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  2. Standard Design for Buddhist Temple Construction - Wikipedia

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    Standard Design for Buddhist Temple Construction is a Chinese language text written by Daoxuan in the early Tang dynasty. It described a design for Buddhist temples influenced by mainstream Chinese architecture , and based upon a traditional layout composed of multiple, related courtyards.

  3. List of Buddhist architecture in China - Wikipedia

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    The following is a non-exhaustive list of Buddhist temples, monasteries, pagodas, grottoes, archaeological sites and colossal statues in China. This list is incomplete ; you can help by adding missing items .

  4. Baoguang Temple - Wikipedia

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    The temple is listed as an architecture of national heritage and major conservation. It is situated on a land of 100,000 square meters. There are more than 400 large stone pillars. The temple houses important cultural treasures, including: a Tang dynasty sharira stupa with a tilt; a Liang dynasty (502-587) jade Buddha and stone sharira stupa;

  5. Chinese temple architecture - Wikipedia

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    Taoist temples and monasteries: 觀 guàn or 道觀 dàoguàn; and; Chinese Buddhist temples and monasteries: 寺 sì or 寺院 sìyuàn; Temple of Confucius which usually functions as both temple and town school: 文廟 wénmiào or 孔廟 kŏngmiào. Temples of City God (城隍廟), which worships the patron God of a village, town or a city.

  6. Dharma Hall - Wikipedia

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    The Dharma Hall, also known as Lecture Hall, is an important building in Han Chinese Buddhist temples. [1] The Dharma Hall is the place for senior monks to preach and generally ranks right after the Mahavira Hall. [1] With the similar architecture form with other halls, the Dharma Hall is more spacious. [1]

  7. Dafo Temple (Zhangye) - Wikipedia

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    The Dafo Temple or Great Buddha Temple (Chinese: 大佛寺; pinyin: Dàfó Sì) is a Buddhist temple in Zhangye, Gansu, China, notable for its gigantic reclining Buddha statue made around 1100 during the Western Xia period, which is thirty-five metres long. After a restoration project in 2005–06, the Temple now attracts thousands of visitors.

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  9. He Hua Temple - Wikipedia

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    The leaders of the Fo Guang Shan dismissed the first temple design by architect Fred Greven as too small with incorrect measurements. [1] [2] For the second design he applied the Buddhist sacred measurement unit of 32 centimeters and everything fell in place. [1] [2] The temple is dedicated to the meeting between Chinese and Dutch culture. [1]