Feitian Mountain Buddhist Temple

The Buddhist temple is located in Feitian Mountain Scenic Area, Chenzhou, Hunan Province. Beside the south bank of the Cuijiang River, the site is on the top of flat rocky with an average elevation of 178m. There is a pool on the top of the mountain which is a spectacle for its perennial water.

The complex consists of a temple, a dormitory and a meditation center. The land on the top of the mountain is cramped and cannot be developed in the traditional temple form.

The space sequence is a rotation-arranged shrines in the front area, then turns to the semi-open main hall. The pool’s open character is preserved that introduces river views into the main hall where gods, people and nature meet, implying the Buddhism realm of "one flower, one world, one leaf, one bodhi".

The language of the building is taken from the intention of lotus in Buddhism, like the Buddhist etiquette with hands folded. Considering the difficulty of transportation on the top of the hill, we choose lightweight materials to facilitate field assembly.

The dormitory is embedded in the west side of the hill and the meditation center is on the east side, like a leaf of bodhi floating.