Buddhist Buildings. Ancient Chinese Architecture.

Wei Ran

ISBN 10: 321183009X / ISBN 13: 9783211830093

Editore: Wien New York Springer Verlag, 2000

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• Titolo: Buddhist Buildings. Ancient Chinese Architecture.
• Editore: Wien New York Springer Verlag
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• Lingua: Tedesco
• ISBN 10: 321183009X
• ISBN 13: 9783211830093
• Condizione della sovraccoperta: sovraccoperta

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Riassunto

Indian temple styles combine with traditional Chinese architectural forms in the Buddhist buildings of China to provide an impressive symbiosis of cultures. With the spread and integration of Buddhism with Confucianism, devotional buildings underwent an evolution. Numerous pagodas, temples and grottos with statues of Buddha and other gods have survived. The Chinese Buddhist temples were organized around courtyards and verandas with a central pagoda surrounded by smaller houses for the monks. There are also two main categories of grotto temples cut into hillsides: Phil, based on a square plan, and the horseshoe-shaped Shiite temples.

Contenuti

Preface.- The Formation and Development of Chinese Buddhism: Explaining Buddhism by Mysticism and Supplementing Mysticism with Buddhism.- The Founding and Evolution of the Buddhist Monastery in China: From the Establishment of the Baima Temple to the Forest-like Buddhist Monasteries of the Sui and Tang Dynasties.- The Artistic Characteristics of Buddhist Architecture in China: The Blending of Western Buddhist Culture and Chinese Innate Culture.- Apendices.