Temple of Sacred Tooth of Buddha built in tradition of a dynasty of Tang differs from traditionally bright and colourful Chinese cult constructions in external modesty and rationality. The building located on Saus Bridge in the center of the Chinese quarter looks as an old casket from mahogany with a set of boxes, without any intricate jewelry.
The first floor of the building - the ceremonial Hall of Hundred Dragons where the set of statues Budd is established. The floor placed above shop where, besides traditional, and in a set of the presented, souvenir products, it is possible to buy extraordinary works of Buddhist art and various video production. On the same floor there is a small cafe and also the showroom representing unique painting and a sculpture for which China is famous. The area of the third, penultimate, the floor the museum of many-sided Asian culture having the numerous artifacts, anyway connected with Buddha's life and trembling worship of it borrowed. The top of the building was occupied by the hall where to be stored the main relic.
In any case, the legend narrates about it. Before a new era, about 540, after cremation of the died Buddha Shakyamuni, managed to take four teeth which were accepted on storage by stalwarts of the Great Teacher from ashes of a funeral fire. The name of the temple says that there is a Tooth found in the destroyed mortar in Myanmar in 1980.
To see Sacred Tooth quite difficult, On the fourth floor of the temple, behind thick glass, there is a mortar cast from 420 kilograms of gold which was melted from the coins offered believers. Only once a day, during the special ceremony held by monks, visitors of the temple can survey a magnificent mortar. And Tooth can be observed only on the screen on which broadcasts the image the camera mounted at the Shrine.
On a temple roof the garden of orchids and also the prayful wheel which is considered as the biggest in the world is located. Each its turn corresponds to one repetition of a mantra of Vayrochan.
Tourists adore visiting this temple also because here the special atmosphere of kindness soars. Attendants friendly smile to visitors, in every possible way letting know, are how glad to see guests, creating at everyone coming pleasant illusion that here and waited only for its emergence.
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