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Ven. Shi Fa Zhao, the current president and abbot of Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum, was approached by STB to redevelop the temple. Besides stipulating the building design to be ‘traditional’, it is also requested that the temple contains facilities and hold events for both locals and tourists.
Bracket arm clusters containing cantilevers, Yingzao Fashi. The Yingzao Fashi (Chinese: 營造法式; pinyin: yíngzàofǎshì; lit. 'Treatise on Architectural Methods or State Building Standards') is a technical treatise on architecture and craftsmanship written by the ancient Chinese author Li Jie (李誡; 1065–1110), [1] the Directorate of Buildings and Construction during the mid Song ...
Emperor Duanzong of Song (10 July 1270 – 8 May 1278), personal name Zhao Shi, was the 17th emperor of the Song dynasty of China, and the eighth and penultimate emperor of the Southern Song dynasty. He was the fifth son of Emperor Duzong and an elder brother of his predecessor, Emperor Gong and successor Zhao Bing .
Chinese ritual mastery traditions, also referred to as ritual teachings (Chinese: 法教; pinyin: fǎjiào, sometimes rendered as "Faism"), [1] [2] Folk Taoism (民間道教; Mínjiàn Dàojiào), or Red Taoism (mostly in east China and Taiwan), constitute a large group of Chinese orders of ritual officers who operate within the Chinese folk religion but outside the institutions of official ...
Zhao Xian's fifth brother, Zhao Shi, was enthroned as the new Emperor Duanzong. Zhao Shi died of illness in 1278 after fleeing the Mongols and was succeeded by his seventh brother, Zhao Bing . In 1279, after the Battle of Yamen , Lu Xiufu brought Zhao Bing with him to Yashan (present-day Yamen , Guangdong Province), where they committed suicide ...
He has been identified with many historical figures, viewed as his embodied forms, among whom Zhao Gongming (趙公明, Wade–Giles: Chao Kung-ming; also known as Zhao Gong Yuanshuai 趙公元帥 "Lord Zhao the Marshal"), Fan Li, and Bi Gan. [1] A large temple of Caishen was built in the 2000s in Zhouzhi, Xi'an, Shaanxi.
Shen Dao (c. 350 – c. 275 BC) was an early to mid Warring states period Chinese philosopher and writer. Noteworthy as a predecessor to both Han Fei and Daoism, [1] his remaining fragments are the most substantial of any Jixia Academy scholar, [2] and may have been well known. [3]
Zhao Mengfu was a famous descendant of Emperor Huizong through his daughter Zhao Jinluo. Women preparing silk , a Chinese silk painting by Emperor Huizong of Song, early 12th century. Emperor Huizong of Song, Ladies making silk , (a remake of an 8th-century original by artist Zhang Xuan )