中ちゅう堂どう

noun

main temple building; central hall

Refers to the central or main hall of a Buddhist temple complex, often housing the principal image. A technical architectural term.

• この寺てらの中ちゅう堂どうには、重じゅう要よう文ぶん化か財ざいの仏ぶつ像ぞうが安あん置ちされている。

  In the main hall of this temple, a Buddha statue designated as an Important Cultural Property is enshrined.