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The Stone Hall of Jijian Temple (Chinese: 寂鉴寺) is located on Tianchi Mountain in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, China. It was classified by the Jiangsu Provincial-level Cultural Relics Protection Unit in 1957 and placed in the sixth batch of Major Site Protected for Its Historical and Cultural Value at the National Level in 2006.

Jijian Temple was built in the Zhizheng era, under the reign of Ukhaantu Khan, Emperor Huizong of Yuan in the Yuan Dynasty (1357) and converted to a temple after the Ming Dynasty. The existing stone palace niche for Buddha and statues were all built in the Yuan Dynasty.

Facing south and with a width of 7.64 meters (面阔三间) and a depth of 5.52 meters (进深二间), the stone hall has a unique Chinese-style roof and the back of the hall is next to a cliff. The east side and west side of the stone hall each have one stone chamber.

The two chambers are constructed next to the niche of Buddha. titled "Doushai Palace" and "Jile Palace". They are both stone houses built with wood in Baosha-style, one room in width and half a step in depth. The west stone chamber has a double-eaved roof with Amitabha Buddha statues in it while the east one has a single eave roof with Maitreya Buddha statues in it.

References

1. "cultural relics protection units". www.cchmi.com. Archived from the original on 2010-03-15. Retrieved 2012-05-13.
2. Compiled by State Administration of Cultural Heritage. fifth volume of the sixth batch of important national-level preservation units of cultural relics. Cultural Relics Publishing House. 2008. pp. 60. ISBN 978-7-5010-2446-9.
3. "寂鉴寺石屋及造象小考". 古建园林技术. 1988.
4. "中国传统建筑艺术之歇山顶的类别、等级及应运". China Science and Technology Review. 32. 2011.
5. "The Buddha Images and Conservation and Adherence to Cultural Values in Northeast". Journal of Social Sciences. 2011.

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