“Stone Hall of Jijian Temple”的意思、由来-开放百科全书

The Stone Hall of Jijian Temple ({{zh|寂鉴寺}}) is located on Tianchi Mountain in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. It was classified by the Jiangsu Provincial-level Cultural Relics Protection Unit in 1957^[1] and placed in the sixth batch of Major Site Protected for Its Historical and Cultural Value at the National Level in 2006.^[2]

Jijian Temple was built in the Zhizheng era, under the reign of Ukhaantu Khan, Emperor Huizong of Yuan in the Yuan Dynasty (1357) and converted to a temple after the Ming Dynasty. The existing stone palace^[3] niche for Buddha and statues were all built in the Yuan Dynasty.

Facing south and with a width of 7.64 meters (面阔三间) and a depth of 5.52 meters (进深二间), the stone hall has a unique Chinese-style roof^[4] and the back of the hall is next to a cliff. The east side and west side of the stone hall each have one stone chamber.

The two chambers are constructed next to the niche of Buddha.^[5] titled "Doushai Palace" and "Jile Palace". They are both stone houses built with wood in Baosha-style, one room in width and half a step in depth. The west stone chamber has a double-eaved roof with Amitabha Buddha statues in it while the east one has a single eave roof with Maitreya Buddha statues in it.

References

1. ^{{cite web|title=cultural relics protection units|work=http://www.cchmi.com/tabid/75/MoreModuleID/426/MoreTabID/69/Default.aspx}}
2. ^Compiled by State Administration of Cultural Heritage. fifth volume of the sixth batch of important national-level preservation units of cultural relics. Cultural Relics Publishing House. 2008. pp. 60. {{ISBN|978-7-5010-2446-9}}.
3. ^{{cite journal|title=寂鉴寺石屋及造象小考|journal=古建园林技术|year=1988}}
4. ^{{cite journal|title=中国传统建筑艺术之歇山顶的类别、等级及应运|journal=China Science and Technology Review|year=2011|volume=32}}
5. ^{{cite journal|title=The Buddha Images and Conservation and Adherence to Cultural Values in Northeast|journal=Journal of Social Sciences|year=2011}}