Huayan
Monastery
 Located
within the city's Ximen (western gate),
the monastery has a spacious Daxiongbaodian
(the Hall of Sakyamuni) built in the Liao
Dynasty (916-1125). The hall, covering 1,559
square metres, is China's biggest Buddhist
shrine-hall. There are five statues of Buddhas
and 20 statues of lokapalas in the hall.
In the monastery's Hall for Keeping Bhagavan
Scriptures, there are 31 lifelike sculptures
of the Liao Dynasty and 38 scripture-keeping
cases standing around the hall in several
storeys. On the back of the hall also hangs
the peculiarly built Celestial Pavilion.
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