Analysis Of The Foguang Si Pagoda

The Pair Statue of Ikhui and HIs Wife, Bebi is a statuette fairly small compared to life-size and is from the fifth and sixth dynasty of the Egyptian Old Kingdom around 2465-2323 B.C. It was excavated from a tomb in in Giza. The statuette displays a male and female standing side by side. It measures about less than two feet high. It appears as a relief because of the space between the arms and waists of the figures and sculpted from a block and chiseled away. They stood against a small wall no taller than the male figure but slightly taller than the female figure only to cover a portion of their backs. They had somewhat of a symmetric value. Each side mostly mirroring each other.

These structures are meant to summon spirits, serve as a place to pray, sing, dance, and much more. Another reason cultures build religious structures, is so

Furthermore, on the roof form, the column- beam- and- strut also permits several roof styles. First is ‘Zuanjian’, pyramid- shaped roof. The other one is ‘Wudian’, a hipped roof, and ‘Xieshan’, a combination hip-gable. These three types of roof have two adjacent slopes that meet above each of four corners at forty-five-degree angles. However, another most outstanding Chinese traditional characteristic, through stylistic, is ‘Dougong’, a combination of block and supporting arm. Dougong has been use ever since Han Dynasty, fifth century B.C. to third century A.D, and developed itself to reached peak point in Tang and Song dynasty, from seventh to thirteen centuries. More importantly, it preserved the structural integrity of the wooden framework, functioning the collar beam in modern architecture. Dougong gradually shrank in size and lost its important as a structural member to become a stylized traditional decorative, in Ming and Qing Dynasties. By the use of dougong, it demonstrates a progress in the beginning as the technical standard then reached the apex point, and finally turned down to an insignificant role as a stylistic element. Another example of architectural development in style during Ming and Qing Dynasties is the garden element. The landscape garden design has gone through a long historic phase of development. The garden evolved into two types, royal and private gardens. The private garden served to the residences for enjoyment, relaxation, and living

Chinampas were 17 ft long and 100-350 ft wide. What was really amazing for construction was how the floating islands were made. They were created using reed frames, anchored into the ground. Document B has an image that shows willow trees were placed strategically to hold the soil in place, and canals and footpaths were made so that they did not interfere with each other. These structures were complex, well thought out/strategic. These structure yielded high amounts of crops. Canals and footpaths were near the floating gardens so that the crops could get water, and people could walk to harvest the crops. This shows strategic placement. The way their structures were built were very complex and should be valued through the teaching of

❖ The Jade Peony The major symbol in this novel is the Jade Peony. It is Poh Poh's most valued possession. She passed it to Sek Lung after her death. The Jade Peony symbolized Old China's culture and traditions. The Jade Peony was there for Sek Lung to keep his culture in Canada. It reminds all the people in this novel of their cultural roots.

noticed. By sharing a purpose, both structures act as a shrine for different religions to reach God.

Let us begin by going back to a time before the Great Wall, The Great Pyramids, and even Stonehenge. A time that could not even fathom the thought of metal tools and tall buildings. This time is the Neolithic period between 3180-2500 BCE and the location is the west coast of the mainland of Orkney in Scotland. There you will find the ancient ruins of Skara Brae. During the winter of 1850 a massive storm hit the coast of Orkney. A combination of fierce winds and high tides stipped the top layer of soil from the ground to reveal the outline of an old building. Intrigued by the outlines the local laird, William Watt of Skill, started excavating the site too see what he could find. In 1868 the site was abandoned for unknown reasons and in later

The next corridor was an exhibit of ceramics of everyday life in the Neolithic period of the Majlayao culture (Machong phase, CA 2300-2000BC Metropolitan Museum plaque). The pottery of this period expresses similarities in the color and shapes to the art found amongst the indigenous cultures elsewhere in the world. On the side was another room with two guardian lions (6th dynasty 220-589). Lion statues were status symbols for great dwellings that were placed outside of main entranceways to promote good and to stop evil from entering in (Feng Shui, Lam 38). In the room at the Museum they guard lacquer images and woodcarvings of Buddhas. Buddha images executed in dry lacquer were highly valued by the Chinese because of the costly time-consuming process required to produce them (Metropolitan Museum wall-plaque). Possibly the lions do serve a purpose here: to prevent any evil beings from entering a room filled with prized lacquer Buddhas.

