The colorful clouds disperse easily and the glass is fragile | Hou Tu Temple in Jie Xiu, Shanxi

【Jin Shan Jin Mei·Jie Xiu·Colorful Clouds Disperse Easily and Glass is Fragile】I didn't do enough homework, when I arrived in Jie Xiu it was Monday, and places like Hou Tu Temple were surprisingly closed. I was unwilling to accept this, so I rested for a day and visited again the next day, but I had already entered a glass world. The craftsmanship of the glass products in various parts of Jie Xiu Hou Tu Temple is exquisite, and the color does not fade over time. The green, golden, and peacock blue colors complement each other. The roof slope of the Sanqing Building is made up of patterns formed by yellow and green glass tiles. The golden lotus ridge tube, ridge brake, treasure bottle, treasure bead, immortal, beast, etc., are dazzling and dazzling. The cross-hipped roof on both sides of the wind board, hanging fish, and grass are all decorated with various glass pieces, which are lifelike and colorful. The purple and white glass grapes decorated on the wind board of the screen wall are vivid and lifelike, and they are rare art treasures. The shadow wall, mountain gate, over hall, side hall, bell and drum tower, Hou Tu main hall, Niang Niang hall, Guan Di temple, every building of the ancient architectural complex of Jie Xiu Hou Tu Temple is topped with gorgeous glass decorations, which are exquisite and spectacular, majestic, golden and brilliant, and colorful. Figure 9 is the Xian Shen Tower not far from Hou Tu Temple. I visited it by the way. It is one of the four famous towers in San Jin, and it is extraordinary. Tips: Historical records show that at the beginning of the 4th century AD, the Tuoba clan of the Northern Wei Dynasty established its capital in Pingcheng (Datong), and began to use glass products when building palaces, swallowtails, beasts, and palace towers. Therefore, Shanxi is one of the birthplaces of glass, and Jie Xiu glass has its own system in Shanxi during the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The roofs of the eight ancient temples in the architectural complex of Jie Xiu Hou Tu Temple are all decorated with colorful and exquisite glass. The glass tile pieces (including cat heads and drips) and exquisite ridge decorations, and the tower lion bottle, beast swallowtail, immortal auspicious bird, etc., each design is exquisite, the shape is lifelike, the glaze is delicate and firm, and it does not change color after hundreds of years. Because of the variety of glass products and the full range of colors, it is known as the "Chinese Glass Art Architecture Museum", which can be called the name to the truth.