Shaolin Temple
Updated: 2012-09-24 15:37
(chinaculture.org)
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About 300 meters in the west of Shaolin Temple, there stands the largest-scale group of pagodas in China. |
The Sutra Hall is the place where the temple stores Buddhist scriptures and expounds Buddhist doctrines.
The Thousand Buddhas Hall is the largest Buddhas Hall in Shaolin Temple, and there exist large-scale colorful frescoes on three walls. These frescoes are of superb craftsmanship, and are treasures in China.
About 300 meters in the west of Shaolin Temple, there stands the largest-scale group of pagodas in China. This group, consisting of more than 250 pagodas, is the burial ground for all abbots of Shaolin Temple in the past dynasties since the Tang Dynasty (618-907). All pagodas are different in shape and size, and were almost inscribed and graved, which mirror the architectural styles of different dynasties, and is the treasury for research on China's ancient brick-and-stone buildings and statuary.
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