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Feature attractions in Tanzhe Temple - Leng Yantan

2022-01-20

The architectural form of the Leng Yanatn is very unique. Below it is an eight-pronged Chinese white jade Sumeru pedestal, whose outer edge is surrounded by Chinese white jade stone railings, with a diameter of 47 feet. On top of the pedestal is an eight-sided hall with doors on four sides and wooden latticed windows on the other four sides. The roof of the hall is double eaves, the lower eaves are still eight-sided, with glazed animals on its corners. Hanging wind chimes, the upper eaves are round in the shape of an umbrella. The top of the temple and eaves are covered with green glazed tiles and yellow glazed tiles. The roof of the temple is a rounded pointed roof with a gilt top. The height of the Leng Yantan is 49 feet. It was originally a place where the monks of the temple lectured on the "Leng Yan Sutra" and held "Leng Yan Puja". Due to the lack of maintenance, the upper eaves of the main hall collapsed during the Cultural Revolution. In 1967, the main hall was demolished, and only an octagonal hall base and a 1-meter-high low wall with glazed wall decorations remain today.

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