•加拿大佛教四大名山位于加拿大安大略省Peterborough County的四块风景优美之地，距离多伦多市区约100公里。四大名山工程拟在四个方位，分别为五台山、峨眉山、普陀山和九华山四大佛教名山，总占地面积1350英亩(约计9000中国亩)。其中，加国五台山工程，佔地约535多英亩。建成后的加国五台山是一个集宗教、文化、艺术、教育、环保、旅游等多功能的文化园区，将对加拿大经济、文化、宗教、以及慈善事业做出重要贡献。

  •1350acres of scenic land were purchased in Peterborough County and City of Kawartha Lakes, northeast of Toronto for the construction of the Four Great Sacred Buddhist Gardens in Canada, namely Wutai Shan, Emei Shan, Putuo Shan and Jiuhua Shan Buddhist Gardens. These parcels of land were chosen for their tranquility and the beautiful natural environment of the local regions. They are ideal ‘pure lands’ on earth for learning the Buddha’s teachings, to discover the true Buddha-nature within oneself and the path to enlightenment. They are also great places to build meditation retreat centres. Wutai Shan Buddhist Garden in Canada is the first site to be developed on 535 acres of land. When completed, these wooden temples will have significant architectural recognition in the world. It will be the largest single Buddhist complex outside China for the promulgation of Chinese Buddhism in North America, and at the same time promoting Chinese culture and Tang-Dynasty style architecture, strengthening cultural exchange and friendship between China and Canada, uniting all branches of Buddhism throughout the world.

  •(一)唐风古建: 规模宏大，规划严整，全木结构、气魄宏伟。

  •(二)美和力的结合:仿唐建筑斗拱的结构、柱子的形象、梁的搭建等其结构本身受力状态与形象之间有着内在的联系，达到了力与美的统一。而色调简洁明快，屋顶舒展平远，门窗简洁彰显朴实无华。

  •(三)取材珍贵: 整个大木作结构内外均取材于老挝珍贵花梨木。

  •(四)屋面铜瓦:整个大殿的屋面为全铜瓦覆盖，共计铜瓦24220片，铜的重量约为61顿，整个屋面总重量约为600顿。

  唐风古建: 规模宏大，规划严整，全木结构、气魄宏伟。

  1.Tang-dynasty style architecture:

  The Main Dharma Hall is constructed following ancient Chinese architectural technique from the Tang dynasty. The structure is built purely in wood, using an ancient Chinese technique called“dougong”where large wooden interlocking brackets and no single metallic nail was used.

  美和力的结合:仿唐建筑斗拱的结构、柱子的形象、梁的搭建等其结构本身受力状态与形象之间有着内在的联系，达到了力与美的统一。而色调简洁明快，屋顶舒展平远，门窗简洁彰显朴实无华。

  Merger of Beauty and Strength

  The architectural outline and design of the structure is a perfect harmony of beauty and strength, with simple but majestic colour tone, windows and door designs.

  取材珍贵: 整个大木作结构内外均取材于老挝珍贵花梨木。

  •Built Using Precious Materials

  •Most of the wooden materials used are high grade rosewood imported from Laos, and other materials such as camphor and yew.

  屋面铜瓦:整个大殿的屋面为全铜瓦覆盖，共计铜瓦24220片，铜的重量约为61顿，整个屋面总重量约为600顿。

  •The Bronze Roof Shingles

  •The roof of the Main Buddha Hall is covered with 24,220 bronze roof shingles, sponsored through the Bronze Roof Shingles Writing activities. These bronze shingles weigh about 61 tons,providing shelter to the Buddha statues inside and showering blessings on all visitors within. Total roof structure weighs about 600 tons.

  •加国五台山落成后将会成为加拿大人的荣耀，更是世界瞩目的胜地。

  •随着加拿大五台山的建设，我们有理由相信，中国汉传佛教的新一轮的世界性传播，将通过加拿大五台山的大殿落成，一定会更加辉煌，必将为世界的和平、社会的可持续发展，做出佛教的特殊贡献！

  •The Wutai Shan Buddhist Garden of Canada will become the pride of Canadians and a world attraction.

  •Following the completion of Wutai Shan Buddhist Garden, we believe that Han Buddhism will undergo another round of global widespread. This will surely allow Buddhism to play an important role in promoting world peace and social development!