temple temple chinese buddhist temple located village china temple oldest hall hall built dynasty notable featuring large hold roof flying sculptures inside hall examples 10th century buddhist sculpture china history history temple begins recorded thousand hall built date written beam hall date given local history written 19th century written confirms date oldest building temple surviving building dates short lived northern han dynasty little known temple history record renovated city temple inscribed list layout temple contains main halls gate buildings wall surrounding entire complex temple opens south hall acting temple gate hall north final hall called dates dynasty northern courtyard features minor halls facing east west called date dynasty bell towers located hall thousand hall important hall temple thousand hall china oldest wooden buildings bay single hip hall nearly square shape measures meters high despite building small size features identify regular hall pillars directly floor instead stone pedestal structure complex doors hall addition hall windows door pillars supporting structure corner column holding roof 7th degree complex large types according sets nearly meters high height columns inter occur pillars 5th degree hall ceiling upper lower set exposed speculates complex humble structure attempt northern han rulers build magnificent structure limited resources hall contains sculptures period chinese sculptures period survive outside main statue flanked heavenly kings
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