How Did Ren Wei Temple Influence Ancient Chinese Culture

When Emperor Qin took the throne, he ordered the general Mengtian to reorganise/extend the separate walls of the former states, reaching an extent to all 7 ‘warring states’. This was to provide a more stable form of protection for habitants in his empire. 300 000 captured soldiers and conscripts lived, worked and died in the remote areas of the empire. Slaves were also commissioned to take part in the construction of the wall. Little of the wall built by Qin remains today, as it has been rebuilt, maintained, and enhanced; the majority of the wall seen today was built by the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). This structure is now a form of transporting to other states/a tourist attraction, and is labelled one of the ‘7 Wonders of the Medieval World’.

The main Chinese religions have many key features. The main religions include shamanism/ancestor reverence, Confucianism, Daoism, Mahayana Buddhism, and idol worship. These 5 religions share some features in common. For example, Chinese popular religion focuses on the human being’s pursuit of health, wealth, and happiness in their lives (quote the textbook). Chinese popular religions want the human to be doing well and succeeding in their day-to-day activities of their lives. Another key component of the main Chinese religions is respecting one’s elders. The religions teach the importance of obeying the commands of the elders and honoring the family name. The Chinese allow place a strong emphasis on the temple. The temple is a place where the people could communicate, understand, and learn about their gods (quote the textbook). The next subsections will be describing the key religious practices of each of the 5 Chinese religions.

With naked eyes, many constructions have been being on process in this developing world, decorated in amazing and beautiful ways. However, let we take a thought to discuss about the ancient constructions that are still standing on this earth, Angkor Wat and The Great Wall of China. Angkor Wat and The Great Wall are both the world famous heritages. Angkor Wat and The Great Wall of China have been being well known and visited by many people every day. However, there are some similarities and differences between these heritages in three main features, the history, the construction and the purposes.

This is Shuixi River that Li Daoyuan said in his book. At first I entered along the middle valley and then got over Huang xian before we reached the mid. Walking continuously along the west waterway, we attained the peak of Tai. In the early stages, to enter along the east waterway we can see the Gate to Heaven. The valley in the east that I have not yet achieved was called the Stream to Heaven Gate in ancient times. I just went through the middle valley and the peak, the cliff that likes the threshold to block the road is called Heaven Gate by the world. Fog permeated the road all the way, and the stone steps were too slippery to climb. When I got to the top, the green hill was covered with snow and the snow shined on the southern sky. Up ahead in the distance, sunset gloried Taian City, Wen River and Culai Mountain. It looked like a landscape painting, and the cloud and mist stayed halfway up the hill like a dancing

The Forbidden City, which is located in the center of Beijing, was the imperial palace for twenty-four emperors during the Ming and Qing dynasties. In Chinese it is called 故宫 (Gùgōng). The first character comes from 古, meaning ancient, and 攵, meaning to strike. The second character comes from 囗, which represents an enclosure (but it is written slightly differently here) and 宀 meaning roof; together these symbols form the word for palace. It is rectangular in shape, the world’s largest palace complex covering 74 hectares.

History of the Great Wall of China: Myths, Tales and Mysterious Materials in the making of it.

The Great Wall of China is a 13,170 mile long wall built in 700-221 BC. It was made with stone, brick, soil, sand, and wood. It’s divided into 3 parts, passes, beacons, and walls. Passes are usually found along the wall and is normally an intersection for trade routes. In a pass, there were ramps for horses and ladders, and a short wall to prevent horses and humans to fall off the side. Beacons, also known as signal towers, are used to alert others of danger. They use flares when it was night and smoke signals in the day. Near the bottom of it were housing for soldiers along with stables. The wall was used for defense against outside invaders, and along with that it was also used for trade. It is also the longest man-made structure. The first

Groups of these kinds are found in the Zhenjuesi Temple in Beijing, and they feature five smaller pagodas built on higher solid squared bases known as diamond thrones. One is in the center and four are in corners to dedicate the Buddhas, which according to history during the Yongle reign of the Ming Dynasty, a monk by the name of Bandida hauled from India to Beijing and presented to the emperor of the time five golden Buddha statues along with a plan for a diamond throne. The final result was based off Indian design, but had Chinese modifications, where the base became 1.78 meters high, and all five pagodas were six meters

Jump up ^ The New York Times with introduction by Sam Tanenhaus (2011). The New York Times Guide to Essential Knowledge: A Desk Reference for the Curious Mind. St. Martin's Press of Macmillan Publishers. p. 1131. ISBN 978-0-312-64302-7. Beginning as separate sections of fortification around the 7th century B.C. and unified during the Qin Dynasty in the 3rd century B.C., this wall, built of earth and rubble with a facing of brick or stone, runs from east to west across China for over 4,000 miles.

