Buddhist temple, most typical Chinese building of religious significance

Chinese Roof

ZHOU DYNASTY Timeline

Who are the only one allowed to have artists carve their pillars and paint them red in their house?

The Monumental gateway

The 4 famous grottoes in China

are:

The ________ or portico on wooden

columns, is characteristic of the style and a special feature of the dwelling houses.

In the center of the city, there was a big palace or temple o a high earth

platform. One building at An-yang was a big hall with pillars all the way around it.

Because of varied introduction time and channel as well as regional, historic and

social backgrounds, Buddhism in China is divided into 3 branches, namely

Chinese Buddhism, Tibetan Buddhis

One of the hereditary military dictators of Japan from 1192 to 1867.

The roof is over a wattle screen wall

surrounded by a damp-excluding ditch

Thick quilt and the threefold mattress

Indispensable entrance room or foyer, with floor or concrete cement or pebbles set in cement

Developed in Kamakura period as a result of the aesthetic doctrine of Zen

Buddhism which permeated Japanese thought

Japan's personal island

In Japan, houses were faced

Christianity in Japan was introduced 1549 by St. Francis Xavier in

Used to form roof gutters and pipes.

One of the most ancient and important Shinto shrines in Japan.

CANDI in Idonesia

Introduction of DECONSTRUCTIVISM architecture.

Istana in Indonesia

is of particular note with one of the largest remaining collections of 1920s Art-Deco buildings in the world

"CHIEF'S HOUSE"

The urban construction booms have continued in the 21st century and are shaping skylines in Indonesian cities.

The tallest and largest hall within a complex in Indonesia

Thai Religion

The only usually rectangular surrounding stupas carried similar elongated finials in Thailand

Monks perform ceremonies, meditate and sermonize

A small structure, built on stilts, designed to house a monk

Teal wood is the main structural materials of such buildings, giving them their distinctive rich red color.

Thai Climate

Thai Materials

Cambodian ARCHITECTURAL CHARACTER

Cambodian Holy Temple

Was the official state of the Mahayan Buddhist King Jayavarman VIII

This results to the Stone temple still can be seen unlikely the wood structures that has been washed out.

Start of Kingdom of Cambodia

Predominant ethnic group in Cambodia

Oldest monuments associated with Asoka, Swayambunath and Bodnath both in Katmandu in Nepal

Makara form of rain water spout, characteristic of Buddhist iconography and often work of arts.

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Exuberant decorative treatment of buildings from India and China

Sikhara

Fortress like, sited on hilltops, not regular in plan, built of stones and bricks

Built for the 5th Dalai Lama. Skycraper like sloping walls, guilded roofs and bells, richly

decorated sanctuaries, reception and state rooms.

Asoka brought Buddhism to the valley of Nepal. Built stupas for commemoration.

Two kinds of Temples survived in Tibet

Each floor is supported by brackets and struts ornately carved and sometimes painted