Golden Temple
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Golden Temple together with the Taihe Palace are regarded as two of the most interesting attractions in the Golden Temple Park (Jindian Park) of Kunming.
Taihe Temple is the most important and active Taoist temple in Kunming, Yunnan. Atop the front gate, is a large horizontal board inscribed with the Chinese saying 'Ying Wu Chun Shen' meaning 'Spring abounds on Yingwu Mountain' in Chinese.
The Golden Temple built during the Ming Dynasty is the most unique and well known structure in the park. It, like Taihe Temple, is a Taoist temple. However, the special thing about Golden Temple is its architecture. The walls, sixteen pillars, rafters, roof tiles, altar, statues, altar-hanging, the horizontal inscribed board, the table and even the banner on the right in front of the temple are all made from bronze. The burnished copper gleamed like gold and that is why people named it the Golden Temple. The whole temple weighs more than 280 tons, making it not only one of the four largest bronze temples in China, but also the heaviest and best preserved.
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