The gold roof is the second peak in Mount Emei, 3077 meters above the sea level is the vegetation of inferior alpine coniferous trees nearby, it is mainly a fir, besides Mount Emei rose, sniper s shot bamboo, cuckoo,etc. under the forest, there are only grasses, prolong old rare plants such as the grass, big leaf willow,etc. of age. In order to protect this large stretch of natural vegetation well. Have set up area as 400 hectares of firs and only leaf grasses, prolonged in the grass protection zone of age newly in the scenic spot.
Earliest architecture was spread for the general mere hall in the Eastern Han Dynasty at the gold roof, Tang, Song Shi changed into a mere looks temple, the Buddhist monk covered with clouds of the treasure rebuilds at the time of reign of Ming Emperor Hongwu, as the iron tile hall. The Buddhist monk of supplementary biography establishes when two halls of tin tile, copper tile are for being bright.
The money hall of gold roof is bright Wan copper hall which the wonderful peak honorific Buddhist monk established over the years, Wan goes through emperor Zhu Xu s hook and inscribes bright Tibet temple of China forever . Gaining the name of the gold roof, namely come from gold hall . According to the records of relevant materials, the gold hall is 8 meters high five inches, 4.
33 meters of wide five inches, 4.33 meters deep five inches, all mix the gold bronze to cast in the tile column doors and windows wall, is it virtuous to support being general China by Bodhisattva picture,by list ten thousand Buddhas little,carve by Sichuan Province mountains and rivers road pictures the whole in door wall, the craft is consummate, are acclaimed as the acme of perfection.
While shining the mountaintop as having a southern exposure in the morning, the gold hall glimmers in face of the sunshine, dazzling and brilliant, very grand, so people call that gold roof . It s a pity, among Qing Dynasty each, because of one fire, cook, collapse gold hall, retain only one of copper tablet that come down, one side whether the intersection of sulphur and case Wang write and collect Wang Xizhi word whether large high mountain bright China hide the intersection of temple and newly-built the intersection of copper and hall, write forever , one side whether mere residence Fu write and collect Chu satisfy good word whether Mount Emei general virtuous gold hall write , extant China hide in the temple, have several original gold the intersection of hall and window besides store in China and hide the temple too.
From these relics, we can infer how brilliant and grand the gold hall was that year.