page_title: Linggu Temple
section_title: Wuliang Hall
hierarchical_section_title: Linggu Temple / History / Wuliang Hall
caption_attribution_description: 南京无梁殿。WuLiangDian, Nanjing, China
context_page_description: Linggu Temple is a famous Buddhist temple in Nanjing. It is now surrounded by a large park.
context_section_description: Wuliang Hall, or Beamless Hall, was constructed in 1381, and is 22 metres high and 53.8 metres wide. The hall enjoys high reputation for its special architectural techniques. It has three archways on the front and rear sides respectively. The structure was built with bricks from the bottom to the top entirely, without a piece of wood or a single nail. Thus it was called Wuliang Hall, since Wuliang means beamless. It happens that the hall originally enshrined Amitābha (the Buddha of Infinite Light) whose Chinese name is similar to "Wuliang". Later in 1928, the hall was turned into a memorial hall for soldiers who lost their lives in the Northern Expedition (1926–1928). More than 30,000 soldiers were enshrined.
caption: Beamless Hall
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