Explore Yong'an Temple, the beauty of Jin and Yuan architecture, and the soul of murals

Hunyuan Yong'an Temple was built in the Jin dynasty and rebuilt in the Yuan dynasty. The murals of the ten great kings on the north wall of the Hall of Dharma Transmission represent the high level of Buddhist painting in the Yuan dynasty. The entire north wall is covered with murals of Tibetan Buddhism, and the statues of the ten great kings, whether in color, line, or expression, give me a sense of soul-cleansing. The murals on the east, west, and south walls are murals of the Water and Land Dojo, which combine the contents of Chinese Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhism, and Taoism, reflecting the ethnic integration and multi-faceted beliefs of the time. The north wall has a door in the middle, with ten great kings painted on the left and right walls, five on each side, riding dragons, lions, elephants, oxen, tigers, phoenixes, and dragons, holding weapons and treasures, each with two little ghosts pulling them. The kings are all angry, with their hair standing up, angry eyes, and fangs, with their original images painted inside the round light on top of their heads. On the east side of the north wall, starting from the west: the first king has a green face and red hair, three heads and eight arms, with a sword in each of his upper hands, his hands clasped in front of his chest, his middle hands pulling open his face to reveal his original face, his lower left hand holding a wheel of law, and his mount is a tiger; the second king has a black face and black hair, with three skulls on his forehead, three heads and six arms, and his mount is a white elephant, which should be the king of the steps transformed by Samantabhadra; the third king has a red face and black hair, with a Buddha's head on his forehead; the fourth king has a blue face and red hair, and his mount is a dragon; the fifth king has a red face and black hair. On the west side of the north wall, starting from the east: the first king has a black face and black hair, with a Buddha's head on his forehead, and his mount is an ox; the second king has a red face and black hair, with three eyes, three heads, and eight arms; the third king has a blue-white face and red hair; the fourth king has a black face and black hair, and his mount is a dragon; the fifth king has a black face and black hair, with a Buddha's head on his forehead, three heads and six arms, with a sword in his upper left hand, a scroll in his upper right hand, his hands clasped in front of his chest, his lower left hand holding a green bird, his lower right hand holding something in his palm, and his mount is a divine beast. The first king on the west side of the east wall, tearing open his hideous face to reveal the face of a Bodhisattva, is the most recognizable and artistically creative painting in Yong'an Temple - the "Face-Tearing King", which has become a symbol of Yong'an Temple with its bizarre shape and mysterious image, and has become an internet sensation in the era of traffic.