后在頤和園中居住的地方，始建於乾隆十五年（1750年），咸豐十年（1860年）遭到英法聯軍燒毀，光緒十三年（1887年）重建。門外有水木自親碼頭，有牌坊，是清宮中最早安裝電燈的地方之一。院子分為三路，中路樂壽堂為慈禧太后的居所，中部為起居空間，裡面設有用上等木材紫檀木雕刻而成的「御案寶座」後面放著十五折的玻璃屏風，兩側設有羽毛掌扇，羽毛掌扇不但裝飾精美，也可以顯示出慈禧太后的威儀。西間為寢宮，東間為更衣室。堂前陳列銅鹿、銅鶴、寶瓶，取「六合太平」諧音。寢宮內的文物有用珍珠、瑪瑙、翡翠製成的花籃，用金銀和各種寶石鑲嵌的四季花卉壁畫等。樂壽堂前有明代米萬鍾遺留的「青芝岫」巨石，院中栽培玉蘭、海棠、牡丹，取「玉堂富貴」之意。後院原有乾隆時期遺留之古玉蘭樹，2005年枯死移除。東跨院後半部稱「永壽堂」，為太監總管李蓮英住所。西跨院北部有假山，以及坐落於山上的扇面殿「揚仁風」。揚仁風院落西南角即長廊入口。
長廊：東起樂壽堂西院，西至石丈亭。長廊長達728米，共273間，其間點綴以留佳、寄瀾、秋水、清遙四座亭子，以及魚藻軒、對鷗舫兩座對稱的點景建築。長廊背山面水，平面呈展翅蝙蝠形狀（取福字諧音），不僅把各處景點有機地串聯起來，本身也是頤和園中一處最有名的景觀，長廊上有西遊記、三國演義、紅樓夢、西湖風景、二十四孝、中國古代詩歌和神話故事（如張敞畫眉、牛郎織女、張良納履等）、山水花鳥等圖畫，共計一萬七千餘幅。
排雲殿：在萬壽山前山中部的建築中軸線上，原址為大報恩延壽寺，1892年重修，是慈禧太后做壽時接受賀拜、舉行慶典的地方。「排雲」二字出自晉朝人郭璞「神仙排雲出，但見金銀台」的詩句。排雲殿正門為排雲門，門前有雲輝玉宇牌坊，兩側有十二屬相石。排雲門和二宮門之間有方形的蓮池，池上架金水橋，兩門內分別有紫霄、玉華、芳輝、雲錦四座配殿。排雲殿正殿為頤和園內等級最高的建築，建在九級漢白玉台基上，七間五進，重檐歇山頂，黃琉璃瓦，左右兩側有耳殿，各殿之間有復道相連，橫列共計二十一間。排雲殿之後為德輝殿，再後為高42米的石砌高台，沿台前八字樓梯「朝真磴」可向上通往佛香閣。排雲殿東為介壽堂，西為清華軒，清朝時均為命婦退居之所，現被頤和園作為別墅出租，不對遊人開放。介壽堂內有連理柏和紫玉蘭各一株，頗為名貴。
佛香閣：位於萬壽山前山正中位置，為鐵力木修建的八角形三層樓閣，高41米，上覆綠剪邊黃琉璃瓦，是頤和園內體量最大的建築。閣內供奉接引佛，每月朔望，慈禧太后在此燒香禮佛。佛香閣原為九層佛塔延壽塔，修築到第八層時乾隆帝下令拆毀，仿武昌黃鶴樓改建閣樓。
智慧海：位於萬壽山山巔，為無梁佛殿，全部為五色琉璃磚砌成，色彩絢麗，圖案精美，壁面嵌有1000多尊佛像。外牆下半部琉璃磚上的佛像頭部在文化大革命中被悉數鑿毀。殿內觀音像為乾隆時所造。殿前有琉璃牌坊，其上石額構成「眾香界」、「祗樹林」、「智慧海」、「吉祥雲」四句偈語。
萬壽山昆明湖碑：在排雲殿之東，碑上有乾隆御書「萬壽山昆明湖」六字，碑後是乾隆所撰《昆明湖記》，講述修建清漪園的理由。碑左右各有一座亭子，亭內有「轉輪藏」木塔，塔中有軸，推之使其轉動。此處仿杭州法雲寺藏經閣而建，不對遊客開放。
寶雲閣：在排雲殿之西。又稱「銅亭」。建於乾隆20年（1755年），高7.55米，重41.4萬斤，蟹青冷古銅色仿木結構，樑柱、椽瓦、斗拱、門窗、對聯全部用銅鑄成。門窗原被八國聯軍掠走，在1980年代由海外華人購得，捐給頤和園。
