Gao Ping Iron Buddha Temple

　　Gao Ping Iron Buddha Temple (Fourth Batch Provincial Protected Site)

　　Era: Ming Dynasty

　　Address: Mixi Village, Mishan Town, Gaoping City

　　According to an inscription on the bluestone door sill of the main hall stating “On July 13th of the second year of the Dading era in the Jin Dynasty (1167), the Iron Buddha was cast and the Iron Buddha Temple was renovated,” the temple was originally built during the Jin Dynasty. The current structures date back to the Ming Dynasty. The temple faces south and features main buildings including the Iron Buddha Hall, South Hall, East and West Side Halls, and wing rooms.

　　The main hall is three bays wide and six rafters deep, with a rectangular floor plan, a single-eave hanging gable roof, and a seven-rafter front-and-rear corridor-style framework. The column capitals feature bracket sets. Seventeen painted clay sculptures are preserved inside, all dating from the Ming Dynasty.