TEMPLE OF THE SEA AND THE LAW
History
Built in 1438 under the Ming, the Temple of the Sea and the Law is to be seen above all for the quality of its mural paintings with surprising colors. He is the work of the eunuch Li Tong, who played an important role in the courtyard of Emperor Yongle under the Ming and employed the best workers straight from the palace of the Forbidden City for its construction. Restored in 1953, in 1982 and then in 1986, the temple is now considered national heritage, protected by the government. Its buildings are very characteristic of the architecture of the early Ming.
Visit
First, we meet the Guardians of the Law (Hu Fa Jin Gan Dian) whose walls are decorated with very beautiful paintings. Behind, on a tall stone terrace is the former room of the Celestial Guardians (Tian Wang Dian) and its annexes. Rebuilt in 1985, it serves the permanent exhibition of photos of the magnificent frescoes that decorate this temple. All the decor stands in its splendor of the Heroes' Room (Da Xiong Bao Dian), a five-span building with roofs covered with glazed yellow tiles, at the heart of which are the statues of the three Buddhas surrounded by the 18 arhats.
Among the many paintings depicting Buddha, we will note a beautiful fresco on the wall of the bottom, comprising more than thirty colorful mythological characters, and representing an emperor accompanied by his wife, surrounded by court people. Once again, it is these splendid frescoes that are the interest of this temple and deserve attention.
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