Shisi Temple, Buddhist temple in Jingning She Autonomous County, China
Shisi Temple is a rectangular walled complex in Xier Village, Daji Township, Jingning She Autonomous County, measuring 66 m north-south by 57 m east-west. Its buildings—the gate, bell tower, main hall, Sanqing Hall, Maxian Palace and Mei ancestral hall—cover 1,250 sq m. The main hall is a timber structure 12 m square and 10.3 m tall, divided into three bays.
Shisi Temple was first built in 1356, the 16th year of the Zhizheng era of the Yuan dynasty, and was extended in the late Ming and early Qing periods. In 2001 it was listed in the fifth batch of Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level.
The temple compound includes a Mei ancestral hall, showing that the site served both Buddhist worship and the local Mei lineage. Its name, Shisi, is written 时思, "remembering the times", a reference to ancestral remembrance. The buildings were added over time: begun in 1356 under the Yuan, continued in the late Ming and early Qing.
Shisi Temple stands in Xier Village, Daji Township, within Jingning She Autonomous County, reached from Lishui through the county seat. The walled compound measures 66 m north to south and 57 m east to west, so allow time to walk between the gate, bell tower and halls.
The temple complex also contains the Mei ancestral hall, a clan shrine built alongside the Buddhist and Daoist structures; the Three Pure Hall and Ma Xian Palace show that worship here mixed several traditions within one rectangular walled compound.
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