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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.
The Bishop White Gallery of Chinese Temple Art [1] is one of four galleries in the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) that are dedicated to Chinese art and archaeology. It contains one of the most important collections of Chinese temple art in the world, [2] including three Yuan Dynasty (1271 – 1368 AD) temple wall paintings from Shanxi Province that adorn the three walls of the Gallery, and several ...
Chinoiserie is the European interpretation and imitation of Chinese and East Asian artistic traditions, especially in the decorative arts, garden design, architecture, literature, theatre, and music. [49] The aesthetic of Chinoiserie has been expressed in different ways depending on the region.
Chinese architecture is characterized by bilateral symmetry, use of enclosed open spaces, feng shui (e.g. directional hierarchies), a horizontal emphasis, and an allusion to various cosmological, mythological or in general symbolic elements. Chinese architecture traditionally classifies structures according to type, ranging from pagodas to
The ceramics were hugely popular for their intricate paintings made using a number of techniques, including engraving and line drawing, wherein, flowers, animals, and people were the most common motifs, with a sharp focus on simple, natural, and elegant expression, all of which reflected society, culture, and aesthetic sensibility of the Tang ...
Some Tang pagodas tried to reconcile the form with the Indian shikara temple tower, or even had a stupa as part of the superstructure; the Tahōtō at the Ishiyama-dera temple in Japan is a surviving later example, with a roof on top of the stupa. [14] The main hall of the relatively small rural Nanchan Temple has a main structure of wood. Much ...
The Yunyan Pagoda, 47 m (154 ft) in height, built in 961 AD. The Liaodi Pagoda of Hebei, 84 m (276 ft) in height, built in 1055 during the Northern Song. Following the reign of the Han dynasty, (202 BC–220 AD), the idea of the Buddhist stupa entered Chinese culture as a means to house and protect scriptural sutras.
The first use of the Chinese character for pavilion dates to the Spring and Autumn period (722–481 BCE) and the Warring States period (403–221 BCE). During the Han dynasty (202 BCE–220 CE) they were used as watchtowers and local government buildings. These multi-story constructions had at least one floor without surrounding walls to allow ...