I hope everyone who goes to Fengguo Temple can read this complete guide.

This time I decided to go on a whim for the stop I had been longing for: Fengguo Temple. Many people come to Fengguo Temple because of Black Wukong; but I come here only for this sentence, which Liang Sicheng called "a thousand-year-old national treasure, a supreme national treasure, and a rare treasure" in "History of Chinese Architecture". This temple, built in the ninth year of Kaitai in the Liao Dynasty, is the earliest existing temple building in Liaoning. Because it enshrines seven large Buddhas, it is also called the Seven Buddhas Temple or the Big Buddha Temple. It is one of the three existing temples of the Liao Dynasty in China. 📍Address: No. 18, Yixian East Street, Yixian County, Jinzhou City 🕙Time: 08:00-17:00| 🎫Ticket: 50 yuan/person 🚌Transportation: Drive there by yourself, the scenic area is equipped with a paid parking lot 🍓During the Mid-Autumn Festival, you can ask for a guide at the entrance of the scenic area, which costs 100 yuan (regardless of the number of people) 🧐Let's take a look at the highlights of the temple: 🌟【Ming Dynasty Stone Lions】There is a pair of Ming Dynasty stone lions in front of the temple, which are lifelike, as if telling an ancient story. 🦁 🌟【Famous plaques written by Emperor Qianlong】There are three famous Chinese plaques hanging in the Daxiong Hall. They are all written by Emperor Qianlong and are also the largest openwork plaques in China. The original ones are in the exhibition hall next to it. You must go and see them. 🌟【Seven Buddhas in the Main Hall】The seven large Buddhas in the Main Hall are very particular. They are Kasyapa, Kāśyapa, Sīki, Vipaśyin, Viśvabhū, Kanasamuni and Sakyamuni, namely the "Seven Buddhas of the Past". Each Buddha statue is different, and there are two small statues of Su Bodhisattva in front of each Buddha statue. 🌟【Flying Apsaras Color Paintings】Look up at the beams, rafters and brackets in the hall, and you will see patterns of male flying celestial beings, lotus flowers, Baoxiang flowers, peony flowers, etc. The colors are bright and gorgeous, and the images are vivid and natural. This is the only extremely rare example of colored paintings in ancient wooden structures in the world. 🌟【Reclining Guanyin】There is another must-see in the Main Hall, the male-shaped "Reclining Guanyin" behind the Vipaśyin Buddha. It was rebuilt in the 31st year of the Wanli reign of the Ming Dynasty and is a rare "reclining Guanyin" in China. In "The Grandmaster", Gong Er, played by Zhang Ziyi, cut her hair and worshipped this Guanyin in the temple. Standing here, I can really feel what was said in "The Grandmaster": "If you keep thinking about it, there will be a response." And that sentence: "All encounters in the world are reunions after a long separation." #Fengguo Temple #Eight Great Liao Structures #Liao Dynasty Architecture