Is Longhua Temple the largest temple in Asia?
1. Longhua Temple in Songyuan, Jilin is the largest temple in Asia.
2. Jilin Songyuan Longhua Temple is located in the Forest Park of Ningjiang District, Songyuan City, Jilin Province, on the bank of the Songhua River, covering an area of 56.7 hectares. The construction of the Main Hall of Songyuan Longhua Temple took 9 years since it started in September 2000.
3. The entire hall is built on a progressive three-story platform. The total area of the bottom platform is 13,700 square meters. This area alone is larger than many famous temples such as Shaolin Temple, Zhongyue Temple, and Nanyue Temple. Medium temples are much larger in area.
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1. Longhua Temple is located in the Forest Park of Ningjiang District, Songyuan City, Jilin Province, on the bank of the Songhua River, covering an area of 56.7 hectares. It is a geomantic treasure land with dense jungles, interdependent mountains and rivers, and beautiful scenery.
2. Since the construction of the Main Hall of Songyuan Longhua Temple started in September 2000, it has taken 9 years. Master Shi Mingche, who presided over it, has put great thought into the construction of the hall.
3. The monks in the temple and the lay people in the Buddhist community live in simple living conditions and throw away all their hardships; the people in society generously donate money and materials. The more than 30 million yuan needed for the construction were all donated by various circles. ?
4. When Longhua Temple was first built, inspired by Amitabha’s “Forty-Eight Vows”, Master Mingche set out to build a “Forty-Eight Courtyard”, that is, to build a group of forty-eight Buddhist buildings. It is a complete temple, and the Main Hall is one of the forty-eight courtyards.
5. The Main Hall of Longhua Temple is located in the middle of the western central axis of Longhua Temple, behind the Tianwang Hall. The Main Hall adopts the architectural style of the Ming and Qing Dynasties and is built in the style of the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the Forbidden City in Beijing.
6. The main hall has a double-layer eaves verandah roof, which was called "Si'a roof" in ancient times and commonly known as "four-slope water roof". It is the highest level of royal architecture in ancient my country.
7. The main hall is more than 63 meters wide and 5 rooms deep, more than 36 meters long.
8. The main hall is 34.425 meters high, which is only more than 50 centimeters lower than the Hall of Supreme Harmony and only more than 20 centimeters lower than the Tiananmen Gate Tower. It is by far the largest temple in Asia.
9. The entire hall is built on a progressive three-story platform. The total area of the bottom platform is 13,700 square meters. This area alone is larger than many famous temples such as Shaolin Temple, Zhongyue Temple, and Nanyue Temple. Medium temples are much larger in area.
10. There are white marble pillars and skirts carved on the edge of each platform, and vivid chisels are carved on the outside, making the already tall hall even more majestic and majestic.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Longhua Temple