The Eternal Jinshan Temple

The Eternal Jinshan Temple (2022)

永恆的金山寺

Jinshan Temple is the only Buddhist temple built on water in China, which dates back to the Southern Song Dynasty (1127-1279), almost a thousand years in the past. Observant Buddhist believers often converge here to perform a rite known as "fangsheng", or "life release", which refers to the practice of saving animals from captivity and releasing them into the water. The film tries to form a slice of the history of this eternal artificial architecture through ecology, geography and folklore. A Gopro camera was tied to a turtle that was released in the river to inspect the underwater space of the temple.

Date of release
2022-09-27
Runtime
1h 8m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Yihan Lin

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