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Kaiyuan Temple Beamless Hall

開元寺無梁殿

江蘇蘇州

位於江蘇省蘇州市開元寺。建於明萬曆四十六年(1618)。開元寺建於三國吳赤烏年間(238~251),名通玄寺;唐開元二十六年(738)改現名,五代後唐同光三年(925)由城北遷建今址。寺現僅存藏經閣,因是磨磚嵌縫縱橫拱券結構,不用木構梁柱,故稱無梁殿;且因供奉無量壽佛,故又名無量殿。一九八二年列為江蘇省文物保護單位。
 該殿坐北朝南,兩層樓閣式,面闊七間,通高約19公尺。歇山頂及腰檐敷綠間黃琉璃筒瓦。第二層當心間前後牆拱門上方各嵌白石橫額,分別鐫刻「敕賜藏經樓」和「普密法藏」。底層當心間及兩次間拱門亦有白石橫額,鐫篆書「修多羅」(經)、「毘奈耶」(律)、「阿毗曇」(論)。第二層殿內當心間不用拱券,改以磚疊澀收分至中央,四隅以斗栱承托八角形穹窿藻井,堪稱明代(1368~1644)磚構精品;四壁鑲嵌明代章藻手書《梵網經》、《大方廣佛華嚴經》石刻。
 磚券結構殿閣盛於明代。在現存同類建築中,該殿規模不大,但結構和細部手法精緻,如底層倚柱磚雕須彌座及上下檐垂蓮柱、雀替、華板、額枋、斗栱等,無不精巧,故有「結構雄傑冠江南」之譽。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L, page 584.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Kaiyuan Temple Beamless Hall." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L, vol. 2, 2016, pp. 584.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang and Lewis Lancaster. 2016. "Kaiyuan Temple Beamless Hall" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L, 2:584.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, & Lancaster, L. (2016). Kaiyuan Temple Beamless Hall. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L (Vol. 2, pp. 584).
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booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L},
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