石舫：清晏舫，原名石舫。是一半入水的兩層石舫，長96米，上原有中式艙樓，1860年被焚，光緒重建時改為木製仿西洋大理石艙樓，並在石舫兩側加造明輪。石舫西北為小島，島上原有西所買賣街，兩岸仿揚州瘦西湖景色。
聽鸝館：在萬壽山前山西部。內有兩層戲樓一座，在修建德和園大戲樓前，這裡是慈禧太后聽戲的主要場所。館內古柏參天，館外有杏樹和翠竹。聽鸝館現為聽鸝館飯莊，經營仿清宮廷菜餚，內設貴壽廳、福壽廳、壽膳廳等十個餐廳。
畫中游：在萬壽山西部，依山而建，中為八角形兩層樓閣，東西為兩樓兩亭，東樓名「借秋」，西樓名「愛山」。各建築間有爬山遊廊和石洞相通，錯綜複雜，猶如迷宮。站在亭上四周環顧，有置身於畫中之感。
前山東部：有景福閣、自在莊、含新亭、養雲軒、意遲雲在、千峰彩翠、無盡意軒、寫秋軒、國花台等點景建築。無盡意軒和自在莊清朝為命婦退息之所。景福閣為慈禧太后觀賞雨景、月景之地。
前山西部：有邵窩殿、雲松巢、湖山真意、山色湖光共一樓、石丈亭等點景建築。邵窩殿之名取南北朝時宋朝邵康「安樂窩」典故，雲松巢取李白「吾將此地巢雲松」詩句，兩殿現均為頤和園工作人員休息處。
長廊西端，石丈亭北有一組院落，稱「西四廳」，戊戌變法失敗後，慈禧太后移居頤和園時將珍妃囚禁於此。西四廳西北有貝闕，又稱宿雲檐，乾隆時是清漪園的西門，上供關帝銀像。貝闕向北有並列的石橋兩座，東橋低平，西橋為拱橋。清漪園時期園牆從兩橋中間穿過，西橋在園外，東橋在園內。
後山
蘇州街：又稱買賣街。乾隆二十七年壬午（1762年），乾隆帝下江南，到蘇州遊歷唐代白居易修建的七里山塘，回京後在頤和園後湖仿照七里山塘的模樣修建了蘇州街。1860年被英法聯軍焚毀，光緒時期重建頤和園時未修復，1988年復建。
諧趣園：位於頤和園東北角。此園是乾隆於乾隆十六年（1751年——下江南時，看了無錫惠山腳下的寄暢園，仿其意而建，自然保有江南園林之美。諧趣園原名惠山園，1811年曾經改建並改為現名，為萬壽山東麓的園中園。這座園有「到門唯見水，入室盡疑舟」之美譽。園內水多橋多，最著名的橋是知魚橋。此橋橋身低平，貼近水面，能讓遊客觀賞魚群在水中來回穿行。橋坊上有乾隆皇帝命題的詩句。諧趣園的北部是正殿涵遠堂，此堂原為慈禧太后在此水池釣魚時休息之用，殿內裝飾精美雅緻，在頤和園里可說是上乘之作。另外，環繞水池的遊廊是一條景色多變的的遊覽路線，隨著每一轉折，必有新的景色出現在眼前。
四大部洲：位於後山中部中軸線上，仿照西藏扎囊縣的著名古寺桑耶寺，為漢藏風格的宗教建築群，居中為漢式建築香嚴宗印之閣，內供藥師、如來、阿彌陀三尊佛像，香嚴宗印之閣四周環繞藏式的四大部洲殿、八小部洲殿、日殿、月殿、四色塔。承德避暑山莊外八廟中的普寧寺布局與此相似。香嚴宗印之閣下原為須彌靈境殿，1860年被焚毀，未修復。須彌靈境殿前為松堂，是一座長方形廣場。
花承閣琉璃塔：位於後山東部，原為半圓形高台建築，1860年被焚毀，現存琉璃塔一座，太湖石及漢白玉浮雕海獸台基一座，以及柱礎、石階遺蹟。琉璃塔下部的佛像頭部被紅衛兵鑿除。
賅春園遺址：位於後山西部，為乾隆時修建的一處小型園林，園內最大建築為清可軒，是乾隆帝的書房，依崖而建，以石崖為其南牆。西隔桃花溝為丁香院，院南山崖上有香雲窟石洞，洞內有乾隆題詩和石座，洞西有十八羅漢摩崖石刻。賅春園1860年被焚毀，僅存園門一座，但台階、殿基和部分圍牆保存完好。
綺望軒遺址：位於後山西部山腳下，後湖旁。為乾隆時修建的一處小型園林，構造巧妙，地面隱蔽處有山洞，向下可直通湖邊石岸碼頭。

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