Nankunshen Temple

 

Main Door Couplet

The Yu-Chi Stele

Statues of the Five Lords

Inspection Orders of the Five Lords

Stone Censer of the Five Lords

The Kaishan Tablet

Wood Carved Couplets, Ching Shan Temple

The‘Spirits Watch Over the Eastern Seas’Marquee Board

The‘Light Embraces All Four Directions’ Marquee

The ‘Spider Making its Web’ Pavilion

Octagonal Dragon Pillars

‘Pray for Joy and Happiness’

Scenes of Bamboo by Cheng Hsieh

Twin Dragons Gaze Upon the‘Three Stars’– Cut Tile Mosaic

‘Abandoned Lions’ Cut Tile Mosaic

Traditional ‘Palanquin-Style’ Roof Eaves

The Money Wall

Painted Door Gods

Long Hou (Dragon Throat) Well

Bronze Drums

 

 

The ‘Spider Making its Web’ Pavilion

The ‘Spider Making its Web’ Pavilion


There are actually two pavilions within the temple known by the title ‘Spider Making its Web’.

One is in the main worship hall. The other is in the prayer room at Ching Shan Temple.

These pavilions feature exquisitely coffered ceilings.

This ceiling style, also referred to as longjing (dragon wells), is constructed using thousands of small sandalwood joints.

The 64 divine symbols and 384 broken & unbroken lines of Zhouyi are reflected in a ceiling design that symbolizes the 72nd hour of the 24th interval of the final month of the lunar year. The overall design is exquisite and all pieces fit naturally, so that, looking up, the entire scene gives the impression of a delicately woven spider web – an exceptional artistic and architectural achievement.


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