Guanghua Temple

Guanghua Temple is located on the banks of the Qingshui River in the central area of Taihuai. It was built in Guangxu 12 years (1886), one of Zhangjiawu Temple and belongs to the Lama Temple. Guanghua Temple was built in the Northern Song Dynasty and rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty. It is a typical Huangjia monastery of Qing Dynasty architecture. Guanghua Temple sits north to south, the mountain gate is newly built, the main temple in the temple is the Sakya Temple, the new statue of Sakya Buddha, the gentleness and kindness of the plastic art are better. The mountain gate of the general temple and the Temple of Heavenly Kings are combined into one, but Guanghua Temple is not. This place cleverly uses the wide space to build a separate mountain gate deliberately to separate the mountain gate from the Temple of Heavenly Kings for a distance, and builds a stone step in the interval. Below the stone steps are the monuments of merit for the donors who have been restoring the temple in recent years. Up the steps, the exquisite and magnificent Temple of Heavenly Kings is now in front of you. The oval door is three open, and the Maitreya Buddha sitting on it gives people a solemn and witty artistic beauty. The four kings on both sides of the temple are powerful and tall, each showing an angry but not scary, majestic and unscrupulous artistic image. Visitors to the gate of the mountain and the temple of the emperor will feel that the architectural pattern here is unique and strange, and the Buddha statue is carefully shaped and conveyed. These seemingly Ming Dynasty special buildings and statues were built by Awang Jinba butler after reading a lot of historical materials, inviting skilled craftsmen to build. The Temple of Heavenly Kings is below the steps of Wenshu Temple, a wide and flat ground, with an incense stove in the middle. Along the monastery from the low to the high situation, it is the main temple of Guanghua Temple - Dawenshu Temple. Dawenshu Temple is also called the main temple, historically known as the Daxiong Temple, which is used for the Sakya Buddha, and is now Wenshu Temple. The temple is a well-preserved Qingdao light period building, simple and elegant in appearance, and vaguely distinguishable in color paintings. The temple is three open rooms, with a width of 14.5 meters, a depth of 10 meters, a single-square four-a-ding, top-notch, with the characteristics of the blending of Han and Tibetan Buddhist temple buildings. The temple is filled with Wenshu Bodhisattvas, on both sides of the Guanyin and Puxian Bodhisattvas. The most influential historical figure is the 16th stone carving in the temple. The so-called 16th honorees, that is, 16 saints with different images of joy, anger and sorrow, not only their facial expressions are different, but also their hands and feet have been finely expressed by stonemasons. Each His Holiness was engraved on a slate of 1 meter high and0.5 meters wide. The slate was black and the stone was white and gray, which was very eye-catching. Two thick and thin apricot trees on both sides of the front and the east of the temple were in a state of extreme growth, with branches swaying, spring and autumn, and the Buddha Temple with the wind and rain, and the monks shared their fate.

Guanghua Temple is located at the north end of Yingfang Village, Taihuai Town, Wutai County, Shanxi Province. It has a wide view, beautiful night view, unique architectural style and charm, and a good place to feel Buddhist culture and make people quiet.

A large-scale Tibetan Buddhist monastery (one of the ten Huang Temples in Wutai Mountain) is located in the core area of Taihuai Town. The buildings in the temple are mostly rebuilt in the Qing Dynasty. The temples are full of religious atmosphere and are free to tourists.

The only monastery in Wutai Mountain open at night!

Guanghua Temple at night is a must-check place in Wutai Mountain Scenic Area at night. In Wutai Mountain Scenic Area at night, only Guanghua Temple opens the door. After the lights are on online, the entire temple is brightly lit. It is very beautiful. There is no mask problem. There are also more people. The car can be parked in the parking lot behind Guanghua Temple. It takes only 3 minutes to walk. You can go shopping at night.

Guanghua Temple sleeps in the Millennium Wenshu Temple worship mat on the kitten Bodhisattva

Many friends told me that the night view of Guanghua Temple is very beautiful, but unfortunately the only night in Wutai Mountain was too tired to fall asleep early. But none of this affected, I came to Guanghua Temple during the day to study and visit, the whole temple is relatively new, you can see the later architectural style. But the whole temple is quieter, some people are relatively not a lot, you can enjoy it tightly.