TempleofSolitaryJoyislocatedatinsidewestcitygateofJiCounty,TianjinCity.ItisknownforitsrefinedarchitectureskillinChannel'sancientbuildingsandhasgotthereputationofSixBest.Theseare:TheearliestDingshanGate（GateofWithstandingHill）ofthegroundhallpreservednow;TheearliestChiweiobjectontheHillGatepreservednow;Theearliestplanedistributionwhichtookpavilionasthecenteronthearchitectureplane;ThebiggestclaysculpturedstatueofAvalokiteavarainsideapavilioninChina;TheAvalokiteavaraisalsothemostancienthighstoreyedone;ThemorepreciousfactisthattheTempleofSolitaryJoyhasstoodunscathedafterthousandyearsofrain,snow,windandfrostand28bigattacks,hencethemostdurableancientMonasteryofthousandyears.
EnteringtheTemple,thefirstestosightis10mhighgate,onthearchofwhichtherehangsahorizontalinscribedboard:TempleofSolitaryJoy.ThesingleeavesgroundhallroofwastheroofbuildingformduringthewesternTsin（AD265-316）andSouthernandNorthernDyansty（420-589）period,whichwascalledSiadadinginancienttimeandnowitiscalledbigroof.Onthetwoendsoftheplaneridge,thereareinwardChiweis.Chidenotedsparrowhawkinancienttime,whichisakindoffiercebird.Thestandbaseofthegateisparativelylow,butthehallpinnacleismuchhigheraboveeavesandthepotteryanimalfigureslooksturdy;solemnandsturdy.Thereisnoceilinginsidethepinnacle,thereforthepaintedbeamandpurlieusarevisible.Thewholepieceisexquisitelywrought,simplearrangedandskillfullydone,forwhichpeoplegaspinadministration.
Crossingthegate,oneestothecorebuilding-AvalokitesvaraPavilion,23minheight.Formoutsideappearance,itistwostoreyed,butinsidethereisahiddenstorey,thusthreestoreyedinfact.Ontheeavescorners,potteryunicornsaresculptured,onwhichlittleBuddhastatuesride.Copperbellsarehungundereavescorners,swayingwiththewind,aspeciallyrefinedscene.ThemostattractivethingisthestructureofDougong（setsofbracketsontopofthecolumnssupportingthebeamswithinandroofeaveswithout——eachsetconsistingoftiersofoutstretchingarmscalledGong,cushionedwithtrapezoidalblockscalledDou）.ItismadeofoverlappingDougongshapedwoodblocksandbowshapedhorizontalwoodbarsbyadopting24formswitheachlayerstretchingoutasbracket,biginupperpartandsmallinlowerpart,thinlyscattered,steadyandsturdy.Itmakeseavesofthepavilionlooklikeflying,faranddeepinthesky,abeautifulandmagnificentview.
EnteringtheAvalokitesvaraPavilion,theverysightisahugestandingAvalokitesvaraStatue.Ifonestandsbyit,hisheightisonlyuptoherankle.TheStatue,16.27minheight,isthebiggestclaysculptureofAvalokitesvarainChina.TwostatuesofattendantBodhisattvasunderthekneeofAvalokitesvaraarealso3minheight.OnthecrownoftheheadofAvalokitesvara,thereare10smallAvalokitesvare'sheads,henceitiscalled11facesAvalokitesvara.Reviewingaroundtheinnerpartofthepavilion,onecandiscoverthatpillarsofhighandlowstoreysarenotdirectlylinkedthrough,butthepillarsoftheupperstoreyareinsertedintothearchheadofthatoflowerstorey.Theupperstoreyofthepavilionisinaformofsixcornersemptywell,whilethelowerstoreyisinaformofsquareemptywell.Thiskindofstructureisnotonlybeautifulandstrong,butalsoaddsthespaceoftheupperpartofBudhastatues.Onthefourwallsinsidethepavilion,colorfulmuralsarepainted,thethemeofwhichistheimagesof16Arhatsand2MingDynastyEmperors,whicharetheearliestsubjectsofBuddhism.Onhemurals,2mhighArhatswith3headsand4armsareextremelylifelikeandMingEmperorsonthefourwallsarefullofpowerandgrandeur.Ontheupperpartofthemurals,therearemountains,forest,cloudandriver,whileonthelowerpart,therearepaintingsofsecularthemeswithvividandnaturallines,whichembodythesuperbtheskillandartsofpaintingofancientBuddhisminChina.