平顶山香山寺庙会

香山寺庙会

　　香山寺庙会香山寺，始建于东汉，至宋明达到鼎盛，有殿堂楼阁20余间，斋寮僧舍数百间。主体建筑是宋神宗熙宁元年（公元1068年）赦建的“大悲观音大士塔”，高33米。塔下卷洞内的《香山大悲菩萨传碑》是汉代佛教观音菩萨身世的最权威文本。1976年该碑拓片曾赴牛津大学展出。1986年公布为河南省文物保护单位。
　　香山庙会
　　Xiangshan Temple Fair
　　Xiangshan Temple was built in the period of the Eastern Han and was
　　at the height of power and splendor during the Song and Ming
　　Dynasties. There are over 20 temple halls and several hundred houses
　　for monks. The main building is the grand Dabei Kwan-yin Tower,
　　which has a height of 33 meters. “Xiangshan Dabei Kwan-yin
　　Inscription” in the cavern under the tower is the most authoritative
　　text on the Kwan-yin’s life experience in Buddhism of the Han
　　Dynasty. In 1976 the rubbing from the inscription displayed in
　　Oxford. In 1986, Xiangshan Temple was publicized as a site of
　　cultural relic protection of Henan Province.