Where is Shanxi North Kochi?
Bukkoji is located on a hillside, surrounded by mountains in the east, south and north, and open to the west. The main axis of the temple is in the east-west direction and is divided into three platforms according to the terrain. The first platform is very wide, with Manjusri Hall built in the Jin Dynasty. The second platform is a modern secondary building.
The third platform is a high retaining wall with a main hall (commonly known as the East Hall) built on it, and the back side of the East Hall is close to the mountain. There is a grandmaster tower in the southeast. There are more than 120 temples, halls, buildings and pavilions in the temple. Among them, there are seven east halls, which are buildings of the Tang Dynasty. Seven Manjushrines were built in the Jin Dynasty, and the rest were built in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The inner halls of Wuke Temple are tall, overlapping, sparsely laid out and clearly prioritized.
Main attraction
East Hall 1
The East Hall of Beigao Temple stands on a high platform with a simple and elegant appearance. Doors, windows, walls, arches, columns and foreheads are all painted with vermilion. The East Hall is the main hall of the northern layman, with seven rooms wide and four rooms deep.
2. Manjusri Hall
Manjusri Hall is located in the north of the front yard of North Temple. The beam frame of this hall is made of thick and long wood, and the two beams are supported by inclined wood, forming a "herringbone frame", which increases the span, reduces the number of columns and increases the space of the hall. There are seven statues on the Buddhist altar in the temple, among which Manjusri rides a green lion and is flanked by mighty bodhisattvas. It has the statue style of the Jin Dynasty and is the earliest existing seven Manjusri statues in China.
3. Zushi Tower
To the east of the south side of the East Hall of Beigao Temple, there is a hexagonal brick tower, namely the ancestor tower. Built in the Northern Wei Dynasty, it was the first time that Tang Huichang destroyed the Buddha in five years (845), and it was fortunately destroyed in the North. It is also one of the only two ancient pagodas in the Northern Wei Dynasty.
4. Stone Buddha statues in Tang Dynasty
Siddhartha Gautama, carved in white marble, is a statue of Buddha in the Tang Dynasty, with a height of1.08m and a width of 0.52m. Sumitomo is1.43m high, with lotus petals carved on its waist, and the carved curtain on its seat hangs like a tile with clear folds.
The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia -Bukkoji.