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Early immigrants to Boise's Chinatown were mainly from six districts in the Guangdong Province in China (previously romanized as "Kwangtung" Province). [1] [2] It is unknown how many people of Chinese origin or descent lived in Boise's Chinatown over the years. In the U.S. 1870 Census, 1,754 Chinese people lived in Boise, which made up 45.7% of ...
Citygarden is an urban park and sculpture garden in St. Louis, Missouri owned by the City of St. Louis but maintained by the Gateway Foundation. [1] It is located between Eighth, Tenth, Market, and Chestnut streets, [2] in the city's "Gateway Mall" area. Before being converted to a garden and park, the site comprised two empty blocks of grass. [3]
Article should be moved to a more neutral name. There are numerous similar roof styles in Southeast Asia (in particular) and South Asia which are native and are not derived from the Chinese roofs.--143.44.193.75 06:45, 15 September 2024 (UTC)
Chinese architecture has influenced the architecture of many other East Asian countries. During the Tang dynasty, much Chinese culture was imported by neighboring nations. Chinese architecture had a major influence on the architectural styles of Japan, Korea, Mongolia, and Vietnam where the East Asian hip-and-gable roof design is ubiquitous.
Shimoda returned to Japan, and submitted two preliminary design drawings. Shimoda avoided strictly imitating Western architectural styles seen in large scale hotel projects of the period, by amalgamating the East Asian hip-and-gable roof (入母屋, Irimoya) style and floor plan of Phoenix Hall Byōdō-in, into an earthquake resistant building ...
Kibitsu-zukuri (吉備津造), kibi-zukuri (吉備造) or hiyoku irimoya-zukuri ([入母屋造] Error: {{nihongo}}: transliteration text not Latin script (pos 1) , paired wing hip-and-gable roof style) is a traditional Japanese Shinto architectural style characterized by four dormer gables, two per lateral side, on the roof of a very large ...
The Longxing Temple — built in 1052 and located at present-day Zhengding, Hebei Province, China — has a hip-and-gable xieshan-style roof with double eaves. [1]The East Asian hip-and-gable roof (Xiēshān (歇山) in Chinese, Paljakjibung (팔작지붕) in Korean and Irimoya (入母屋) in Japanese) also known as 'resting hill roof', consists of a hip roof that slopes down on all four sides ...