Guanghua Temple: Great Hero Hall
光化寺
山西太谷
原名隆興寺。位於山西省晉中市太谷縣城西南7公里白城鎮。始建於唐貞觀十三年（639）；北宋咸平二年（999）敕命重修，改稱光化聖寺。元泰定三年（1326）重建，明（1368～1644）清（1644～1911）兩代又屢有修葺。二○○六年列為中國「全國重點文物保護單位」。
該寺坐北朝南，現僅存大雄寶殿、後殿和西配殿。大雄寶殿為單檐歇山頂，面闊五間，進深四間，當心間闢板門，兩次間設直櫺窗。檐下斗栱簡潔，駝峰、繳背、蜀柱以及梁枋規制等方面，尚保留宋（960～1279）金（1115～1234）時期的建築手法。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L, page 387.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Guanghua Temple." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L, vol. 2, 2016, pp. 387.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Peter Johnson, Mankuang and Lewis Lancaster. 2016. "Guanghua Temple" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L, 2:387.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Johnson, P., Mankuang, & Lancaster, L. (2016). Guanghua Temple. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Architecture G-L (Vol. 2, pp. 387).
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