Bojia Jiaocang Hall (Sutra Repository), Huayan Temple, Datong, Shanxi 山西大同华严寺薄伽教藏殿
The Bojia Jiaocang Hall stands in the Lower Huayan Temple at Datong and was the Liao-dynasty sutra repository. Wooden bookcases line its walls, topped by miniature pavilions that serve as shrines, a faithful model of Liao timber architecture, as Liang Sicheng put it. More than thirty Liao painted sculptures also remain inside. Its roof is low in pitch, and Liang compared it with the Sanshengdian of the Jin-dynasty Shanhua Temple to show how roofs grew steeper from the Song to the Jin.
