The
monastery, situated inside the western gate of
the county town, was built around the first year
of the Zhiyuan era of the Yuan Dynasty. Rows of
pillars and myriads of "dougongs" (brackets
inserted between the top of columns and crossbeams)
give the buildings of the monasteiy a magnificent
and impressive appearance. It is one of the few
remaining ancient large scale architectural masterpieces
of intricate wooden structure found in Yunnan.
The
monastery, situated inside the western gate of
the county town, was built around the first year
of the Zhiyuan era of the Yuan Dynasty. Rows of
pillars and myriads of "dougongs" (brackets
inserted between the top of columns and crossbeams)
give the buildings of the monasteiy a magnificent
and impressive appearance. It is one of the few
remaining ancient large scale architectural masterpieces
of intricate wooden structure found in Yunnan.
