Description
Kaiyuan Temple is located at 11 Dongda Jie inside Panmen Gate. It was listed as a heritage conservation site in Jiangsu Province in 1956. It is currently under the protection and management of Suzhou Municipal Administration of Cultural Relics. The temple was established in the Hou Tang originally, and was rebuilt in the Manchu Dynasty. The temple's Cangjing Building was constructed in the Ming Dynasty and is made of brick and is seven stories high. Wuliang Hall (the literal meaning of this name is Beamless Hall) is the only ancient building remaining inside Kaiyuan Temple. Wuliang Hall was built in 1618 and is one of only four great beamless halls in China. The hall is built using a beamless frame structure and represents the typical brick and wood structure type commonly seen in the Ming Dynasty. Compared to the other beamless structures in China, Suzhou's Wuliang Hall is not the largest in scale but is considered superior for its delicate structure and painstaking attention to detail. Wuliang Hall is the perfect example of the advanced building techniques of the Ming Dynasty. It is regarded as the crown of the majestic buildings south of the Yangtze River.

 

景点介绍
苏州开元寺位于盘门内东大街11号，1956年被列为江苏省文物保护单位，现由苏州市文物管理委员会保护管理。无梁殿是开元寺现在仅存的一座古建筑。中国四大无梁殿之一。无梁殿即藏经阁，建于明万历四十六年（1618年）。原先供奉无量寿佛，又名无量殿；因为都是磨砖嵌缝纵横拱券结构，不用木构梁柱檩椽，故习称“无梁殿”。是明代砖木结构建筑的典型代表之一。砖券结构殿阁盛于明代，在现存同类建筑中，开元寺无梁殿规模并不算大，而以结构和细部手法精致取胜。如底层倚柱砖雕须弥座，上下檐垂莲柱、雀替、华版、额枋、斗拱，楼层平座栏杆、斗八藻井，殿顶琉璃游龙花卉脊饰等，无不工细精巧。整座殿阁于宏伟庄重中有玲珑华丽之致，反映出明代苏州建筑技艺的高度水平，故有“结构雄杰冠江南”之誉。