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Feilai Temple - the Big Temple

The Feilai Temple is located on the Feilai hillock, two kilometers north of Emei County, Sichuan Province.

The Feilai Temple, commonly known as the Big Temple, was built in the Song (960-1279) and Yuan (1279-1368) dynasties. The God of Dongyue Mountain statue, once enshrined in the temple, has been destroyed. The temple is three bays wide and 18.28 meters long. Unpainted clay dragons snake around two columns standing in the temple. The lifelike dragons were carved in an architectural style typical of the Song-Yuan period. The roof is covered with small black tiles added during the Ming (1368-1644)-Qing (1644-1911) renovations.

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