The Grand Yuantong Hall, the main hall of Puji Temple, is equivalent to the Mahavira Hall in ordinary temples. Yuantong is an epithet of Guanyin Bodhisattva, and this hall is dedicated to her. The hall is grand and majestic, with a facade of seven bays and a depth of six bays, featuring double eaves and a mountain-shaped roof, yellow glazed tiles, and nine-tiered dougong brackets, with the door’s central panel carved with a dragon playing with a pearl.
The hall can accommodate thousands of people and is known as the ‘Living Hall’. Surrounding the platform in front of the hall are stone-carved balustrades, and in the center of the platform stands a steel ding stove, approximately 4 meters tall, inscribed with words such as ‘Puji Zen Temple’ and ‘Thousand Autumns Treasure Ding’.
