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Detail of the dougong supports of the pagoda The pagoda and temple grounds The pagoda and temple grounds Buddhist statues found within the pagoda, with the Sakyamuni Buddha at the center. The Pagoda of Fogong Temple was built 85 km (53 mi) south of the Liao dynasty capital at Datong. [5]
Dougong inside the East Hall timber hall of Foguang Temple, built in 857 during the Tang dynasty Dougong brackets on an Eastern Han (25–220 CE) era architectural model of a watchtower A stone-carved relief above a cave entrance of the Yungang Grottoes (Shanxi province) showing an imitation of dougong brackets, Northern Wei dynasty (386–535 CE) Stone pillars made in imitation of wooden ...
An example of mutesaki tokyō using six brackets. Tokyō (斗栱・斗拱, more often 斗きょう) [note 1] (also called kumimono (組物) or masugumi (斗組)) is a system of supporting blocks (斗 or 大斗, masu or daito, lit. block or big block) and brackets (肘木, hijiki, lit. elbow wood) supporting the eaves of a Japanese building, usually part of a Buddhist temple or Shinto shrine. [1]
The wooden dougong-constructed Pagoda of Fogong Temple, located in Shanxi, 67 m (220 ft) in height, built in 1056 during the Liao dynasty Although rebuilt during the Ming dynasty , the Beisi Pagoda 's frame was designed between 1131 and 1162 during the Song period; it stands 76 m (249 ft) tall.
The pagoda has a square floor plan, with brick-built dougong (interlocking wooden brackets) that are large and robust. Based on this, it can be inferred that the Nanchong White Pagoda is unlikely to be a Northern Song structure but rather dates back to the Tang or Five Dynasties period before the Song Dynasty. The internal structural features ...
A pagoda is a tiered tower with multiple eaves common to Thailand, Cambodia, Nepal, India, China, ... the dougong support brackets are clearly visible.
The Big Wild Goose Pagoda is located in the northern part of Daci’en Temple and is a pavilion-style square brick pagoda composed of a base, body, and top. The total height of the pagoda, including the base, is 64.1 meters. The pagoda’s base is approximately 4.2 meters high, with a north-south width of about 48.8 meters.
Relief sculpture on pagoda's southern facade. A sign−plaque over the temple's front gate. This thirteen story, 57.8 m (189 ft) tall, octagonal-based Chinese pagoda is made of brick and stone, yet imitates the design of wooden-constructed pagodas from the era by featuring ornamental dougong (bracket supports).