Shaxi Xingjiao Temple - China Travel

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Shaxi Xingjiao Temple, the "Atuoli" Buddhist temple of the Bai nationality in the Ming Dynasty - Xingjiao Temple. It is the only remaining "Atuoli" Buddhist temple of the Bai nationality in the Ming Dynasty in China. It is located on the sunny slope of Aofeng Mountain, Shaxi Sideng Town, Jianchuan County, Yunnan Province. The existing main hall and second hall. There are 12 shops of Buddhist murals in the Ming Dynasty in the main hall. There are several ancient locust trees and ancient coptis trees surrounding the temple area. There is a pair of big lions in front of the mountain gate, which is facing a stage.

The main hall and the second hall of Xingjiao Temple are one of the few important buildings of the Ming Dynasty in western Yunnan. The main hall, known as the Daxiong Hall in ancient times, faces east from west, with a depth of 14.58 meters from east to west and 18 meters from north to south. The double-eave Xieshan-style nine-back roof, the upper and lower eaves are all framed with bucket arches and flying angles.

The second hall, known as the Tianwang Hall in ancient times, sits in the same direction as the main hall, with a depth of 16.8 meters from east to west and 19.8 meters from north to south, with a suspended mountain-style five-back roof. The two halls are majestic and majestic. The architectural structure is rigorous and generous, the craftsmanship is excellent, and the architectural style is elegant and simple, full of national characteristics. Its height, length and width, and the number of beams and columns are consistent with the number in the "Wood Classic" verse "Nine out of five out of six, use ink to meet six" in the "Wood Classic" that the Bai people's carpentry craftsmen follow.

In the main hall of Xingjiao Temple, there are more than 20 large-scale murals by Zhang Bao, an ancient Bai painter in Dantou Village, Shaxi. life, making up for the lack of records in the history books of the ancient Nanzhao and Dali court life in Southwest China, which has become one of the important historical evidences for the study of Nanzhao and Dali;

Xingjiao Temple preserves the Buddhist murals of the Ming Dynasty, which have a wide range of themes, many figures, vivid shapes, lifelike images, smooth lines, and gorgeous colors. They integrate Buddhist stories and secular life into one, full of mythological atmosphere, and have a national style. Inheriting the legacy of famous paintings such as "Nanzhao Zhongxing Scroll" and "Zhang Shengwen Scroll", it is a rare imitation of ancient Bai painting art treasures, and it is also a valuable material material for studying ancient Bai religion and art. The painter once copied it and sent it to Beijing for exhibition, which caused a sensation in the cultural circles of Beijing and attracted the attention of all parties.