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Three Realms and Four Continents

When you step into Xiaoxitian, you are almost speechless, hard to imagine the exterior is so simple, while the inner hall is so splendid and magnificent... The suspended sculptures reach the pinnacle of craftsmanship, dense, layered, with exquisite details that are not sloppy, everywhere showing the moving beauty that only pure handmade skills can create... The entire Qianfoan is built rising from the mountain body. A main path leads straight to the front hall, passing through the plaque corridor of Xiaoxitian, from darkness into a bright place... Qianfoan is divided into three parts: upper, middle, and lower courtyards, representing hell, the human world, and the heavenly realm respectively... "Three Realms, Four Continents, no desires, no salvation..." The "Xiaoxitian" in Black Wukong is a blissful universe constructed by Huangmei, and also the part of Black Wukong that most directly strikes the worldview...
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