Rokuon-ji (Kinkaku-ji)
See more Temples. Near to Osaka (43.52 km) in Japan.
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Often called the Golden Pavillion Temple because it’s top two storeys are covered in gold leaf, Kinkaku houses Buddhist relics and is a temple of the Rinzai school of Zen Buddhism. On the roof is a golden phoenix. To demonstrate the contrasting beauty of nature and man made art the temple is surrounded by a beautiful garden. Originally built as a villa for a Shogun in 1397 to be as ‘A paradise on earth‘, it was converted into a Buddhist temple by his son. Unfortunately this isn’t the original, which was burned down by a disturbed monk in the 1950’s, this is a replica completed in 1955. The main difference between the new and old pavilions is the shade of gold, the original gold leaf had worn and dulled over the centuries, while the new, thicker leaf is much more brilliant. The not-gold ground floor faces onto the mirror pond and was used to entertain, while the second floor is for religious treasures and the third is decorated like a Zen temple and houses the Buddha.
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