The temple goddess of mercy pavilion

Temple is located in yanshan south tianjin jixian alone in the west gate.Say the name of the temple, one troops stationed in the arise from tang, thought but enjoyed without joy Shared with people, so the name;A temple in the northwest have alone le water, so the name.Legend was founded in tang dynasty ten years (636) by WeiChi ready and supervisor, after damaged.Liao series and two years (in 984), the king of qin law of slave melon reconstruction.Behind, and many times for renovation and expansion, especially in the Ming wanli, qing shunzhi, qianlong, guangxu period, and 1949 years later, the project scale is large.In the eighteenth year of emperor qianlong (1753), in front of the temple was build by laying bricks or stones zhaobi, and building palace in the temple side.As the national key cultural relics protection unit.Because the temple there were big statue kwan-yin is also called "jinzhou.would".

Only the entrance and the goddess of mercy pavilion for the liao dynasty architecture, other are built by the Ming and qing.Layout and structure are strange.Building of the temple is divided into eastern, central and western part;East, west, monk room and palace, respectively is centraltempleThe main building, white door, goddess of mercy pavilion, things peidian peidian, etc, between the gate and hall, is coupled with the wide corridor.These all reflect the characteristics of tang, liao period buddhist temple architectural layout.

Goddess of mercy pavilion body building, is a castle in the three-tier wood;Because of the second layer is a dark room, there is no eaves and the third layer and space, so the appearance like a two layer architecture.Pavilion is 23 meters high, intermediate waist eaves sat surrounded by railings, peace for a single eaves jehiel mountain, cornices far-reaching, beautiful and spectacular.须弥座, of the pavilion in the central stand two 16 meters high clay sculpture standing like guanyin bodhisattva, head to the depth of the three layers of the roof.Because of the small head model has ten guanyin portraits, so it is also called "10 a goddess of mercy".Plump face, kindly, shoulders droop, torso slightly forward, good manners, like the move.Is made in the liao dynasty, but its artistic style similar to the tang dynasty period, is one of the biggest clay sculpture of the Buddha of our country's existing.Has a statue of guanyin statue on both sides, each side shi bodhisattva statues, symmetrical shape, beautiful gesture.The original model of the liao dynasty.Goddess of mercy pavilion on the walls of the lower is full of painting for sixteen arhats stands resemble and superhuman powers or Ming king like four arm, between the mountains, cloud, water and secular subjects.This system in the Ming dynasty painter, well-preserved, image is clear, bright colour and lustre.Goddess of mercy pavilion to guanyin statues as the center, surrounded by two rows of columns column, columns placed on stone, stone on liang fang, it stands again a timber, stone and liang fang, internal can be divided into three layers, make people from different altitude in Buddha capacity;Round like liang fang, central patio formation, up and down, hold as a body, like eight sunk panel, echinostelium to fight the entire interior space and Buddha together.Cabinet in the dark, the front light is enough, as clear, the back only discernible outline, to strengthen the buddhist temple of mysterious.The castle in the beam, column, dou fang thousands, but decorate and use regularly.Beam-column joint rod parts due to the difference of position and function, and use the 24 kinds of stone.Its size, shape, foil statues, or decorate building, processing is very harmonious, show the liao dynasty timberwork building technology achievements.The cabinet has survived many timesThe earthquake, still stand tall.It is the oldest wooden castle in the top of our country's existing, and famous for its construction technique skill.