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Xumi Fushou Temple

Buddhist temple in Chengde, China

Summary

Buddhist temple in Chengde, China

Field	Value
building_name	Xumi Fushou Temple
image	须弥福寿之庙.JPG
caption	Xumi Fushou Temple
religious_affiliation	Buddhist
region	China
province	Hebei
municipality	Chengde
functional_status	Preserved
heritage_designation	1994
leadership	Lobsang Palden Yeshe, 6th Panchen Lama
Qianlong Emperor
architecture_style	Tibetan and Chinese
year_completed	1780

Qianlong Emperor The Xumi Fushou Temple () is one of the Eight Outer Temples in Chengde, Hebei, China. This Buddhist temple is in the north of the park complex of the Chengde Mountain Resort, to the east of Putuo Zongcheng Temple on the north side of a slightly upward slope hill. The temple covers an area of 37900 m2.

History

The temple was first designed in 1780 to celebrate the 70th birthday of the Qianlong Emperor. It was built for Penchen Lama the VI who came to Chengde from Tibet to convey his congratulations and is a fusion of Chinese and Tibetan architectural style.

Structures

Its main building, the Great Red Terrace (Dahongtai, ), has three stories, and was furthermore built on a three-story foundation. The Miaogaozhuangyan Hall (妙高莊嚴殿) where the Panchen Lama preached is the center of the temple. The Jixiangfaxi Hall (吉样法喜殿) with a roof made of gold plated copper tiles was the home of Penchen Lama. Other buildings are the seven-story octagonal Liuli-Wanshou pagoda (琉璃万寿塔 "Glazed Tile Pagoda of Longevity") and a glazed tile paifang (琉璃牌坊). In the stele pavilion of the temple is a memorial plaque with stone engraving in Manchu, Chinese, Mongolian and Tibetan script, with an inscription in memory of events.

Paleontology

From 1979 and into the 1980s, the Eight Outer Temples and Chengde Mountain Resort were renovated using local stone slabs. Since 1992, fossilized dinosaur tracks in the rock slabs have been reported from Hebei and the surrounding area. Over 40 tracks were found at Xumi Fushou Temple, in front of the front door and behind the páilóu.

References

(2016-03-04). "承德访古——须弥福寿之庙 – 中国民族宗教网".
(2021). "Resplendent Innovations: Fire Gilding Techniques at the Qing Court". Amsterdam University Press.
(2020-03-01). "Dinosaur tracks from the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary Tuchengzi Formation (Hebei Province, China) used as building stones in the Chengde imperial summer resort: Age, ichnology, and history". Cretaceous Research.

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