XuankongTempleislocatedatthefootofHengshanMountain,ontheXiyancliffinJinlonggorge,fivekilometerssouthofHunyuanCounty,DatongCity.Sinceancienttimes,ithasbeenlistedasthefirstwonderofHengshanMountain.
Lookingup,youcanseethatthedistributionofthehallsandtowersissymmetricalwithchanges,scatteredwithconnections,zigzagandlooping,virtualandrealwitheachother,smallandexquisite,richinspace,changeableinlevels,smallinsize,biginsize,smallinsize,smallinsize,compactinlayout,scatteredanddependent.ItslayoutisnotonlydifferentfromthatofthecentralaxisofthePingchuantemple,whichissymmetricaltotheleftandright,butalsodifferentfromthatofthemountainpalacewhichisgraduallyrisingalongthemountain,Theyareallconstructedaccordingtotheconcaveandconvexofthecliff,theshapeofthecliffandthesituationofthecliff.Theyarenaturallyarrangedintheair.Theyseemtobestackedandscattered,andthechangesaresubtle,sothatthecombinationofshapesandspatialcontrastachieveanorderlyartisticeffect.Lookingatthetemplefromafar,itlookslikeapairofexquisitereliefsculptures,inlaidinthecliffsoftenthousandRen.Lookingatthetemplefromacloseperspective,ithasthepotentialofflyingintheair.
XuankongTempleisnotonlybreathtaking,strangeandspectacularinappearance,butalsohasdistinctivearchitecturalstructurewithrichandcolorfulforms.Theeaveshavesingleeaves,doubleeavesandthree-tiereaves,themaststructurehasbeamliftingstructure,flatroofstructureandbucketarchstructure,andtheroofhasmainridge,verticalridge,bermridgeandpoorridge.Theoverallappearance,skillfullyconstructedandoverlapped,createsauniquestyleofbuildinginthecave,caveinthebuilding,halfwallhall,halfwallcave,caveconnectedhallandhallconnectedbuilding.ItnotonlyintegratestheartofChinesegardenarchitecture,butalsodoesnotlosethepatternofChinesetraditionalarchitecture.
Amongtheexistingbronze,iron,clayandstonesculpturesinXuankongTemple,manystylesandstyleshavethecharacteristicsofearlytimes,whicharetreasuresofhighartisticvalue.
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