Lingyin temple

 

Lingyin temple, built a.d. 328. On humid Saturday afternoon  prof. Arthur Xia and 2 alumnis from London have gotten together. This temple is regarded as one of the richest one in China.   I've never seen this crowded temple before.  Temple is located below the North mountain, Hangzhou, China.

 

 

This looked like goblin, a kind of demon.

 



Prof. Arthur Xia, vice dean of ZJC,Hangzhou and alumis from ZJC. They are studying design in London.  Many Chinese students choose U.K. and U.S.A. 

 

3 dimensional carving in China is regarded as highest artistic level. 

 

四天王 A kind of god who keep temple and people who visit the temple. The four warrior spirits or archangels.

釋迦如來 there were 4 different figures at 500 disciples for Budha.



Chinese temple has typical proportion. Dexterious details and blank spaces match together.
Temple in Korea has embellished colorful eaves while Chinese temple keep it monochrome.

To my feeling, Chinese people, particularly Southern Song dynasty tried to carve every blank space.

 Eatery places across the zoo nearby Zhi Jiang road.

 Later I found dining place in the center, bullflog stew was serving at 46 U yen.