The architectural layout of Jinci Temple consists of three parts: the middle, the north and the south. The central part is magnificent and clean, which is the core of the whole temple. The north wins with lofty buildings, while the south is surrounded by pavilions and bridges. From east to west, there are waterscape terrace, Huixian Bridge, Golden Terrace, Moon Square, the second floor of Bell and Drum Tower, Fairy Hall, Liang Fei and Notre Dame. In the north, there are Tang Shuyu Temple, Wutian Temple and Wenchang Palace. There are jellyfish pavilion, Lao Quan pavilion and relic health tower in the south. The whole complex is compact, like a temple courtyard and a royal palace.
Notre Dame was built in the heyday of the Northern Song Dynasty and is the oldest building in the Golden Temple. Notre Dame Hall is 19 meters high, with 7 wide halls and 6 deep halls. Yellow-green glazed tiles are trimmed and carved, surrounded by cloisters, and there are 8 wooden dragon pillars in front of the temple.
The interior of the temple has been enlarged by 0, which is a large-scale Song Dynasty building in China. There are 43 painted sculptures of the Song Dynasty in the temple. The main statue is the Madonna sitting in a wooden niche. The other 42 attendants were on both sides of the niche, dressed in embroidered robes of the Virgin Mary and dignified. Attendants holding their own offerings, or serving daily life, or washing and cleaning, is a concrete portrayal of court life. These statues are very vivid and fully show people's facial expressions. Each statue has a natural expression, different facial expressions and exquisite shapes, which is the best colored sculpture in the Song Dynasty in China.
In the south of Notre Dame, there is an old spring pavilion that is difficult to repair, which was built during the Tianbao period of the Northern Qi Dynasty. This pavilion has an octagonal pyramid roof. The main source of golden water is ancient spring water, which gurgles out from the cave under the pavilion all the year round. Therefore, it was named "Old Man Spring" in the Northern Qi Dynasty, which was taken from the inscription of the Book of Songs Truffles.
The spring water is crystal clear, and the water temperature is kept at 17 all the year round. Li Bai, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, wrote a very good poem: Golden Water and Jasper, Microwave Long Forest. There is a jellyfish tower at the source, which was built in the 42 nd year of Ming Jiajing. There are five rooms on the second floor, with beautiful posture and unique shape. It is also a rare color plastic art in the Song Dynasty.
In the northern part of the temple area, Tang Shuyu Temple is divided into two houses, with a corridor around the front yard, three halls in the backyard, and Tang Shuyu Hall in the north, which is five wide and four deep. There is a statue of Tang Shuyu in the middle shrine, and there are 12 statues moved from other places on both sides. They hold different musical instruments, such as flute, pipa and sanxian, which are valuable materials for studying Chinese musical instruments and music history.
Jinci Temple is called Sanjin Scenic Area, where emperors, generals and literati left more than 300 inscriptions. In the twenty years of Zhenguan, Emperor Taizong Li Shimin wrote the famous Preface to Jinci in Zhenguan Gan Bao Pavilion.
The "seven-year white" in the temple is covered with old branches. Despite thousands of years of wind and rain, it is still full of vitality and lush. Known as the "Golden Temple Three Wonders", there are flowing "difficult old springs" and exquisite "carved women in the Song Dynasty".