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In 1930s, China's economy was backward. There is a saying in the field of architecture and tourism: If you want to see the wooden buildings in the Tang Dynasty, you can only go to Japan. As soon as this was said, many people became angry. The Tang Dynasty is clearly the history of the Chinese nation, so why go to other countries to see it? Liang Sicheng and Lin are even more speechless. They always believed that China had buildings of the Tang Dynasty. In order to find evidence, when they visited Dunhuang, they found a picture of Wutai Mountain. I saw this mural covering an area of nearly 46 square meters, about half the size of a badminton court. The middle part of the mural depicts in detail the scenery of mountains and rivers from Zhengding, Hebei Province to Fiona Fang, Wutai Mountain, Shanxi Province. Liang Sicheng and Lin couldn't help looking at each other when they saw the "Big Bukkoji" in the mural: There is an answer.
Liang Sicheng recorded the discovery of the big cuckoo in detail in Wutai Mountain cuckoo architecture. From June 65438 to June 0937, Liang Sicheng, together with Mo, Lin, Ji Yutang and other investigation teams of China Construction Society, finally climbed the mountain in Shanxi and explored this ancient temple. At dusk, they arrived at the Buddha Glory Temple near Doucun. Although exhausted, everyone was very surprised when the magnificent Beixing was displayed in front of them.
Beixing main hall, placed orderly, is still the original appearance of the Tang Dynasty. In addition, the roof of the main hall is relatively flat, covered with blue tiles with a length of 50 cm, a width of 30 cm and a thickness of more than 2 cm, which is also an architectural feature of the Tang Dynasty. The roof of the temple is made of yellow-green glass, with vivid shape and bright colors, which looks really beautiful.
There are five Buddhist altars in the East Hall. There are thirty-five colorful sculptures of the Tang Dynasty on the altar. Among them, there are 33 statues of Sakyamuni Buddha, Maitreya Buddha, Amitabha Buddha, Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, Manjusri Bodhisattva, Dangerous Bodhisattva and King Kong, with heights ranging from1.95m to 5.3m.. Look at the picture on the wall. There are not only Buddha statues and immortals in the Tang Dynasty, but also various flying people. The clothes are fluttering and beautiful.
The East Hall is seven rooms wide and four rooms deep. In the words of Mr. Liang Sicheng, this temple is a typical Tang Dynasty building, which is "a big arch and a far eaves". According to the measurement, the cross section of the bucket arch is 2 10×300 cm, which is ten times that of the bucket arch in the late Qing Dynasty, and it is also a classic construction method in the Tang Dynasty. After re-measurement, the eaves of the temple reached 3.96 meters, which was not found in the wooden structure buildings after the Song Dynasty ... There are indications that Beixing Temple is a building of the Tang Dynasty.
The discovery at this time is enough to surprise Liang Sicheng, Lin and others, because they can infer the age from the architectural traces, but how can they prove its construction age to the whole world? This is a big problem. They worked here for a few days before they saw the faint ink on the bottom of the beam in the temple. Unfortunately, it is very old and the light is dim. Everyone opened their eyes for a long time before they recognized one or two. Lin recognized the handwriting of "female disciple Ning". Ning once built this temple, and her name can be found on the Tang Dynasty stone tablet that built the temple. This proves that Dabukeji was built in the Tang Dynasty.
It sounds ridiculous-"I was here once" became evidence. Isn't the handwriting like "Female Disciple Ning" engraved under the beam of "A Tour Here" scrawled by modern people? Modern people think that smearing is uncivilized. Unexpectedly, it saved Dabei's position in turn.
194 1 In July, Liang Sicheng published the article "The oldest wooden architecture in China" in Asia magazine, saying: "This is the only wooden architecture in the Tang Dynasty that we have encountered in our search in recent years. And in the same hall, we found paintings, calligraphy, sculptures and buildings of the Tang Dynasty, each of which is rare. When the news came out, it shocked the whole world, and many monks from Japan and other countries came to investigate.
Today's Buddhist temples have been recognized as national treasures. Its four original works, namely, wood structure, painted sculpture, mural painting and ink painting, are all art of the Tang Dynasty, and one of them is even more amazing. However, who would have thought that graffiti is the most valuable one?