The Main Hall of Longrui Temple in Liangcuo

The Main Hall of Longrui Temple in Liangcuo

The Main Hall of Longrui Temple in Liangcuo is a cultural relic protection unit of Fujian Province.

The Main Hall of Longrui Temple is located in Chiqian Natural Village, Liangcuo Village, Chengmen Town, Cangshan District. It was first built in the first year of the Tianfu era of the Tang Dynasty (901 AD), renovated during the Yuanyou era of the Song Dynasty, and restored again during the Guangxu era of the Qing Dynasty. Covering an area of 1,303 square meters, it faces south with its back to the north. The mountain gate features a hip-and-gable roof with glazed tile walls, and the complex has three sections, consisting of the Heavenly King Hall, the Pagoda Courtyard, the Mahavira Hall, the Guanyin Pavilion, and others, with monk dormitories on both sides and enclosed by fireproof courtyard walls. The first section is built with cement bricks and houses statues of the Maitreya Buddha, Skanda, and the Four Heavenly Kings. On the west side of the hall are two steles commemorating the renovations from the Guangxu era of the Qing Dynasty; the second section has a flush-gable roof, and the main hall is square-shaped, with five bays in width and seven columns in depth, featuring a post-and-lintel wooden structure and a single-eave hip-and-gable roof. The base of the hall is a stone Sumeru pedestal, with high-relief carvings on the raised band depicting scenes such as foreigners leading elephants, dragon palaces offering treasures, turtles symbolizing longevity with cranes, lions playing with balls, as well as birds, animals, and floral patterns. The hall also contains round stone pillars with melon-shaped ridges and lotus-petal bases, all dating back to the Tang and Song dynasties. The corridors on both sides have been damaged and are now repurposed as office spaces; the third section is a two-story courtyard with a double-eave hip-and-gable roof, featuring three bays in width and five columns in depth, with a rolled-canopy corridor. The Thousand Buddha Clay Pagoda was originally located in the front courtyard but was relocated to the front of Yongquan Temple on Drum Mountain in 1972. In January 2001, it was designated as a provincial-level cultural relic protection unit.

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