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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 ...
The Puning Temple was modeled after the Samye Monastery, the sacred Buddhist site in Tibet (much as the Putuo Zongcheng Temple was modeled after the Potala Palace in Lhasa). The front temple was constructed in the Chinese style, although the temple complex follows both Chinese and Tibetan architectural styles.
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.
The Xumi Fushou Temple (Chinese: 须弥福寿之庙) is one of the Eight Outer Temples in Chengde, Hebei, China. [1] This Buddhist temple is in the north of the park complex of the Chengde Mountain Resort, to the east of Putuo Zongcheng Temple on the north side of a slightly upward slope hill. The temple covers an area of 37,900 m 2 (408,000 sq ...
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.
Tianning Temple (Changzhou) in Jiangsu, the tallest pagoda and tallest wooden structure in the world. [1] Chongshan Temple; Daming Temple, Yangzhou; Dinghui Temple; Gaomin Temple; Guangjiao Temple, Nantong; Hanshan Temple; Huiji Temple, Nanjing; Huqiu Tower; Jiming Temple; Jinshan Temple, Zhenjiang; Lianxing Temple, Yangzhou; Linggu Temple ...
Putuo Zongcheng Temple of Chengde, Hebei province, China is completed. Thatched House Lodge in the (modern-day) London Borough of Richmond upon Thames is remodelled as a royal residence by John Soane. Ornamental temple (a folly) on Temple Island in the River Thames near Henley in England, designed by James Wyatt, is built.
South Putuo or Nanputuo (Chinese: 南普陀寺; pinyin: Nán Pǔtuó Sì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lâm Phó͘-tô Sī) is a famous Buddhist temple founded in the Tang dynasty in the Chinese city of Xiamen. [1] It is so named because it is south of the Buddhist holy site Mount Putuo in Zhejiang Province.