New Chinese Style - Buddhist Hall: A Space for Offerings with Contemporary Practices

An independent Buddhist hall treated with contemporary methods. The space is small, with square proportions and a low ceiling. The front is a clean wall made of mineral paint, with a recessed niche in the center, about forty centimeters deep, with dark wood inside. Within the niche, there is only a simply styled Buddha statue and an incense burner, with a very narrow spotlight shining down from above. The wall outside the niche is completely blank, without any decoration, couplets, or polychrome painting. In front of the niche is a narrow, long altar table, on which a pair of candlesticks and a vase for flower offerings are placed, strictly symmetrical. The floor is dark stone, with a plain cushion laid in front. A narrow, tall window on the side brings in a beam of natural light. Avoid: using gold lacquer and complex traditional Buddhist altars, hanging scriptures and couplets on the wall, making the space brightly lit, adding multiple deities and a large number of offerings.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一個以當代手法處理的獨立佛堂。空間不大、比例方正、天花較低。正面是一整面素淨的礦物塗料牆,中央有一個內凹的壁龕,深度約四十公分,內部是深色的木作;龕內只有一尊造型簡潔的佛像與一只香爐,上方有一道極窄的重點光落下。壁龕之外的牆面完全留白,沒有任何裝飾、對聯與彩繪。龕前是一張窄長的條案,案上是一對燭台與一只供花的瓶,嚴格對稱。地面是深色石材,前方鋪著一塊素色的蒲團。側面有一道窄長的高窗引入一道自然光。避免:使用金漆與繁複的傳統佛龕、在牆上加掛經文與對聯、把空間照得明亮、加入多尊神像與大量供品。