Huayan Upper Monastery, Mahāvīra Treasure Hall  華嚴寺上寺大雄寶殿

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Names

  • Mahāvīra Treasure Hall (English)
  • 大雄寶殿 (Traditional Chinese)
  • 大雄寶殿 (Simplified Chinese)
  • Huáyánsì shàngsì dàxióng bǎodiàn (Pinyin)
  • Hua-yen-ssu shang-ssu ta-hsiung pao-tien (Wade-Giles)
  • Huayan Upper Monastery Daxiongbao Hall (English)
  • 華嚴寺上寺大雄寶殿 (Traditional Chinese)
  • 华严寺上寺大雄寶殿 (Simplified Chinese)

Location

  • Coordinates:
    • Lat. 40.09125° Long. 113.287433°
  • Building Information

    Daxiongbao Hall of the Huayan Monastery is the main hall of the Upper Monastery, and it is in the northwest corner of the monastery complex. It is the only surviving Jin Dynasty building in the Huayan Monastery as well as the largest remaining main hall from the early periods of Chinese architecture. According to inscriptions found on interior timber frame, the Daxiongbao Hall was first built during the Liao Dynasty and later rebuilt during the Jin Dynasty between the third year of the Tianjuan reign period and the fourth year of the Huangtong reign period (1140-1144) (中国文物地图集 山西分册, 78; 中国古代建筑史 Vol. 3, 324-45). 2

    The Daxiongbao Hall occupies an area of 1444 square meters, which makes it the largest Buddhist building extant from the Liao and Jin periods. The hall has a width of nine bays and a depth of five bays. It stands on a four-meter high platform with an open “moon terrace” (yuetai) in front. Inside the hall, the method of moving (yizhu) and reducing columns (touzhu) was used to reduce the number of interior columns by 12, thereby enlarging the central space for worship. The hall houses a number of important cultural artifacts including sculptures and murals (中国文物地图集 山西分册, 78; 中国古代建筑史 Vol. 3, 324-45; Steinhardt 1997, 124-140). 3

    Building Information

    大雄寶殿是上寺的主殿,位於寺內的西北角。 它是華嚴寺內僅存的黃金代建築,也是中國早期建築中現存最大的主殿。 根據大殿的樑架題記載,它始建於遼朝,並於金天眷三年至皇統四年(1140-1144)進行了重修。 (中國文物地圖集 山西分冊,78;中國古代建築史 第三卷,324-45)。 2

    大雄寶殿的建築面積為1444平方米,是國內現存遼金時期規模最大的佛殿。 大殿寬九間,進深五間。 大殿坐落在高4米的台基上,前面有寬敞的月台,顯示了大殿的重要性。 為了擴大禮佛空間,殿內採用了移柱和減柱法,減少了12根內柱。 殿內還藏有珍貴文物(出處:中國文物地圖集 山西分冊,78;中國古代建築史 第三卷,324-45;Steinhardt 1997,124-140)。 3

    Date 1140
    Dynasty Jin 1115 - 1234 1

    Works Cited

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    • 1 WILKINSON. 2000. Chinese History: A Manual, 12.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
    • 2 国家文物局. 2006. 中国文物地图集. 山西分册, 78.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record; 郭. 2009. 中国古代建筑史:第三卷:宋,辽,金,西夏建筑, 324-45.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
    • 3 国家文物局. 2006. 中国文物地图集. 山西分册, 78.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record; 郭. 2009. 中国古代建筑史:第三卷:宋,辽,金,西夏建筑, 324-45.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record; STEINHARDT. 1997. Liao Architecture, 124-140.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record

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    Entry Title: Huayan Upper Monastery, Mahāvīra Treasure Hall 華嚴寺上寺大雄寶殿

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