Bojia Arts Hotel - Yichang
The Bojia Arts Hotel - Yichang offers a convenient 24-hour reception as well as a beauty salon, a laundry service and a business centre for its guests. Business facilities at the hotel include a secretarial service. There is a gift shop within the hotel. Luggage storage and a hair salon are also available.
Under 10 minutes drive away are some great attractions such as the Yiling Bridge, and conveniently there is complimentary private parking available at the Bojia Arts Hotel - Yichang should you require it. Internet access is available for travellers wanting to keep connected during their stay. Yichang Sanxia Airport (YIH) is within a 50 minute drive from the hotel.
山西人游山西08｜大同华严寺｜Huayan monastery, Datong city, Shanxi province| Venus of the East
As another must-see attraction in Datong, Huayan Temple is the largest and most perfectly preserved temple of the Liao (916-1125) and Jin (1115-1234) dynasties in China.
Built during the Liao Dynasty (907 – 1125 ), it was the imperial ancestral temple, enjoying prominent position at that time. Then it was destroyed in a war. In 1140 during Kin Dynasty, the temple was reconstructed. The temple was partly destroyed in the war at the end of the Liao Dynasty, and was rebuilt in the 3rd year (1140) of the Tianquan reign of the Jin Dynasty. Afterwards, it survived wars and disorders, rises and declines of times.
Two major highlight buildings are:
1.The grand hall（大雄宝殿 Da Xiong Bao Dian）
The Grand Hall stands on a 4-meter-high platform surrounded by handrails. In front of the platform, there are stone stairs. The Grand Hall is 5-bay long and 9-bay wide, occupying an area of more than 1,550 square meters, being the largest hall that was built in the Liao and Jin dynasties so far. There is a 3-bay wide memorial archway of Qing style on the platform with hexangular clock and drum towers standing on both sides. These towers were added in the Ming Dynasty. Beneath the front eaves three plank shutters are installed. All the doors have a single-eaved hip roof. There are five statues of Buddha on the central altar inside the Grand Hall. Three of them in the middle were made in Beijing City in the Ming Dynasty. The statues have a flat face, and their buns are decorated with pearls. 20 attendants stand leaning a bit forward, with different expressions and postures. Such special modeling is quite rare in China. The walls surrounded the hall are painted over a huge mural, the large scale of which is also rare in temple frescoes in the country.
2. The sutra hall
the Sutra Hall ( 薄伽教藏 Bojia Jiao Zang Dian), which was originally built in 1038 and houses 38 sutra cabinets that are constructed like miniature buildings of the period; there are three notable Liao sculptural groups with Shakyamuni, Maitreya, Amitabha, and Bodhisattvas sitting on the altar, solemn quiet. The hall is five bays wide, with a hip-gable roof.
遼金古刹 I 千年遺存 I 中國古代建築的典範 I 華厳寺 I 中國古寺 I 4K
华严寺，位于中国山西大同古城内西南隅，始建于辽重熙七年（公元1038年），依据佛教经典《华严经》而命名。兼具辽国皇室宗庙性质，地位显赫。后毁于战争，金天眷三年（1140年）重建。华严寺坐西向东，山门、普光明殿、大雄宝殿、薄伽教藏殿、华严宝塔等30余座单体建筑分别排列在南北两条主轴线上，布局严谨。
华严寺最引人瞩目的大雄宝殿和华严塔，大雄宝殿为木结构建筑，是中国建筑史的代表；华严宝塔是继应县木塔之后全国第二大纯木榫卯结构的方形木塔，地下的金宫由100吨黄铜打造而成，千佛地宫四壁上供奉着四尊主佛和448尊小供养佛，加上墙壁和塔柱上的浮雕佛像共有1000余尊。在地宫中央的水晶舍利宝塔里迎供着佛界高僧舍利。浮雕上用图案记录了释迦牟尼一生的经历，如“树下诞生”“天人献衣”“得遇沙门”“妙转法轮”等。
0:00 片头
0:16 风雨中的华严寺钟楼
1:30 华严寺入口处 雨中留影的游客
2:10 华严寺山门
3:45 华严寺鼓楼
4:40 雨中华严寺漫步
7:40 梵王宫
12:09 华严寺宝塔
15:36 华严寺“黄金地宫” 100吨黄铜打造
20:43 攀登陡峭的华严寺木塔
28:01 雨过天晴后的华严寺漫步
46:08 上华严寺 I 最早的木构建筑：大雄宝殿
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I shot this clip from the deck off the bedroom. You see one neighbor setting off for the day with her sun umbrella, and it's still early enough to see some dew in the air and hear the late arriving roosters do their thing. The hill off in the background is actually quite a ways away, but close enough to see people walking on it. Many coniferous trees in the area too; pine and perhaps spruce.