Pagoda of Fogong Temple

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dc.coverage.spatial	Site: Ying County, Shanxi, China	en_US
dc.coverage.temporal	1056 (creation)	en_US
dc.creator	unknown	en_US
dc.date	1056	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2013-09-25T17:15:13Z
dc.date.available	2013-09-25T17:15:13Z
dc.date.issued	1056	en_US
dc.identifier	235567	en_US
dc.identifier.other	archrefid: 2528	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/143302
dc.description	First floor portico at top of the stone platform with stelae on display; Also called the Mu ta (Timber Pagoda) or Fogong si. One of the extant buildings of the Liao dynasty, a Northern Chinese dynastic period dating from 907 to 1125; it was founded by the proto-Mongolian and nomadic Khitan people. Liao architecture displays Tang influence and an adherence to Buddhism. The pagoda is dedicated to Shakyamuni Buddha. The pagoda stands on a 4 m (13 ft) tall stone platform, has a 10 m (33 ft) tall steeple, and reaches a total height of 67.31 m (220.83 ft) tall; it is the oldest existent fully wooden pagoda still standing in China. The wide, octagonal, five-story (exterior) structure is somewhat squat. The compact bracket system supporting the steeply sloping and projecting eaves is fairly sophisticated, and flying rafters are employed throughout. The structure is unique: its six layers of exterior eaves conceal its interior construction: five interior colonnaded floors and four perimeter galleries, topped by a roof level. Moreover, 56 different bracketing formations have been identified, many of which correspond to illustrations in the Yingzao fashi of 50 years later. Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/ (accessed 7/31/2012)	en_US
dc.format.medium	wood; tile	en_US
dc.rights	© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.	en_US
dc.subject	architecture	en_US
dc.subject	deities	en_US
dc.subject	Buddhist	en_US
dc.subject	Buddhism	en_US
dc.subject	Liao	en_US
dc.title	Pagoda of Fogong Temple	en_US
dc.title.alternative	佛宫寺释迦塔	en_US
dc.title.alternative	Mu ta (Timber Pagoda)	en_US
dc.type	image	en_US
dc.rights.access	Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only	en_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode	1A2-CH-D-PFT-F26	en_US
vra.culturalContext	Chinese	en_US
vra.technique	construction (assembling)	en_US
vra.worktype	temple	en_US
vra.worktype	pagoda (building)	en_US
dc.contributor.display	unknown (Chinese)	en_US