It, is said the local people wanted to pay honour to the Buddha, so that they built the temple according to shape of his golden cap. The temple is composed of three parts the base made Of. brick, me body made of wood, and the top It is more than 20 metres inheight with 31 sides and 32 angles.'There are many delicate golden pictures and patterns in and out'the temple. The temple house, made of 24 walls, enshrines a copper figure of Buddha. The top.structure of the temple is novel and beautiful. The fantastic eight-sectioned,
ten-tiered roof rises steeply to a round cupola, topped by a 4 - metre high iron pole. My friends, please look, there is a small banner on the top of the iron pole and many dangling copper bells am around the roof. Please listen, these copper belts.are singing beautifully now.
Octagon Temple, called "Wosu" by the Tai people, is a meeting hall. for the local Hinayana, a sect of Buddhism. on 15th and 30th of every month (Tai year), all Buddhas in Jingzhen area gather here to listea to the eminent monk to deliver a sermon, consult and deal with the important things in the religion, It is also a place that monks are promoted to the position of Buddha.
To the southeast of Octagon Temple, there is a "Liusha River" with a bridge across it. To the southwest of Octagon Temple, there is rippled " Jingzhen Lake", where Nanmumona and her sisters used to take a bath, and King zhao Shuttm met Princess of Peacock. They fell in love at first sight and leved each other since then. |