Huayan Temple

This temple is situated in the west suburb of Datong City，a large Bud-dhist temple built in Liao Dynasty.The buildings，statues，murals，and cais-son ceilings，etc，are all well preserved and have a unique style and highly advanced artistry.Reputed as an“art museum of Liao and Jin Dynasties”，the temple occupies an important position in the history of culture and archi-tecture of China.

It is made up of an upper and a lower temple.The Grand Hall of Saky-amuni of the upper temple is the remain of Jin Dynasty，also the largest sin-gular Buddhism hall of Jing Dynasty well preserved to the present in China.

In the hall is modeled a golden and brillant Buddha of Five Directions（east，west，south，north，and central）and all over the walls are painted huge murals.

The inscription on the door head of the main hall in the lower templereads“Bhage Religious Depository”，meaning“the storehouse of Buddhist sutras”.In the central of the hall are three big statues，surrounded by the other 28 at the side.All of them beautiful in figure，plump in face，vivid in ex-pression，with natural and floating drapery or ornaments.They are rare masterpiece sculptures of Liao Dynasty.

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