Baoshan Temple | Is it the lingering charm of the late Tang Dynasty or the "doubt" of the late Tang Dynasty

Baoshan Temple is located in Baoshan Luodian, a relatively remote location, so although the architecture is magnificent and beautiful, there are not many pilgrims usually. The entire architectural complex was built during the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty, and due to changes and ups and downs, only the Heavenly King Hall and the Great Buddha Hall remain. What can be seen now are all Tang-style buildings that have been rebuilt and renovated. "The new temple adopts the traditional Garan longitudinal axis layout, which is a late Tang palace-style architectural style. The structure is rigorous with African red flower pear pure wood tenon and mortise structure, simple and generous. The total building area of the temple is 12,000 square meters, ranking first among Buddhist temples in Shanghai." The overall style of the temple is solemn and solemn, the pure wood tenon and mortise craftsmanship is ingenious, the first phase won the Luban Award, the second phase of the Gion has pavilions, towers, winding paths and corridors, the environment is extremely beautiful, the shooting effect is excellent, it must be said that it is indeed built at a high cost. 1⃣️Why renovate the Tang style on the Ming architectural complex? After checking some information, I found that it is exactly the same as the style of the earlier built Hong Kong Chi Lin Nunnery. I wonder if it was inspired by it? 2⃣️Is it a Tang architectural form? Entering the temple, it is indeed a time travel, but it is indeed not a time travel back to the Tang Dynasty of China. It seems to have traveled to Japan, which was extremely admired and constantly imitated by the Tang Empire. There is a faint shadow of the Tang Zhaoti Temple. As we all know, the basic color of our Tang architecture is red and white. You can refer to the real Tang Dynasty architecture of our country, Wutai Mountain Buddha Light Temple, the walls are painted white, and the wood structure is painted vermilion. The so-called white walls and red pillars can be said to be a very long tradition of our architecture. Han Yu's "New Repair Tengwang Pavilion" describes the outer eaves eroded by wind and rain as "red and white". And "During the Nara period in Japan, mainland styles were introduced to build palaces, and 'blue tiles and red pillars' became an important feature of the new style, distinguishing it from the wooden style of the local pit pillar-style buildings in Japan, and laid the basic color tone for the Heian period and later Heian-style buildings." In addition, the two golden finials make Baoshan Temple look more like a building that continues the Japanese imitation Tang style, which is quite regrettable. ⚠️⚠️Summary: A good place for photography. Don't blindly believe in the so-called late Tang style temple ⚠️⚠️: Incense ticket treasure 20, temple vegetarian meal 10 yuan per person, vegetarian meal only accepts cash, meal starts at 11 o'clock, go early. Eating + playing, it takes about 2 hours. It is recommended to go when it is drizzling, sit in the corridor of the Gion and taste tea, listen to the bell of the pagoda, knock on the ice jade, and the smoke is misty, which has a different charm.