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The Putuo Zongcheng Temple is part of the "Eight Outer Temples" located in Chengde, which are part of the World Heritage List along with the Chengde Mountain Resort.These temples were administered by the Lifan Yuan, an administrative department for the affairs of ethnic minorities such as the Mongolians and Tibetans, hence the different combinations of architectural style which could be seen ...
A golden-tiled roof pavilion atop the main hall of the Putuo Zongcheng Temple near Chengde, built from 1767–1771 during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor.. Pavilions are known to have been built as early as the Zhou dynasty (1046–256 BCE), although no examples of that period remain today.
'Temple of Universal Peace'), commonly called the Big Buddha Temple, [1] is a Buddhist temple complex in Chengde, Hebei province, China. It was built in 1755 during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor in the Qing dynasty. It is near the Chengde Mountain Resort and alongside the equally famed Putuo Zongcheng Temple. Puning is one of the "Eight ...
The Putuo Zongcheng Temple complex, completed in 1771 during the reign of the Qianlong Emperor. The project of building Chengde Mountain Resort started in 1703 and finished in 1790. The whole mountain resort covers an area 5,640,000 square meters. It is the largest royal garden in China. The wall of the mountain resort is over 10,000 meters in ...
Mount Putuo. Bukenqu Guanyin Temple; Huiji Temple (Mount Putuo) Fayu Temple; Puji Temple; Baoguo Temple (Zhejiang) Dafo Temple (Xinchang) Guoqing Temple; Iron Buddha Temple (Huzhou) Jingci Temple; Jiangxin Temple; Jingju Temple (Yiwu) Lingyin Temple; Liuhe Pagoda; Mingjiao Temple (Zhejiang) Qita Temple; Temple of King Ashoka; Tiantong Temple ...
Some of the greatest examples of this come from the 18th-century Puning Temple and Putuo Zongcheng Temple. Buddhist monasteries sometimes also have pagodas, which may house relics of the Gautama Buddha; older pagodas tend to be four-sided, while later pagodas usually have eight sides. Daoist architecture usually follows the commoners' style.
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.
Chengde Mountain Resort (Chinese: 承德避暑山庄; Manchu: Halhūn be jailara gurung) is a large complex of imperial palaces and gardens situated in the Shuangqiao District of Chengde in northeastern Hebei province, northern China, about 225 kilometres (140 mi) northeast of China's capital Beijing.