日本重要文化遗产—Enmanin寺的花园和大殿被拍卖

据《日本时报》2009年6月2日报道，日本滋贺县大津市具有1000年历史的古代寺院Enmanin寺的花园和大殿以10.7亿日元的价格被当地法院拍卖。

据悉，该花园和大殿都是政府指定的重要文化遗产。

Enmanin寺占地14000平方米，包括花园和新田大殿在内共有9座建筑物，大殿具有典型的书院造风格，传闻是在1647年，从京都皇宫搬迁过来，是重要的文化遗产。而花园也被选作一个漂亮的风景区。

据悉，该大殿和花园于2009年4月23日被摆上拍卖台，于5月26日被一个总部设在滋贺县古贺市的宗教公司拍得。当地法院表示如果在6月10号前，没有人提出反对意见，地方法院将会审核通过。

日本文化事务局的官员表示对文化财产的大规模修复需要经过政府的批准，并且禁止拆毁。但是财产权的转让是被允许的。而大津市的官员则表示，寺院把如此重要的文化财产拿来拍卖是非常少见的，并希望寺院可以尽力去适当保护文化财产。

日本Enmanin寺创建于日本平安时代（794-1192）晚期，现已欠下庞大的债务，其部分原因是因为墓葬事务经营不善。（编辑：子规）

OTSU, Shiga Pref. — A garden and hall of a 1,000-year-old Buddhist temple in Otsu, Shiga Prefecture, fetched ￥1.07 billion in a court auction, it was learned Monday.

Both the garden and hall are government-designated important cultural assets.

Enmanin Temple, established in the late Heian Period (794-1192), has huge debts, in part because of its failing cemetery business.

According to the Otsu District Court, the temple's 14,000-sq.-meter, nine-structure compound, including the garden and Shinden hall, were put on the block April 23, and a religious corporation based in Koga, Shiga Prefecture, won the bid May 26.

The court will examine details of the bid and approve it if no interested parties raise objections to the deal by June 10.

The hall, a typical structure of the Shoin-zukuri style, is listed as an Important Cultural Property by the government and the garden is a selected beautiful scenery spot.

The hall is believed to have been moved from the Imperial Palace in Kyoto in 1647.

Large-scale repairs of the properties would require government approval and demolition is prohibited, but the transfer of property rights is not banned, an official at the Cultural Affairs Agency said.

"It's very unusual that a temple put an important cultural property up for auction. We'd like (the temple) to make efforts to preserve it properly," an Otsu official said.