Where do you think the most beautiful ancient buildings in Shanxi?

Shanxi is China's largest province of all types of existing ancient architecture,*** counting more than 40,000, up to the Tang Dynasty, down to the Republic of China, constituting the history of China's architectural quality superb, spectacular specimen system, enjoying ? Museum of Ancient Chinese Architecture? It has the reputation of "Museum of Ancient Chinese Architecture". China's oldest surviving wooden buildings is the Tang Dynasty buildings, only four remaining in the country, all in Shanxi. Song, Liao, Jin, Yuan period, Shanxi's architectural art is the most brilliant, the country's existing Song, Liao and Jin before the wooden building **** 160, Shanxi has 120, accounting for 75% of the total; existing wooden building before the Yuan Dynasty about 440, Shanxi 350, accounting for nearly 80% of the total?

Wanrong Dongyue Temple Flying Cloud Building

Located in the county town of West Street, built in the Ming Zhengde years (A.D. 1506 ~ 1521 years). The building is square in plan, pure wood structure, bright three dark five layers, up to 23.19 meters. Three-story four eaves, cross hermitage roof, face, depth of five rooms, the central four columns through the sky 15.45 meters high, surrounded by 32 wooden columns form a chessboard. The whole building 345 groups arch intensive arrangement, and the shape is very rich in change, such as clouds, flowers in full bloom. The eaves of the wings and corners are up, wanting to fly. On windy days, the corner of the building, the wind dor even sound, very pleasant to the ear. The top of the building is decorated with yellow, green, blue several colors of glazed tiles, under the sun, more opulent. The structure of the clever, exquisite modeling, the appearance of the magnificent, can be called the masterpiece of China's pavilion architecture.

Shuozhou Chongfu Temple Mida Temple

Jin Xizong Huangtong three years (1143 years) built, so far there have been more than 800 years of history, to valuable. Face width of seven, four deep, single-eaved hermit roof, located on a 2.5-meter-high pedestal, spacious platform in front of the hall, wide and five. The top of the yellow, green and blue colored glaze cut edge, two scops owl tall and robust, standing on both ends of the ridge. Total height of about 21 meters. Hall reduce columns and move columns of the practice, is a bold innovation in the history of China's architecture. The statue in the temple of the Buddha for China's Jin Dynasty statues in the treasures. Maitreya Hall is surrounded by painted murals, *** counting 345.75 square meters, the content of the painting is mainly Buddha and Bodhisattva, is also the Jin Dynasty mural masterpieces. In a hall, architecture, statues, murals, glazing, and doors and windows and partitions, plaques under the eaves, ink inscriptions and other cultural relics of the Jin Dynasty, gathered in one place, is China's largest and most beautiful existing Jin Dynasty Buddhist temple.

Wutai Foguang Temple East Hall

Collecting statues, murals, ink inscriptions and buildings in one, the East Hall of Foguang Temple is called by Mr. Liang Sicheng, a famous architect in China, as ? The first national treasure? , has a special significance in China and even the entire Southeast Asian architectural culture region. Located in Wutai County, Doucun Town, the main hall for the temple, rebuilt in the Tang Dazhong eleven years (A.D. 857), China's oldest surviving ancient architecture, the most typical examples. Hall frame by the deep column network, store for layer and roof beams superimposed on three parts, seven store for arch vertical and horizontal wantonly, the pressure of the four directions, is the existing Chinese ancient architecture in the arch out of the largest number of layers, the furthest distance of an example. In the ridge purlin under only the practice of forked hand, is also a unique case in the existing ancient architecture. Tang Dynasty statues and Tang Dynasty murals in the hall are gathered together, extremely rare.

Taiyuan jin ancestral temple of the mother of Goddess of Mercy

The mother of God Hall is a masterpiece of Song Dynasty architecture, founded in the Northern Song Dynasty during the Tian Sheng years (AD 1023 ~ 1032), Chongning first year (AD 1102) to repair. Heavy eaves resting on the hilltop, 19 meters high, the face of seven rooms, six rooms deep, the plane layout, nearly square. The main hall? Pay steps around the turn? The practice of the hall is the earliest surviving example of ancient architecture in China. Hall beams is the only existing ancient Chinese architecture in line with the "building method" hall type frame form of the isolated cases. Hall in front of the corridor columns carved and decorated with eight meandering wooden dragon, bold and robust, carved in the Song Yuan two years (A.D. 1087) forty-three colorful sculptures of the Song Dynasty in the hall. The main image of the Virgin Mary, phoenix crown python robe, dignified. Surrounded by a large number of female officials, maids around, action gestures are different, vividly and naturally portrayed character, is the most outstanding color sculpture in the Jin Temple, but also China's most valuable figure statues.

Jin Temple Fish Swamp Flying Beam

Just a square pool, but the history of bridge construction in China's masterpiece. Built in the Northern Song Dynasty, east and west 19.6 meters long, 5 meters wide, 1.3 meters above the ground, north and south of the bridge is 19.5 meters long, 3.8 meters wide. Its structure for the pool neutral thirty-four small octagonal stone columns, column head roll kill, column top frame arch and beam wood supporting the cross-shaped bridge, east and west flat connecting the Virgin Mary Hall and the dedication of the temple, the north and south wings downward sloping to the coast, surrounded by a hook fence enclosure based on the whole modeling as if spreading its wings want to fly the bird, so called flying beams, is the lone example of China's surviving ancient bridges.

