templeofsolitaryjoyislocatedatinsidewestcitygateofjicounty,tianjincity.itisknownforitsrefinedarchitectureskillinchannel'sancientbuildingsandhasgotthereputationofsixbest.theseare:theearliestdingshangate(gateofwithstandinghill)ofthegroundhallpreservednow;theearliestchiweiobjectonthehillgatepreservednow;theearliestplanedistributionwhichtookpavilionasthecenteronthearchitectureplane;thebiggestclaysculpturedstatueofavalokiteavarainsideapavilioninchina;
theavalokiteavaraisalsothemostancienthighstoreyedone;themorepreciousfactisthatthetempleofsolitaryjoyhasstoodunscathedafterthousandyearsofrain,snow,windandfrostand28bigattacks,hencethemostdurableancientmonasteryofthousandyears.crossingthegate,onecomestothecorebuilding-avalokitesvarapavilion,23minheight.formoutsideappearance,itistwostoreyed,butinsidethereisahiddenstorey,thusthreestoreyedinfact.ontheeavescorners,potteryunicornsaresculptured,onwhichlittlebuddhastatuesride.copperbellsarehungundereavescorners,swayingwiththewind,aspeciallyrefinedscene.themostattractivethingisthestructureofdougong(setsofbracketsontopofthecolumnssupportingthebeamswithinandroofeaveswithout——eachsetconsistingoftiersofoutstretchingarmscalledgong,cushionedwithtrapezoidalblockscalleddou).
itismadeofoverlappingdougongshapedwoodblocksandbowshapedhorizontalwoodbarsbyadopting24formswitheachlayerstretchingoutasbracket,biginupperpartandsmallinlowerpart,thinlyscattered,steadyandsturdy.itmakeseavesofthepavilionlooklikeflying,faranddeepinthesky,abeautifulandmagnificentview.