fcsarch 13 east asia: pagodas
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East Asia: Pagodas
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MAP
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Stupa (Sanchi, Madhya Pradesh state, India) Monument erected in memory of the Buddha or a Buddhist saint, often marking a sacred spot, commemorating an event, or housing a relic.
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Pagoda -- a tower in eastern Asia with divisions of each of several stories and erected as a temple or memorial. Towerlike, multistoried structure of
stone, brick, or wood, usually associated with a Buddhist temple complex and enshrining sacred relics.
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Pagoda
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Beijing Pagodas
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Bronze Pagoda
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Wood Pagoda
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Pagoda at Datong, built over 1,000 years ago without a nail and still standing
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Famen Temple
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HORYUJI, aerial, near Nara
Horyuji Temple Nara, Japan 607 CE
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Shitennō-ji
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Hôryûji temple
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The oldest Nio king statues in Japan at Horyuji Temple South Gate
The oldest Nio king statues in Japan.
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Horyuji Temple houses the oldest wooden structures still standing in Japan today. The five story pagoda (shown below) is said to
date back to 607 although there has been some recent discoveries that have cause controversy over this date.
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XI’AN MOSQUE, gate (early 17th century)
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Xi’an Mosque
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Xi’an Mosque
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Xi’an Mosque, The large "Prayer Hall" (eight bays-wide) with a capacity for 1000 worshipers, features a triple roof of turquoise
tiles on a wide platform dating from the Ming dynasty.Prayer Hall - the complete Quran is carved in the 600 wooden
boards in Chinese and Arabic characters.
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Xi’an Mosque, Mihrab The mihrab is of wood, decorated with carved and
painted motifs which are Central Asian in color, though the floral
patterns lend the design a distinctive Chinese flavor
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Xi’an Mosque
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Arabic Plaque, Great Mosque, Xian