Chinese Characters on the Stele in Dai Temple
The Dai Temple complex is composed chiefly of the temple itself, however large parts of the Dai Temple are also park and open spaces. Some of these open spaces hold significant figures as well. Here, steles are displayed openly and on top of the backs of tortoise. One stele, was built for Renovating the Dai Temple, renovating almost a thousand years ago! Thinking of that was just mind boggling. The tortoise base was carved out of a rock weighing 20 tons.
Visitors Climbing the Tortoise Base
The stele has large Chinese characters on the behind it saying Wan Dai Zhan Yang 万代瞻仰 or “Ten Thousand Generations pay their Respects”. These characters are also the largest characters on any building in the Dai Temple. This won’t be the only time where Chinese calligraphy features prominently in the temple. In fact, there are other “graffiti” in different parts of the temple complex.
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