Buddhist Buildings

Ran Wei

ISBN 10: 321183009X / ISBN 13: 9783211830093

Published by Springer, 2000

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Leichte Rillen / Abschürfungen / Risse / Knicke. With the spread and integration of Buddhism with Confucianism, devotional buildings underwent an evolution, of which numerous pagodas, temples and grottos with statues of Buddha and other gods have survived. The Chinese Buddhist temples were organized around courtyards and verandas with a central pagoda surrounded by smaller houses for the monks. There are also two main categories of grotto temples cut into hillsides: Phil, based on a square plan, and the horseshoe-shaped Shiite temples.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Buddhist Buildings
• Publisher: Springer
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 321183009X
• ISBN 13: 9783211830093
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Architecture & Urbanism

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Synopsis

With the spread and integration of Buddhism with Confucianism, devotional buildings underwent an evolution, of which numerous pagodas, temples and grottos with statues of Buddha and other gods have survived. The Chinese Buddhist temples were organized around courtyards and verandas with a central pagoda surrounded by smaller houses for the monks. There are also two main categories of grotto temples cut into hillsides: Phil, based on a square plan, and the horseshoe-shaped Shiite temples.