Category:Wuyun Temple, Mangshi, Buddhist temple in Menghuan Subdistrict, Mangshi, China
Wuyun Temple, called Zanghan ("Golden Temple") in Tai, covers 2,663 m² within four walls, with a gate in the middle of the east side. The main hall faces east, has three bays across and six deep, and is topped by a three-tiered hip-and-gable roof covered in flat tiles. Its base was originally a stilt structure, changed to a platform in the 1984 rebuilding. A golden stupa stands in the compound, with eight small stupas around the main one, each sheltering a niche.
Wuyun Temple was founded in 1665, the fourth year of the Kangxi reign, originally at today's Fapa Xinzhai site. It moved to its present location in 1802, the seventh year of the Jiaqing reign, and was later repaired twice. Japanese forces occupying Mangshi destroyed it during the War of Resistance; it was rebuilt in 1946, damaged again during the Cultural Revolution, and rebuilt in 1984.
The Dai name of the temple is Zhuang Han, meaning "Golden Temple"; it belongs to the Run school of Theravada Buddhism and is classed as a Zhuang temple. The golden stupa inside is called Gongmu Han, gongmu being the Dai word for a stupa. The main hall holds the bronze Buddha statue Phala Guomeng, brought by the Thai monk Zuo Miemie.
The compound covers 2,663 m² within a walled enclosure, with the only gate in the middle of the east wall; the main hall faces east and is reached through a sun door at its front centre. The hall's base was rebuilt as a platform in 1984, replacing the earlier stilt structure, so entry now involves steps rather than a raised floor.
The Dai name of the temple is Zhuang Han, meaning "Golden Temple", and its golden stupa is called Gongmu Han, with eight small stupas ringing the main one and reliquary niches beneath them. The name Wuyun, "Five Clouds", comes from five large banyan trees by the gate where egrets once roosted, looking from afar like five white clouds.
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