The Pagoda is marked by not only the unparalleled plane design but also the graceful outline. This 41 m-high tower rests on a 1 m- minus-high brick base, and the trunk solely accounts for one third of the total height, the remaining two thirds of the height being utilized for the 15-layer dense eaves and the apex inlaid with bricks tier upon tier reaching beyond Hereto is adopted the hollow-cylinder structure for the brick pagoda, the interior of which is furnished with the 9-tier eaves for installation of wooden beams and planks. Despite no trace of the planks left at present it pioneered for the modern steel-concrete multi-storey cylinder framework
The Pagoda is marked by not only the unparalleled plane design but also the graceful outline. This 41 m-high tower rests on a 1 mminus-high brick base, and the trunk solely accounts for one third of the total height, the remaining two thirds of the height being utilized for the 15-layer dense eaves and the apex inlaid with bricks tier upon tier reaching beyond. Hereto is adopted the hollow-cylinder structure for the brick pagoda, the interior of which is furnished with the 9-tier eaves for installation of wooden beams and planks. Despite no trace of the planks left at present it pioneered for the modern steel-concrete multi-storey cylinder framework
The Incense-Accumulated Temple Pagoda is lying at Shenheyuan southwest of Weiqu town of Chang an county in Shaanxi province, 17 kilometers away from Xi an proper. Erected in Shenglong 2, the reign of Emperor Zhong(Li Xian) of Tang(706), it was highly esteemed at that time in the honor and for the bury of Monk Shan Dao, the forerunner of buddhist sukhavati or Pure Land Sect. So naturally it works as a birthplace of the Sect weighing in the history of Buddhism
The Incense-Accumulated Temple Pagoda is lying at Shenheyuan southwest of Weiqu town of Chang’an county in Shaanxi province, 17 kilometers away from Xi’an proper. Erected in Shenglong 2, the reign of Emperor Zhong (Li Xian) of Tang (706), it was highly esteemed at that time in the honor and for the bury of Monk Shan Dao, the forerunner of Buddhist Sukhavati or Pure Land Sect. So naturally it works as a birthplace of the Sect weighing in the history of Buddhism
The age-old Pagoda was incipiently built up as a 13-story brick tower with wooden planks in a square plane, each side being 9.5 m in length; and it remains presently in ten storeys with a 33-metre height owing to the early damage to the apex. Its design was engineered to be a dense-eaves pavilion-like style, featuring an immense height on the first storey and a meticulous craftsmanship compared with those of the genus, and retaining a certain degree of worth over the history of architecture
The age-old Pagoda was incipiently built up as a 13-story brick tower with wooden planks in a square plane, each side being 9.5 m in length; and it remains presently in ten storeys with a 33-metre height owing to the early damage to the apex. Its design was engineered to be a dense-eaves pavilion-like style, featuring an immense height on the first storey and a meticulous craftsmanship compared with those of the genus, and retaining a certain degree of worth over the history of architecture
As the most aged wooden framework present in China, the grand hall of Nanchan Temple was put up at Lijiazhuang Village of Yangbai Township of Wutai County in Shanxi Province in Jianzhong 3, the Tang Dynasty(782), roughly one thousand two hundred years ago Constructed in a moderate scale, the grand hall is designed as a three-partition square with no poles inside but two full-length four-rafter frameworks. The hip roof with flying eaves extends far beyond while the corbel arch bears no supplementary partition, a typified Tang-style wooden structure in a well-balanced grace. The majority of the poles fixed nearby appears circular, but three of them square which are suspected to be the original relics and are sole y found in Dunhuang frescoes, as being the first discovery of the kind
As the most aged wooden framework present in China, the grand hall of Nanchan Temple was put up at Lijiazhuang Village of Yangbai Township of Wutai County in Shanxi Province in Jianzhong 3, the Tang Dynasty (782), roughly one thousand two hundred years ago. Constructed in a moderate scale, the grand hall is designed as a three-partition square with no poles inside but two full-length four-rafter frameworks. The hip roof with flying eaves extends far beyond while the corbel arch bears no supplementary partition, a typified Tang-style wooden structure in a well-balanced grace. The majority of the poles fixed nearby appears circular, but three of them square which are suspected to be the original relics and are solely found in Dunhuang frescoes, as being the first discovery of the kind
The Three Pagodas in Dali lie at the foot of Mount Cang north of Dali county in Yunnan province, leaning westward against the clouds-drifting Mount Cang and overlooking the glistening calm waves in the Erhai Lake, a resplendent natural scene. The chief pagoda thereof was executed in the mid Tang or the later stage of Nanzhao Kingdom and the other two costar pagodas in the early Song or the rule of Dali Kingdom
The Three Pagodas in Dali lie at the foot of Mount Cang north of Dali county in Yunnan province, leaning westward against the clouds-drifting Mount Cang and overlooking the glistening calm waves in the Erhai Lake, a resplendent natural scene. The chief pagoda thereof was executed in the midTang or the later stage of Nanzhao Kingdom and the other two costar pagodas in the early Song or the rule of Dali Kingdom