聖殿山上的聖誕燈

聖殿山上的聖誕燈

聖殿山

2020年11月24日

奧克蘭, 奧克蘭聖殿

來欣賞彩燈

每年的11月份，感恩節之後的周五晚上，奧克蘭聖殿會成為一個擁有十萬盞燈的奇幻世界，以慶祝基督的誕生。

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.

奧克蘭聖殿燈彩包括在 灣區列表中的最佳聖誕燈.

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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.

若想參加中心的互動式個人 虛擬 導覽，請進入 聖殿山網站點擊“預約導覽”，然後好好在您舒適的家裡享受這次導覽。

在廣場上游覽

從聖殿廣場上可以看到海灣數千里。這座聖殿坐落在奧克蘭山丘18英畝的土地上，在此可以欣賞到從奧克蘭到舊金山，直到金門大橋的壯麗景觀。

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

A statue of the 耶穌像 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.

這些燈彩背後有著什麼歷史故事？

這個為聖誕節所設的廣場燈彩的傳統是源於1970年，從那時起每年都有著這樣的傳統，可能除了在1989年當聖殿關閉被整修的時候。

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.

掛起彩燈

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.

奧克蘭聖殿自1964年完工以來，一直被稱為山上的燈塔。它在一年四季都被照亮，並且在灣區的大部分地區都可以看到，其最高的塔尖高達170英尺。實際上，聯邦航空局以聖殿作為導航信標。

怎樣才能去到那裡？

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.