Longxing Monastery, Mituo (Amitabha) Hall  隆興寺彌陀殿

Building Information

Longxingsi Mituodian (Amitabha Hall) was added to the north side of the Dabeige in the fifth year of the Ming dynasty Zhengde reign period (1510). Jingyetang and Yaoshidian are located on the east and west sides, respectively. The Amitabha hall is five bays (23.1 m) across the front facade, has a depth of four bays (14.52 m), and is crowned with a single-eaves hip-gable roof (xieshan 歇山) roof covered with grey tiles. The overall height of the building is 16.1 meters. 1

In front of the hall is a “moon terrace” (yuetai 月臺), the east-west width of which is 29.25 meters, and the north-south length is 9.53 meters. The east, west, and south sides are all accessible by staircases. The eaves do not have dougong 斗栱 rather a series of large and small e 額 tie beams (including large and small efang 額枋, you'e 由額, dianban 墊板, and pingbanfang 平板枋) are used to support the eaves purlins between the pillars, a technique common in the Ming dynasty. The central bay of the main hall is filled with four wood-panel and lattice doors and the left and right secondary bays have four lattice panels in the windows. Inside the hall, the Amitabha statue is seated on the 1.57-meter-high stone Sumeru-style plinth. The Amitabha sculpture sits on a 3.39 meter high lotus seat and has a wide forehead, exaggerated ears, and downcast eyes. Wearing a robe, the figure's hands are folded in front of the abdomen in the mudra of meditation (Zhang et al., eds. 2000, 18).

彌陀殿位於隆興寺大悲閣北面的中軸線上，是明正德五年（公元1510年）增建的。凈業堂、藥師殿並列於東西兩側。此殿為一座面闊五間，進深四間，青瓦覆頂的單檐歇山式建築。 通面闊23.1米，通進深14.52米。自室外地皮至大吻上皮通高16.1米。殿前月臺東西寬29.25米，南北長9.53米，東、西、南三面設垂帶踏道。檐下不設斗拱，而將明代慣用的大額枋、小額枋及由額、墊板和平板枋等構件疊置於柱於柱之間。 大殿正面明間設格扇門四扇。左右兩次間裝四抹檻窗各四扇。殿內1.57米高的石須彌座式佛壇上供阿彌陀佛塑像。阿彌陀佛肉髻螺發，額寬耳垂，雙目俯視，身披袈裟， 雙手疊置於腹前作禪定印，高坐於蓮座，高3.39米（河北省正定縣文物保管所 2000, 18）。1

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