Banyan Tree And Pagoda Wrapped Each Other
Mengwofo
(Wofo, reclining Buddha) Temple is situated in Dazhai Village of
Weiyuan Town, Jinggu County (Pu’er Municipality). It used to be an
official temple (Guan Fo Si), consisting of a gate, a side door, two
pagodas, an ordination hall, a main hall and monk dormitories. It covers
3.3 hectares. The main hall and two pagodas are facing the south. The
two pagodas, over 10 meters high, were built by Chieftain Dao Hanchen.
A banyan tree grows out from the left
pagoda. Its dense branches stretch out from the cracks on the pagoda
while the pagoda remains unbroken. In the evening, flocks of birds can
be heard singing cheerfully in the branches. Another banyan tree has
overgrown in the right pagoda since Daoguang Period (1821-1850) of the
Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), thus forming the spectacle-banyan tree and
pagoda wrapped each other.
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