Xingfan Monastery, great hall 興梵寺大殿
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- great hall (English)
- 大殿 (Traditional Chinese)
- 大殿 (Simplified Chinese)
- dàdiàn (Pinyin)
- ta-tien (Wade-Giles)
- Xingfansi dadian (English)
- 興梵寺大殿 (Traditional Chinese)
- 兴梵寺大殿 (Simplified Chinese)
- Guangfansi
Location
- Lat. 37.39033333° Long. 112.4500667°
Building Information
main hall (大殿). [The main hall] has a brick platform of 1.85 meters high, a front façade of 5 bays, with a depth of 6 rafters, and a single eave hip/gable roof. Internal beam structure is supported by four columns, with a 4-rafter beam connected to both the front and back column grid by a single-rafter beam (搭牵; 劄牵?). 4 puzuo bracket sets with a single huagong (杪), original restoration no longer exists.1
Date
960-1125
Works Cited
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- 1 国家文物局, 中国文物地图集. 山西分册, III (Xia): 775.
- 2 WILKINSON, Chinese History: A Manual, 12.
Contained in Place
How to Cite This Entry
Tracy Miller, “Xingfan Monastery, great hall 興梵寺大殿
” in Architectura Sinica last modified October 1, 2020, https://architecturasinica.org/place/000258.
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Tracy Miller, “Xingfan Monastery, great hall 興梵寺大殿 .” In Architectura Sinica, edited by Tracy Miller. Entry published March 21, 2018. https://architecturasinica.org/place/000258.About this Entry
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