- Golden Hall
The Golden Hall (Jindian or Jinding), situated at the top of
Tianzhu Peak (1612m), is one of the most distinctive landmarks inWudangshan . It was built in 1416 during theMing Dynasty . According to local histories, the hall was forged inBeijing , then carried to Wudangshan. The Golden Hall is one part of theSupreme Harmony Temple (Taihe Palace). Built entirely of gilded copper (an incredible 20 tons of fine copper, and 300 kilograms of gold), the hall is one of the biggest gilded copper temples inChina .The Golden Hall contains a bronze statue of
Zhen Wu , another name for the Northern Emperor, Beidi (Cantonese Pak Tai), a popular Daoist deity. Around the statue stand more gilded copper statues. Between them, the statues and hall represent the best in Ming copper work.
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