Huayan Temple

Huayan Temple - Bojia Jiao Cang Hall | A beautiful smile, a golden scripture ✨ The Great Huayan Temple in the west of the ancient city is the essence of Liao and Jin culture. Take a break from the grand and new imitation ancient buildings, and enter the Bojia Jiao Cang Hall in the Lower Huayan Temple, one of the eight Liao buildings. When your eyes adapt to the darkness that has settled for nearly a thousand years, the soft light that shines in the grandeur of the Liao Dynasty will always shock everyone who looks up. 💫 The statues in the hall are also rare masterpieces of Liao Dynasty art. Although the 31 painted sculptures are closely positioned, they do not give a sense of crowding, but show a staggered and harmonious relative relationship. ✨ The majestic and heroic figures of the heavenly kings on both sides contrast sharply with the gentle bodhisattvas and the solemn and silent Buddhas of the Three Worlds. The bodhisattvas are quite diverse in shape, with no similarity, showing the joy of listening to the Dharma. 💫 Among them, the "Toothless Bodhisattva" on the left (Figure 7), with her graceful figure and mysterious smile, has almost become the "image ambassador" of Datong. It is this "between the visible and the invisible" that reflects the twists and turns of the Liao Dynasty art in the grandeur of the Liao Dynasty, which can be said to be the common denominator of the introverted tendency in the aesthetic of ancient art.