Yuji City God Temple Xuanjian building

Located in Yuji District, East Street, for the national key cultural relics unit Yuji City God Temple complex of one of the main buildings, 17 meters high, heavy eaves hysterical roof. Xuanjian building was built in the Ming Dynasty during the period of Zhengde, the name is? Xuanjian? It is called "Xuanjian". Deep and subtle? can be a reference? In 1999, it was selected as one of the 100 most exquisite ancient buildings in the world by the Foundation for the Preservation of Historical and Cultural Sites. One hundred of the world's most exquisite ancient buildings? and is known far and wide.

Yingxian Buddha Palace Temple Sakyamuni Pagoda

Also known as the Yingxian Wooden Pagoda, built in Liao Qingning two years (A.D. 1056), is the oldest existing at home and abroad, the tallest purely wooden structure of the pavilion-type building, is the jewel of China's ancient architecture, the world's model of wooden architecture. The height of 67.31 meters, the diameter of the bottom 30.27 meters, the total weight of about 7,400 tons. Pagoda height of nine layers, tower brake straight into the sky. Pagoda each layer of the eaves are equipped with wind chimes, the breeze blowing, ding dong sound. Shijiazhuang tower colorful sculpture are rounded face, long torso, dress gorgeous, is the Jin Dynasty color sculpture in the boutique. Wooden tower on the generations of celebrities hanging plaques and couplets, strong writing, profound meaning. Yingxian wooden tower design, boldly inherited since the Han and Tang dynasty rich in national characteristics of the heavy building form, structural use of double-layer annular sleeve space frame, forming a layer smaller than a layer of beautiful silhouette. The whole tower in the structure does not use an iron nail, all rely on the components of each other riveted mortise and tenon bite. The whole tower **** use 54 different forms of arch, the variety of rare domestic, known as ? Arch Museum?

The Hall of Ten Thousand Buddhas of Zhenguo Temple in Pingyao

Located in the Zhenguo Temple in Hao Dong Village, Xiangyuan Township, Pingyao County, the hall was created in the 7th year of the Heavenly Council of the Northern Han Dynasty of the 5th Century (A.D. 963), and is one of the few remaining wooden buildings of the 5th Century in China. Hall plan nearly square, face three, six rafters deep, the roof for the single-eave hermit style, far out, huge seven auxiliary arch, the total height of more than 2 / 3 of the column height, so that the top of the temple is shaped like an umbrella, in the temple buildings in the past generations is quite rare. The hall looks strange ancient, peculiar structure, unique from the art of architecture. Hall altar on the colorful 11, for the original work of the Five Dynasties, the face of the rich, soft body, to valuable. Five Dynasties for a short period of time, few cultural relics and architectural remains, the Five Dynasties colorful sculpture is particularly scarce, ten thousand Buddha Hall building and the Hall of colorful sculpture for the study of the history of Chinese architecture and sculpture art history provides extremely valuable physical evidence.

Daixian Bianjinglou

She has? The first building of the Great Wall of China? The reputation, is the history of the enemy watch, command combat military facilities. She stands in daixian county cross street center, north look yanmen, south overlooking hutuo, the scenery is infinite. It was first built in Ming Hongwu (AD 1374) seven years, Chenghua twelve years (AD 1476) rebuilt, by the tall brick voucher doorway foundation and three-story four eaves wood structure hush-hill roof building body composed of two parts, the momentum is spectacular. Building for the brick structure, building height of 40 meters, the lower part of the base has a large stone coupon doorway through the north and south, the overall arch regularity, beams and frames, structural rationality, the construction of magnificent. On the three sides of the pavilion hanging plaque, the front for? Yanmen first pass? on the front, and on both sides for? The sound of the four reach? Might town three passes? The first is the first pass in Yanmen, and the second is the first pass in Yanmen, and the third is the third pass in WeiZhen.

Hongdong Guangsheng Temple Rainbow Tower

A tower exquisite driving blue sky, full of cypress from the autumn wind. Whenever the red sun shines, located in Hongdong County, northeast of the southern foot of Huoshan this tower brilliant, as if the beautiful rainbow, so the name? Flying Rainbow Pagoda? and is also recognized as the most beautiful in the Buddhist world. Floating map? Built in the Han Dynasty, the existing for the Ming Jiajing six years (1527 AD) repair, is China's most complete existing large glazed tower. Plane octagonal, 13 levels, 47.31 meters high, the whole body is decorated with glazed tiles, layers have glazed eaves. The lower three layers are especially exquisite, with flying eaves under the arch, the production of exquisite lotus chair column, carved with a variety of patterns, the Buddha is grave and solemn, the Bodhisattva can be kind, the monk naive and charming, Rex powerful jittery, the child innocent and lively, vivid and realistic modeling, color and lustre.