圣殿山上的圣诞灯

圣殿山上的圣诞灯

圣殿山

2020年11月24日

奥克兰, 奥克兰圣殿

来欣赏灯彩

每年的11月份，感恩节之后的周五晚上，奥克兰圣殿会成为一个拥有十万盏灯的奇幻世界，以庆祝基督的诞生。

Against a backdrop of the Sierra white granite of the temple, fountains, bushes, and lush flowers, the Christmas lights descend from an elegant pool to a glowing manger scene. The lights on the 42 palm trees averaging 60 feet high that line the sides of the pools attract the eye to the five golden spires that crown the temple.

奥克兰圣殿灯彩包括在 湾区列表中的最佳圣诞灯.

计划您的访问行程

The lights illuminate the temple grounds every night beginning at dusk and remain on until 9:15 p.m. The grounds are open to the public and the nightly display lasts until December 31st.

若想参加中心的互动式个人 虚拟 导览，请进入 圣殿山网站，点击“预约导览”，然后好好在您舒适的家里享受这次导览。

在广场上游览

从圣殿广场上可以看到海湾数千里。这座圣殿坐落在奥克兰山丘18英亩的土地上，在此可以欣赏到从奥克兰到旧金山，直到金门大桥的壮丽景观。

The rooftop gardens can be accessed through the front courtyard and up the stairs on either side.

A statue of the 克里斯多斯 is visible through the floor-to-ceiling windows of the Visitors’ Center to the right of the temple. As you walk quietly past this beautiful statue you may feel the peace of a place devoted to Christ.

这些灯彩背后有着什么历史故事？

这个为圣诞节所设的广场灯彩的传统是源于1970年，从那时起每年都有着这样的传统，可能除了在1989年当圣殿关闭被整修的时候。

In the late 1970s, a group of local members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (often referred to as Mormons) put up about 10,000 lights. The display gradually grew to the current spectacular display of more than 100,000 LED lights.

When the tradition first started, there was an opening ceremony that drew large crowds and local civic leaders. However, in 2010, it was decided that this ceremony detracted from the peace that should prevail at the temple grounds, and a simple lighting at dusk took the place of the ceremony.

挂起彩灯

The lower lights—those on ground level up to those that can be installed with a six-foot ladder are put up by over 100 Church members, from several of our local church congregations, who volunteer their labor for two Saturdays in November. The lights on the palm trees are installed by paid staff who use tall lifts to hang the lights.

奥克兰圣殿自1964年完工以来，一直被称为山上的灯塔。它在一年四季都被照亮，并且在湾区的大部分地区都可以看到，其最高的塔尖高达170英尺。 实际上，联邦航空局以圣殿作为导航信标。

怎样才能去到那里？

The temple is located at 4770 Lincoln Ave., Oakland California. Although the Christmas lights don’t come on until dusk, the grounds are open from 7:00 A.M. to 9:30 P.M. The Visitors Center is open for virtual tours daily, see https://templehill.org/book-a-tour/ for times and other types of tours available.