高雄文化局這本打狗《見築百事》的書裡的相片太好了!
清朝之時,法興禪寺這裡曾是漁民祭拜海神的廟宇。也是金刀比羅神社舊址。寺前大階梯原本階階高低不平,由法興禪寺整修後已成運動訓練的好選擇。
日據時期高雄神社曾規劃設在法興禪寺現址,但因腹地大小而作罷。
寺前階梯是從五福路底和鼓山路交會口起始,經過鼓山洞右彎拾級而上。
這階梯以前用閩南語稱為*九層垠阿*!
當年寺址前台灣總督兒玉源太郎像的基座早年即移到海青中學存放。
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《Located close to the statue of Kodama Gentarō, Fasing Buddhist Temple was built in 1970. The temple consists of a majestic, golden Indian stupa-style Mahavira Hall, which serves as the main building; a study hall, meeting room, Five Contemplations Dining Hall, monks’ residence, and founder hall living space, as well as a Hall of Kṣitigarbha. A stone plaque by the temple’s stone wall is inscribed with the words “Benefactor Koga Michito.” Koga was an important entrepreneur in Kaohsiung during Japanese Rule served as the commissioner of Kotohira-gū as well as the person-in-charge of sacrificial ceremonies. With the natural topography and scenery of Shoushan, the different architectural style and artifacts of the Fasing Buddhist Temple have established the temple as a unique religious site.
鼓山/法興禪寺
法興禪寺原址為兒玉源太郎壽像,戰後由陳泉恩居士於1967年經國防部同意核准後由市政府發給建築執照,委託張榮一建築師設計建於1970年,由其子臨濟宗第48代聖雄法師擔任住持至今。其印度佛塔(Stupa)屋頂造型在台灣並不多見。
法興禪寺建築主要分為三大部分,主建築為金色印度佛塔造型的大雄寶殿,極為莊嚴壯麗,次建築為設有內學書院與會客室、五觀堂、寮房、祖師堂等的生活空間,而附屬建築為地藏殿。法興禪寺一旁堆砌的石牆中有刻著「施主古賀三千人」的石碑,古賀三千人為日治高雄重要的企業家,同時也曾任金刀比羅神社的氏子總代(擔任主委與祭典指揮的人),法興禪寺前的大階梯也是古賀氏於1912年有意於此重建神社而整地與興建的參道,可惜因募款不足作罷才改立兒玉壽像,壽山的自然地形與風景、法興禪寺的奇特建築式樣與文物遺址的歷史意義使它獨具特色。》
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