Sichuan Emei Mountain Wannian Temple, China

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Wannian Temple

The Wannian Temple (Wan Nian Temple) is one of the most ancient temples on the Emei Mountain, situated in the place with 1,020 meters elevation on the Emei Mountain, Sichuan Province.

Built in Jin Dynasty, the Wannian Temple was called "Samantabhadra Temple" originally and changed to "the White Water Temple" in Tang Dynasty and "the White Water Samantabhadra Temple" in Song Dynasty, until Ming Dynasty it was called "the Wannian Temple" till presence.

Originally the construction scale of this temple was quite grand and its history was the longest and it was the grandest temple on the Emei Mountain. It is very pity that in 1946 it suffered a big fire, the beautiful wood temple halls were burnt completely and only the brick palace built with bricks in Ming Dynasty left.

Later in 1953 two temples were rebuilt and the brick palace was also called "Beamless Hall".

The Beamless Hall is 16 meters high and 15.7 meters long. Its walls, window alttices and arcs are all built with bricks and stones. Inside the hall a bronze statue of Samantabhadra Buddha riding on a white elephant is enshrined, built with bronze, 7.35 meters high and 62 tons weigh.

There are closets for enshrining God Buddha on the four walls inside the hall, divided into two parts, the lower part has 24 closets enshrined an iron Buddha inside them respectively, the upper part has 6 horizontal God cupboards put 307 smaller bronze Buddha statues. The smaller bronze Buddha and the iron Buddha are all worthy to appreciate, solemn, auspicious and happy.

It is said that there is a kind of special small frog on the Emei Mountain in the rectangle pond at the right side inside the Wannian Temple. In quiet evening, they will release pleasant sound all the year. All who have heard the sound describe this kind of frog as "Playing Instrument Frog".