Source: https://www.merit-times.com/NewsPage.aspx?unid=877753
【人間社記者潘青霞、明生聖地牙哥報導】佛光山西方寺蔣雨青（Eugene Chiang）用樂高把位於洛杉磯的佛光山西來寺，搬到一百英里外的聖地牙哥了，這是他連續兩年在春節展出樂高作品。除了蔣雨青的最新創作──西來寺，將在西方寺春節特展亮相之外，另一新春特展「祥和佛珠」，也於二月十日至二月二十五日展出，設有中英文介紹佛教文物。
西方寺監寺妙藏法師讚許蔣雨青除了創作西方寺樂高，接引社區民眾，也發揮軟體工程師專長，默默為西方寺佛教文物中心設計實用軟體，耐心又細心的付出，堪為人間菩薩。
「我希望能用『樂高方便法門』引發人們對人間佛教的興趣。」蔣雨青此次為創作西來寺，參訪西來寺兩次做足功課，除了更理解佛光山宗風，並學習到西來寺「靈山勝境」景點的十八羅漢、「慈航普渡」景點的四大天王，還有西來寺整體鳥瞰為一片菩提葉等特色。
而於十日開始展出的「祥和佛珠」展覽，為西方寺新春四大特展之一，展出的佛珠種類有手珠、持珠、掛珠三類，分別雕刻有〈大悲咒〉、《心經》、〈六字大明咒〉、佛字、蓮花、祥龍等圖案，有的側旁擺放著放大鏡，方便來訪者仔細端詳細膩的雕刻技藝。
Google Translation
LEGO Xi Lai Temple Spring Festival Western Temple Unveiled
[Reported by Renjian News reporter Pan Qingxia and Mingsheng San Diego]
Fo Guang Shan Western Monastery Eugene Chiang used Lego to move the Fo Guang Shan Western Monastery in Los Angeles to San Diego, a hundred miles away. This is the second consecutive year for him. Exhibiting LEGO works during the Spring Festival. In addition to Jiang Yuqing’s latest creation, Hsi Lai Temple, which will be exhibited at the Hsi Lai Temple Spring Festival special exhibition, another New Year special exhibition “Peaceful Buddha Beads” will also be on display from February 10 to February 25. Introduction to Buddhist cultural relics in Chinese and English.
Master Miao Zang, supervisor of the Western Monastery, praised Jiang Yuqing for not only creating Western Monastery Lego and engaging the community, but also using his expertise as a software engineer to silently design practical software for the Western Monastery Buddhist Heritage Center. His patient and careful efforts made him worthy of a human bodhisattva.
“I hope to use the ‘Lego Convenience Method’ to arouse people’s interest in humanistic Buddhism.” Jiang Yuqing did a lot of research on the creation of Xilai Temple this time. He visited Xilai Temple twice. In addition to better understanding of the Fo Guang Shan sect, he also learned The Eighteen Arhats at the “Lingshan Scenic Spot” of Hsi Lai Temple, the Four Heavenly Kings at the “Cihang Pudu” attraction, and the entire Hsi Lai Temple looks like a Bodhi leaf from a bird’s eye view.
The “Peaceful Buddha Beads” exhibition, which started on the 10th, is one of the four special exhibitions of the Western Temple in the New Year. The types of Buddhist beads on display include hand beads, holding beads, and hanging beads. They are respectively engraved with the “Great Compassion Mantra”, “Heart Sutra”, “Six-Character Mantra”, Buddhist characters, lotus flowers, auspicious dragons and other patterns, some have magnifying glasses placed beside them, so that visitors can carefully examine the delicate carving techniques.