In ancient times, people put stars in the sky as divided into three enclosures, twenty-eight stars and other constellations. Three enclosures include Supreme Palace Enclosure, Ziwei Yuan and Heavenly Market Enclosure. Purple star in three enclosures central and therefore became the representative of Heaven constellation. Heaven to live in a place called Purple Palace, the emperor is the emperor of the world, so to imitate the Emperor of Heaven, to live in their own place called the Purple Palace. And from the beginning of the Qin emperor's residence called the ban, meaning that is not free access, thus collectively known as the Forbidden City. And the name comes from the " Purple Forbidden enclosure," Chinese scientists to the ancient star like stars in the sky is divided into three enclosures, four images, twenty-eight stars. Which refers to three enclosures wall purple star, too Purple Forbidden enclosure and day. Purple star centered in the wall, reportedly heaven God dwelling in purple star wall, the self-proclaimed emperor of the world, "Son of Heaven" will imitate heaven God dwelling with its name "Purple" as the Forbidden City. Forbidden City is a sight, the red walls, gold, white stone buildings constructed. And yellow glazed tile which is the symbol of the emperor. And at the initial investment in building the Forbidden City craftsman 230,000 soldiers, millions of migrant workers, lasted around 15 years. This show us how important is The Forbidden City means to the

Do you know that photo? What is it? And where is it? The place has several names and it is located in the center of Beijing. It is known as Forbidden City, the Palace Museum, and Gu Gong in Chinese. It was first built throughout 14 years during the reign of Emperor Chengzu in the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644). Furthermore, during the Ming and Qing Dynasties around 1368 to 1911, this place served as the imperial palace for 24 emperors.

The second representation of the Heian period I chose to include in the elegant robes on the unidentified female was the Byodoin Temple because it’s a noteworthy example of Buddhist Pure Land architecture. The temple (including its garden) represents the Pure Land Paradise, which was also influential on future temple construction. After doing some further reading, I learned that Byodoin was initially built in 998 as a countryside retreat villa for Fujiwara no Michinaga, the powerful politician, and was not actually intended to be a temple; however, Michinaga's son ended up turning Byodoin into a temple and was the one who ordered the construction of its most spectacular feature, the Phoenix Hall. Despite the building being given another official name, it was nicknamed Hodo almost immediately after its construction in 1053 because of its shape and the two phoenix statues on its roof. In fact, the significance of this structure is still present today as its hall is now featured on the back of the Japanese ten yen coin (Byodoin Temple,

All traditional Chinese cities were surrounded by city walls. These clay and brick-built city walls can provide security for the residents within during foreign invasions and indigenous rebellions. The city wall is about forty feet high, forty-three feet wide on top and fifty feet wide at bottom. Three gates were opened on each of the four walls. The gates in the east, south and west walls provided access to city interior, while those in the north led to the imperial parks and palace. These gates were highly fortified. Each of the nine gates in the east, south and west walls were assigned with a three-tower defense system: an arrow tower in the front, a fort tower in the middle and a brake tower in the back. The space between the arrow tower and the normal tower is called barbican, which can prevent the soldiers who broke through the first tower from attacking the second one. Gates were shut and locked at dusk when the curfew began and only those who with a permission issued by the court were allowed to enter or leave the city during the night. Outside each gate was a drawbridge over the moat which was

Courtyard, an enclosed area surrounded by buildings, is an open sky space that both creates a sense of privacy and promotes a form of gathering for various purposes. Through centuries of evolvement and development, courtyard has flourished from different cultures and thrived in various forms. One may wonder, when and where did courtyard emerge? How and why have it made its mark on architectural history? Dating back to ca. 6000 BC, when courtyard made its first appearance in Jordan Valley, between Israel and the West Bank, courts have become widely used in Islamic regions especially in the mosques. Fifty centuries later, at a distant location on earth, a distinct type of courtyard architecture made its appearance and started prevailing in China. In what extent do the Chinese and Islamic courtyard differ form each other while share a degree of similarity? In the following text, two examples from the two cultures will be compared and contrasted to explicate the two typologies. The Great Mosque of Kairouan in Tunisia and the Forbidden City in China, although from two distinct cultures with no

While the Northern Qi dynasty and the Tang dynasty existed in different centuries, the art of the time represents many of the same ideas. The Northern Qi dynasty existed from the years 550 to 577. During this time period, a limestone carving was created in the Xiangtangshan cave. From the years 618 to 907, the Tang Dynasty advanced the art landscape (Neave). The mural from Cave forty-five in Mogao in the Gansu province was an artistic creation of the Tang time period estimated to be from the years 705 to 781. Both the carving and the mural are representations of the western pure land; however, this is only one of their many similarities. The two pieces contain the same pictorial elements in similar positions signifying the similar ideas of the pure land. The two pieces are similar in size and the type of location in which they originated. The amount of time required in the process of crafting the elaborate caves and the emphasis of the Pure Land depictions shows the importance of Buddhist worship during the Tang and Northern Qi Dynasties. Through comparison of the two depictions of the Western Pure Land, viewers are able to identify significant similarities in beliefs regarding rebirth to the Western Pure Lands between the time periods of the Northern Qi and Tang Dynasties.