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Memorial Pagoda for the War Dead (Chūrei-tō, Japanese: 戦没者慰霊塔（忠霊塔）, Location: Chureito Pagoda, 3360-1 Arakura, Fujiyoshida City, Yamanashi Prefecture) A 19.5 meter high tower made of reinforced concrete [9] and installed in 1962. It was built to enshrine 1,055 war dead people from the city. [22]
Fujiyoshida montage, Top: Fuji-Q Highland amusement park, Middle above left: Mount Fuji Radar Dome, Middle row left: Gold Torii Gate, Middle right: Mount Fuji and a pagoda in Arakurayama Sengen Park, Bottom left: Fujiyoshida Firework Festival, Bottom middle: a Tree-lined road in Fuji Sengen Shrine [], Bottom right: Yoshida Udon Noodle
A pagoda is a tiered tower with multiple eaves common to Thailand, Cambodia, Nepal, India, China, Japan, Korea, Myanmar, Vietnam, and other parts of Asia.
Of the Japanese pagoda's many forms, some are built in wood and are collectively known as mokutō (木塔, lit. wood pagoda), but most are carved out of stone (sekitō (石塔, lit. stone pagoda). Wood pagodas are large buildings with either two stories (like the Tahō pagoda (多宝塔, tahōtō), see photo below) or an odd number of stories.
Original Pagoda as seen in 1868 destroyed in the 1975 earthquake. The name 'Bupaya' is made up of two words 'bu' and 'paya' in the Burmese language. As the pagoda is bulbous and in the shape of gourd or pumpkin, the word 'Bu' in Burmese, which means "pumpkin" or "gourd" is the affixed to 'paya'. The word 'paya' means "pagoda".
Gorintō (五輪塔) ("five-ringed tower") is a Japanese type of Buddhist pagoda believed to have been first adopted by the Shingon and Tendai sects during the mid Heian period. [1] It is used for memorial or funerary purposes [2] and is therefore common in Buddhist temples and cemeteries.
[1] [2] [3] Building of the pagoda was proposed by the Buddhist Association of China in 2001, yet providing money donations for the temple was an international effort, as leaders of 108 Buddhist associations and temples worldwide attended the opening ceremony at the temple. [3] On 25 May 2006 the lower levels of the pagoda caught fire.
The True Relic Pagoda has been altered several times. It evolved from a four-storied pavilion-like pagoda in the Tang dynasty to a thirteen-storied brick pagoda in the Ming dynasty. The current version was rebuilt based on the surveyed drawing of the pagoda in the Ming dynasty before it collapsed. It is made of an armored concrete skeleton, and ...