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A Tentative Research on Site Selection of Shanxi Buddhism Temple Architecture

Li, Yuan Xin / Zhu, Xiang Dong / Wang, Chong En

Buddhist architecture which was introduced to China from India had become an important component of traditional Chinese architecture, and the characteristics of different regions had formed after the long-term development. This article starts from Shanxi’s location environment, analyzes the considerations of geographical environment of Shanxi temple construction’s site selection and the historical regularity of their distributioncombining with the site selection factors of traditional Chinese architecture. Thus, the general rules of site selection of Shanxi temples and its particularity of distribution are revealed preliminarily from the viewpoint of space and time.

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A Tentative Research on Site Selection of Shanxi Buddhism Temple Architecture

Li, Yuan Xin / Zhu, Xiang Dong / Wang, Chong En

Buddhist architecture which was introduced to China from India had become an important component of traditional Chinese architecture, and the characteristics of different regions had formed after the long-term development. This article starts from Shanxi’s location environment, analyzes the considerations of geographical environment of Shanxi temple construction’s site selection and the historical regularity of their distributioncombining with the site selection factors of traditional Chinese architecture. Thus, the general rules of site selection of Shanxi temples and its particularity of distribution are revealed preliminarily from the viewpoint of space and time.

A Tentative Research on Site Selection of Shanxi Buddhism Temple Architecture

Li, Yuan Xin / Zhu, Xiang Dong / Wang, Chong En

Buddhist architecture which was introduced to China from India had become an important component of traditional Chinese architecture, and the characteristics of different regions had formed after the long-term development. This article starts from Shanxi’s location environment, analyzes the considerations of geographical environment of Shanxi temple construction’s site selection and the historical regularity of their distributioncombining with the site selection factors of traditional Chinese architecture. Thus, the general rules of site selection of Shanxi temples and its particularity of distribution are revealed preliminarily from the viewpoint of space and time.

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Title:

A Tentative Research on Site Selection of Shanxi Buddhism Temple Architecture

Contributors:

Li, Yuan Xin / Zhu, Xiang Dong / Wang, Chong En

Published in:

Applied Mechanics and Materials ; 238 ; 551-554

Publication date:

2012-11-29

Size:

4 pages

ISSN:

1662-7482 , 1660-9336

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.238.551

Type of media:

Article (Journal)

Type of material:

Electronic Resource

Language:

English

Keywords:

Site Selection , Chinese Traditional Culture , Shanxi , Buddhist Temple

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