The monument is a symbol of respect to the people showing the history of the Genocide and raising the awareness around it. We did not have a target audience as the memorial is for both people part of the genocide as well as people who want to learn about it. The pathway is lined with birch trees on either side with white tulips in front of it. These trees show the strict control the soldiers had as they marched the prisoners to be executed, surrounded with no way out. To the left of the pathway is a white building with the Armenian flag embroidered on the floor. This is to symbol patriotism and give the emotion of remorse to the people affected by the genocide. People can pay a small fee to have their names engraved onto the stones. Outside the main building is a garden with the flowers planted in order of the flag. The waterfalls compliment the flowers and the walkway to give an emotion of peace and hope before entering the building. The first one in the garden shows “never ending tears” with the lasting effect the genocide has had on people. This is used as a prayer area for people looking to be at peace with the past. The pathway going inside memorial symbolizes the long marches that the captured civilians would take heading into the prisons. Inside the building after walking down the hallway you see straight ahead the Armenian flag spanning the wall. This is shown as a

The temple contains the images of many bodhisattvas,Buddha's, and disciples. The images of the Buddha's and bodhisattvas are the focus of the rooms and outside. For example, in the main shrine and Bodhisattva hall, the focus are the images. Another example is the garden of the eighteen arhats in which the Buddha is surrounded by his first disciples. The other garden that is in the temple is the Vessel of Compassion for Universal Liberation. The main image in this garden is that of Avalofitesvara Bodhisattva. The other images depicted are of heaven kings. The bodhisattva is important because the vows of this Bodhisattva are of a compassionate mind and the power of wisdom. This bodhisattva answers the prayers of sentient beings no matter where they are and manifests in different forms. These eighteen arhats extinguished all defilements and afflictions. They had reached nirvana and their righteousness is exemplary to all Buddhists. Comparatively, symbols play an important role in buddhism and we can see this through the offers made to the Buddha's and bodhisattvas. For example, incense symbolizes inner peace, a lamp offering symbolizes the brightening of our vision and the enhancement of our wisdom. In addition, in the images, mudras or certain objects are a symbol of important rules to follow. Such as in image of the Bodhisattva Samantabhadra, the elephant symbolizes practice. The sounds that are used are that of instruments during the service in the main shrine and the sound of bells which usually mark the initiation of a service or other announcements. Furthermore, the smells that are used throughout the temple are incense. Incense is used as an offering and it is meant to help the Buddhist concentrate and focus on meditating. Lastly, taste is used in the ritual of eating vegetarian meals

The chinese prefered to build round shafts rather than square shafts as they believed evil spirits can hide in corner.they also would build slanted roofs so that evil spirits can not get inside by magic portals and slide down.

: The structures that make up the Temple of Heaven are meant to signify the relationship between heaven and earth, more importantly the connection between the emperors and God. The through in It was believed that offerings made by the emperor to the Gods, would bring a flourishing harvests, as he was believed to be the closest being to god. The structure itself was built so majestically to represent it descending into heaven. The main ceremonies that were held within the hall were all on the basis of worshipping heaven and so it was believed by doing so, it would be seen as favorable to the gods, enough to be blessed with an abundance supply of harvests such as grain. The ceremonial interior of the hall was built in such a way as to emphasize

The speaker started the service by speaking about Buddha as a philosopher, not God. This Buddhist temple practices Theravada, and bows to 3 things: Buddha, Dharma, and Sangha. Theravada is one of the four types of Buddhism. The other three types are Mahayana, Tibetan, and Zen/Chan. Buddhism exemplifies as a very pragmatic religion (The Four Noble Truths). “The followers take joy in a straight-forward approach to life, and they do not indulge in metaphysical speculation about first causes. As most religion have a theology and worship a deity, Buddhists do not have one. This religion believes that it is impossible to make a permanent relationship with anything because the world is constantly changing” (The Four Noble Truths).

Behind the main temple was another small courtyard was two smaller buildings for worship to the left and the right of the courtyard. Another large building was to the back which looked fairly newly built. It seemed to be a place of serving food that contained no meat but some sort of meat substitute that was not artificially made from what the servers were telling me. Then to the right of that building was a small warehouse that looked to house desks and whiteboards for the weekly Vietnamese classes that are being held there. Outside of the warehouse was a basketball goal for the students that would come for Sunday school, and a small parking lot for more visitors.

However, Chinese agriculture which was the base for economy at that period, aimed to recreate the original civilization in the frame of re collection, re storage approaches. Chinese traditional Architecture derived its form from the traditional Chinese philosophy which objective is a unify world with harmony, which is a revelation of man to nature. People are part of nature therefore Chinese people would select wood as a basic building material. It is of great importance that the Chinese people choose wood since it shows the relationship between its qualities and these of life