Bao'en Temple (Pingwu)

Bao'en Temple (traditional Chinese: 報恩寺; simplified Chinese: 报恩寺; pinyin: Bào'ēnsì), also known as Bao'en Monastery, is a well-preserved fifteenth-century Buddhist monastery complex located in Pingwu County, in northwestern Sichuan Province, China.

It was built by Wang Xi, a local chieftain, between 1440 and 1446 during Emperor Yingzong's reign (1427–64) in the Ming dynasty (1368–1644).

Under the eaves have been placed dougong, an assemblage of a number of blocks and arms (sets of brackets) that support the hall's roof.

Forty-eight different types and 2,200 sets of dougong support and ornament the structures within the Bao'en Temple complex.

[1] At the centre of Dabei Hall is a golden statue of Guanyin, the goddess of mercy, carved out of a nanmu tree.