The Nanpuyuan Temple complex is large in scale, covering a total area of ??25.8 hectares and a construction area of ??21,270 square meters.

From south to north on the main axis, there are four buildings: Tianwang Hall, Daxiong Hall, Dabei Hall and Sutra Pavilion, plus left and right verandahs, Bell Tower and Drum Tower, Gongde Tower, Haihui Tower, Puzhao Tower, Taixu Library, Buddhist College Classroom, Yangzhengyuan

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All these buildings are close to the mountains, and they are elevated layer by layer, solemn and solemn.

In recent years, there have been a release pond, two newly built Wanshou pagodas, two pavilions, and lotus ponds in the south of the Tianwang Hall. Between the two ponds, there are seven Buddha statues composed of Sakyamuni Buddha, Kassapa Buddha and others.

The Seven Buddha Pagoda and the Wanshou Pagoda are 11 stories high and rich in the style of South Asian Buddhist architecture, making the scenery of Nanputuo Temple even more beautiful.

The Hall of Heavenly Kings is also called the Hall of Maitreya. Maitreya Buddha has kind eyebrows and smiling eyes, with lobed ears and shoulders, bare chest and navel, and a charming smile.

On both sides of the Heavenly King Hall are the four heavenly kings who are tall, handsome and mighty.

The whole body looks resplendent.

The porcelain cutting art on the roof is admirable.

The Main Hall was rebuilt by the monk Zhuan Feng in 1932. It is a solemn and solemn building with double eaves on the top of the mountain, glazed stone pillars, carved beams and painted buildings.

It mainly worships the past, present and future "three Buddhas", with Sakyamuni in the middle, Medicine Buddha in the east and Amitabha in the west.

On both sides of Sakyamuni Buddha, there are two sages. To the east is the eldest disciple, the venerable Kassapa, to the west is his cousin, the venerable Ananda, and in front is Avalokitesvara with Thousand Arms and Thousand Eyes.

Folklore: In ancient times, there was an old man who had three daughters. One day, the old man became ill and needed human eyes to make medicine.

The eldest daughter and the second daughter didn't care, but the younger daughter volunteered to give her eyes to cure the old man's disease.

This incident touched Sakyamuni, so he created a thousand-armed and thousand-eyed Guanyin to commemorate her and stood in front of him.

The architecture of the Main Hall embodies the four major characteristics of the "Minnan Buddhist Hall": 1. On the walls there are landscape, flower and bird paintings such as "Clear Shadow Shaking the Wind", "Autumn Song of the Chu River", and "Bathing in the Divine River", "Six Years of Asceticism", etc.

A comic strip of the birth story of Gautama Buddha.

2. The ridge of the roof has a crescent moon and purple swallows flying in the sky, making it look light and agile.

3. The structure is exquisite and the craftsmanship is exquisite. The roof ridge is inlaid with patterns such as "nine carp transforming into a dragon", "unicorn running", "phoenix spreading wings", etc., all of which are cut and inlaid with porcelain.

4. The building materials are local granite and green Dou Shi. All beams, columns, foundations, brackets and railings are unique.

The Dabei Hall was built in the early Qing Dynasty and was burned by fire.

Taixu Monk was rebuilt in 1930 and renovated in 1962.

Avalokitesvara is enshrined in the Dabei Hall, and the other three sides are 48-armed Avalokitesvara, with one hand and eye carved on each palm.

He holds a variety of magical instruments in his hands, with different postures, each achieving its own beauty.

The Dabei Hall has three octagonal cornices, all built with stacked brackets. The caisson in the hall is made of wooden bucket arches without a single iron nail.

Looking up at the caisson, it is unique and beautiful.

The Sutra Pavilion is a two-story cultural relics building.

Built in 1936.

Downstairs is the Dharma Hall, where monks give lectures.

The second floor is the Jade Buddha Hall, which contains 28 Burmese Jade Buddhas and tens of thousands of Chinese and foreign Buddhist scriptures.

Among the more precious ones are the Qisha Tibetan Sutra of the Song Dynasty, the Tripitaka of the Ming Dynasty, the Amitabha Sutra, the Lotus Sutra written in blood, the Japanese Tripitaka, etc., as well as the Bronze Buddha of the Tang Dynasty and the Bronze Pagoda of the Song Dynasty.

, a Ming Dynasty statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva giving nectar, and calligraphy works of eminent monks.

In 1924, Nanputuo Temple changed from the Linji Sect to the Shifang Jungle Selection System, and Master Huiquan served as the first abbot.