There is a ballad called {Little Monk}, and there are two sentences in it: "Amitabha is sitting in the middle, and four donkey kong are standing on both sides." It can be seen that the author of the ci simply doesn't understand the expression methods and specific nouns of Buddhist statues, and is a complete outsider. Because in Buddhism, these four Buddha protectors are called "Heavenly Kings" instead of "King Kong", and Maitreya Buddha is sitting among them instead of Amitabha Buddha. Because Amitabha Buddha is the last Buddha, Maitreya Buddha is the current Buddha, and should undertake the task of being a boudoir. Donkey kong, on the other hand, was ordered by the Buddha Sakyamuni to act as the "protector" of maintaining the peace of the Buddhist Dojo in the gap between the Buddha's extinction and Maitreya's submission to the world, and after the Buddha's submission to the world in the future.

Buddhism divides the whole universe into "three realms", namely, the realm of desire, the realm of color and the realm of achromatic. All sentient beings with desires, including human beings, live in this erotic world. There are six levels of desires, which are called "Six Desires for Heaven" on the mountainside of Xumi Mountain, with a height of 42,000 days (a day's March is the distance of the army, the digital unit for calculating the distance in ancient India). It is the first level of six desires for heaven, and Gandhara Mountain is named "Four Heavenly Kings", where the four heavenly kings live. There are four peaks in Gandhara Mountain, which are guarded by four heavenly kings. They are responsible for maintaining the peace of the Buddhist Dojo here. The east is the king of the country, the south is the king of growth, the west is the king of big eyes, and the north is the king of many stories. The four heavenly kings, together with their troops, subordinates, attendants, followers and believers, live in a palace with seven treasures, seven nets, seven treasure bells and countless birds singing harmoniously, and carry out the mission of protecting the country and benefiting the people, persuading the good and punishing the evil, recording the good and evil of all beings and reporting and feedback to all parties in time. The {Four Heavenly Kings Classic} says, "On the sixth and fourth days of every month, the audience will go to Sizhou to give birth to good and evil and report it to the emperor."

Why did the images of the four heavenly kings in ancient Indian Buddhism become the images of ancient military commanders in China? This is the result of the integration of Buddhist culture and China culture after Buddhism was introduced into China.

The prototypes of the statues of the four heavenly kings are not very noble, and they belong to the kind of people who "put down their butcher knives and become buddhas." The origin of the prototype of the four heavenly kings comes from the classical novel Romance of the Gods, which is the "four great gods" in our dream house. In Zhou Wuwang's just war against the cruel monarch-Shang Zhouwang, the four brothers of this demon family led Yoga Yu to imagine a line to stop Zhou Wuwang's eastward army. After several battles, Zhou Wuwang's army was completely annihilated, and four brothers, Magic Caspian Sea, Magic Green, Magic Life and Magic Red, were also killed by Zhou Jun. After the war, when Jiang Ziya opened the list of gods, these four "devils" were appointed as the "Four Kings". The tall, powerful and magnificent statues of the heavenly kings come from their images.

The first statue on the left is called "the East King of Ruling the Country": it is named because it can defend the country and maintain the peace of the Dojo, and it is dedicated to guarding Dongsheng Shenzhou. Dressed in white, wearing armor and holding a pipa, it shows that he used music to influence and persuade him to get rid of evil and do good deeds. Music tune.

The second statue on the left is called "Nanchang King": it is named because it can make others grow good roots, and it is dedicated to guarding South Station Buzhou. Wearing cyan, protruding armor and holding a sword shows that he is using force to punish evil and protect good. Sword wind

The second statue on the right is called "Big Eyes of the Queen Mother of the West": named after observing the world on the south slope with clear eyes, it is dedicated to guarding Hezhou in Xiniu. Most of the early statues were dressed in red and armor, holding a kind of net called "silk rope" in their hands, which was specially used to catch the enemy. Now it is basically in the shape of a dragon. But no matter how it is shaped, it shows that his way of punishing evil and promoting good is not to kill people, but to arrest the enemy and force him to turn over a new leaf. Clear eyes, nets and dragons are all smooth.

The second statue on the right is called "King of the North": named after the famous Fude on all sides, it specializes in guarding Luzhou, the capital of the north. Dressed in green, wearing seven treasures solemn armor, equipped with a long knife, holding an umbrella in his right hand and a silver mouse in his left hand, it shows that he is using force to subdue demons and guide all beings to do good. Umbrella rain

The weapons held by these four heavenly kings combine their functions and meanings into "fine weather". This shows the great feelings of Buddhism's "solemn territory, happy family ties" and the compassionate desire to pray for "good weather, peaceful country and people's security"

In addition, there is another saying: Because the four heavenly kings are very good at magic and martial arts, they will leave a hand when the Buddha gives them weapons and instruments in the future. They got the harp, scabbard, dragon and boneless umbrella. In this way, they can not only maintain the peace of the Buddhist Dojo and defend the future Buddha, but also be controlled by the future Buddha.