Chinese

Architecture
Mausolea and Buddhist Temple

Presented by:
Villaganas, Rusha Hannah T.
BSA - 2B
Mausolea
Elaborate funerals and lavish tombs
were provided for the rulers of
ancient China.
Imperial tombs were of two kinds:
combined with underground
chambers with commemorative
buildings.
BELOW– chambers to house
emperors’ coffins
Shisanling Tombs

Located in Changping County, north of Beijing at

the foot of Mount Tianshou.
Collection of mausoleums built by the emperors of
the Ming Dynasty of China, collectively known as
the Thirteen Tombs of the Ming Dynasty.
The thirteen Ming Dynasty imperial tombs are:

1. Changling Tombs 9. Zhaoling Tombs

2. Xianling Tombs 10. Dingling Tombs
3. Maoling Tombs 11. Qingling Tombs Stone Pailou Sacred Way
4. Jingling Tombs 12. Deling Tomb
5. Yuling Tombs 13. Siling Tombs
6. Tailing Tombs.
7. Kangling Tombs
8. Yongling Tombs
Chanling Tombs

The Changling Tomb is the mausoleum of the third

emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Cheng Zu.
Built-in 1424, it is the best-preserved Ming Dynasty
imperial tomb.
The Lingen Memorial Hall is one of the largest ancient
timber-framed buildings existing in China today
Inside the hall has thirty-two 'minmu' wood pillars.

The Lingen Memorial Hall

The Underground Palace
of Dingling Tombs
Tomb of Ming Emperor, Sheng-zong
the only one that has been fully excavated.
It has three chambers and a long passage leads to the main
burial chamber.
The palace was built in the late sixteenth century and is
constructed entirely of- arched stonework
Buddhist Temple
Two types of Buddhist temples evolved:.
a.) Tall pagoda or stupa with a temple hall.
b.) Arranged around courtyards - without stupa
or pagoda
- Stupas were said to contain Buddha’s remains
and were placed at the center of a group of
temple buildings
By the Northern Wei Dynasty, Temple-halls
were combined with Pagodas. This type was
passed to Japan through Korea.
Pagoda is characterized as a Buddhist temples
in China.
Pagodas classified into six types:
Pagodas With Closely Layered Eaves
The Storeyed Pagoda
Vase Shaped Pagoda
Groups Of Pagodas Honouring Buddha’s warrior Attendants
Single-storey Pagodas
Wooden Tower Pagodas
Pagodas With Closely
Layered Eaves
SONGYUE PAGODA

Built in 520 at Mount Songshan, in Henan province

Externally it is twelve-sided, but its interior is octagonal.
The temple was 41 m (131 ft) high, its diameter at the base
about 14 m (46ft), and its foundation wall 2.5 m (8ft) thick.
Its long, slender body had four doors and eight imitation
windows.
There are fifteen eaves in the upper part and the total
outside contour forms a longer parabola shape.
Pagodas With Closely
Layered Eaves

LESSER WILD GOOSE PAGODA AT XI'AN

example of a pagoda with a

square plan.
Pagodas With Closely
Layered Eaves

THE PAGODA OF TIANNING (HAVEN OF PEACE)

Built to imitate timber-framed building

style.
The Storeyed Pagoda

GREATER WILD GOOSE PAGODA AT XI'AN

example of combined pagoda

form with indian stupa in a square
plan.
The Storeyed Pagoda

TEMPLE OF KAIYUAN

In a octagonal plan
built of stone but resembled earlier wood-
framed pagodas.
The Storeyed Pagoda

BAO'EN TEMPLE PAGODA

Built-in brick and has an outer

wooden gallery
Vase-shaped Pagoda

THE WHITE PAGODA IN THE TEMPLE OF

MIAOYING

was built in 1271 with the guidance of a

Nepalese craftsman.
It is 56m (184ft) high.
Groups Of Pagodas Honouring
Buddha’s warrior Attendants

ZIN GANG BAOZUO PAGODA INTHE ZHENG-

JUE TEMPLE, BEIJING

Built-in imitation of the BUDDHA

GAYA RELIC-HOUSE COMPLEX in
India.
Five pagodas were usually placed
along the diagonals of a square terrace
decorated with carved statues.
Single-storey Pagodas
PAGODAS IN SHAOLIN PAGODAS IN LINGYAN
TEMPLE, HENAN TEMPLE, SHANDONG
Wooden Tower Pagodas
THE SHIJIA PAGODA IN THE BUDDHIST
PALACE TEMPLE

Built-in 1056
It is 67 m (221 ft) in height and 26m (86
ft) in diameter at its base.
survived '900 years despite seven
earthquakes, as well as bombardments.
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