This photograph was taken at Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto, where the winter morning sun spills over the ridge and illuminates the thousand-year-old wooden structure supported by 139 logs.
Standing on the stage, you can feel not only the ultimate of architectural craftsmanship, but also the accumulation of thousands of years of faith and life. The prayers of the crowd, the lingering of cigarettes, and the baptism of sunlight seem to transform this ancient building from a static structure into a flowing container of time.
This is not just a temple, but the embodiment of "Dancing with Faith" in Japanese culture.
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