Kaishan Temple

Kaishan temple is located in the northeast corner of the old city site of Gaobeidian City, commonly known as Dongda temple. It was built in the Tang Dynasty. Most of the original buildings have been destroyed, but now there are only Tianwang hall and Daxiong hall. The hall was built in Liao Dynasty, with 5 rooms wide and 3 rooms deep, and 13.19 meters high. The column network has obvious lateral feet and rising, and the stigmas are rounded. The material is strong, the eaves are far-reaching, and the whole roof is flat. The column network in the hall is varied, with a width of 25.8 meters. However, there are only four columns in the hall, and the space is open. This is the method of reducing columns and shifting columns to meet the needs of many groups of images, such as Tantric Guanyin and eight vajras. The purpose is to expand the vision of worship. This fully reflects the design idea that the structural arrangement of the hall is closely combined with the practical requirements. In addition, there are Liao Dynasty Murals in the hall. Kaishan temple is accessible by bus from Baoding to Gaobeidian. Kaishan Temple accommodation, Gaobeidian Baigou Jingda hotel.

Kaishan Temple

Kaishan temple in Gaobeidian, Hebei Province is an ancient Buddhist temple in Hebei Province, which is a national key cultural relics protection unit. It is said that it was built in the Tang Dynasty. Most of the original buildings have been destroyed. Now only the main hall built in the Liao Dynasty and the Tianwang hall and Jingang hall repaired by later generations remain.

Brief introduction to the temple

Kaishan temple is located in the northeast corner of the old city site of Gaobeidian City, Hebei Province, northern China. It is a Buddhist temple with the architectural style of the Liao Dynasty (916-1125 AD).

It is said that Kaishan temple was built in the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD). Most of the original buildings have been destroyed. Now only the main hall built in Liao Dynasty and the Tianwang hall and Jingang hall repaired by later generations remain.

The hall is 5 rooms wide and 3 rooms deep, with a height of about 13.2 meters. The columns in the hall are thick and strong, with obvious side feet and rising. The columns are round and round. The top of the hall is the top of the hall with far-reaching eaves and gentle radian. In order to expand the field of vision, the main hall used the common method of reducing columns in the construction of Liao and Jin Dynasties.

There are only four columns in the hall with wide field of vision, which meets the needs of arranging many Buddhist images in the hall, and fully reflects the design idea of combining the internal structure arrangement and practical requirements of the Liao Dynasty Buddhist hall. In addition, there are Liao Dynasty Murals in the hall.

architectural art

Kaishan Temple provides important material materials for people to understand the architecture, sculpture and painting art of Liao Dynasty.

Recently, the newly renovated Kaishan temple in Gaobeidian has attracted visitors with its simple and majestic style. Kaishan temple is commonly known as "big temple" and "Big Buddha Temple". Due to its long history of construction, people have different opinions about the time when it was first built. It is said that there was big Buddha temple first and then Xincheng County.

Cultural relics protection

The existing wooden structure is a relic of the Liao Dynasty. It is one of the eight existing buildings of the Liao Dynasty. Since the founding of new China, it has been occupied as a local granary. In 1996, it was listed as the fourth batch of national key cultural relics protection units by the State Council.

Renovation design

In recent years, Gaobeidian City has commissioned relevant units to complete the electronic topographic map drawing within 1.5 square kilometers with Kaishan temple as the center, and commissioned the Provincial Institute of ancient architecture to carry out the renovation design of the temple. It took eight years and invested 4.8 million yuan. After the renovation, the main hall of Kaishan temple is solemn and grand. The color paintings, murals and Buddha statues in the hall are superb.

Address: northeast corner of Xincheng Town, Gaobeidian City, Hebei Province

Longitude: 115.988397

Latitude: 39.24451

Opening hours: all day

Chinese PinYin : Kai Shan Si