The Horyu-Ji Temple

It is actually the Temple of Heaven in the practical sense. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the emperors would offer sacrifice here to the Heaven on the day of the Winter Solstice in every year. Imperial Vault of Heaven was constructed along the middle axis, locating at the north of the Altar to Heaven. It is the place housing the Gods’ tablets to be used at the Heaven Worship Ceremony. It is famous for the surrounding Echo Wall, and also the Three Echo Stones and the Dialogue Stone, which are all utilizing the theory of sound wave, showing the intelligence of constructions. Crossing the Danbi Bridge from the Imperial Vault of Heaven, the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests is presented. It is a big palace with round roof and three layers of eaves, where the emperor held the worship ceremonies to pray for good weather and abundant harvests. It is the earliest building of the Temple of Heaven. It is a complex consisting of the Hall of Prayer for Good Harvests and the Altar for Grain

An aristocratic villa converted into a temple which used to be Emperor Yozei’s detached palace in 1052, The construction of Byodo-In temple happened at the Herian period along the Uji river just south of Kyoto with the establishment of Kapaku who used to be the chief advisor to the emperor. During the construction of the Phoenix Hall in 1053 by Fujiwara’s son Yorimichi, that marked as the turn towards the hall’s construction. Rather than just the teachings of Buddha, this temple is specifically dedicated towards the worship of Amida Buddha ,as one of the five wisdom Buddhas uniquely coloured in gold. Along the river facing the Asahi-Yama mountain, Byodoin in as build in a picturesque setting to fabricate the Land of Happiness which features a distinctive architecture style consisted of the Central Hall or often known as The Chudo , left and right wing corridors which

Science Fiction is the use of futuristic elements and includes advances in science and technology. In Ted Chiang’s “Stories of your life and others,” Chiang writes several short stories by including several elements of science fiction in order to send a message to the reader. In “Tower of Babylon,” Chiang writes about a world in which the Tower of Babylon(Babel) still exists in the world and people are constructing the tower to reach Heaven. Chiang incorporates elements from the Tower of Babel into the story in order to deliver the message that God’s orders are to be obeyed no matter what happens. Chiang derives the Tower of Babylon from the biblical story of the Tower of Babel, a tower that was constructed so that people can ascend from

Gender relations being an important part of the society, plays a major role in understanding religion and religious practices. In this essay, I am discussing two patterns on a ritual at a Buddhist temple, based on my observations, and how they connect to gender-related religious theory. The ritual I attended was at a Buddhist temple named West End Buddhist Temple in Mississauga. It was based on meditation led by a monk, the male instructor. It started with a story of Buddha, the divine figure of the religion, followed by a set of instructions and pieces of advice by the monk. This was accompanied with a guided silent meditation session. It ended with chants and prayers to god and the divine, Buddha. The ritual had several parts which explicitly or indirectly exposed the role of gender in the ritual and to a small extent in the religion. Theories of religion based on gender are tools to better understand how gender is interconnected to religion and its role in religious practices. This essay argues how, observations on pattern of male dominance during the ritual aligns with Mary Daly’s theory on androcentrism in religion. It also analyzes how the observations on pattern of equality among the participants interrelates with Antonio Gramsci’s theory of counter-hegemony.

A Hindu temple contains a very different religious experience compared to what I 've previously experienced in the past. Perhaps the most obvious difference comes from just how individual it can be compared to a group service for example. While there is a portion of the service that is led by a priest for the vast majority of your stay the experience is really upon you and you alone. While there are traditions to follow it 's still a unique experience. During my attendance at the Hindu temple of Atlanta I almost assuredly didn 't follow all of the customs and traditions but nevertheless, did my best to at least not offend my hosts. The experience was alien compared to anything else I 've ever experienced in this capacity and to be honest

One of Japan’s oldest temples and is still surviving and also contains the world’s oldest surviving wooden structure is the Horyuji Temple. It consists of three structures: The Pagoda to the west, the golden hall (kondo) to the east and the central gate (chumon). It is set seven miles south of Nara near a village. The Horyuji Temple was founded by Prince Shotoku in 607 CE, and he is also credited with being one of the early promotors of Buddhism. The atmosphere inside the temple is one of solitude and tranquility. A beautiful portable shrine was preserved in the Daihozoden or Great Treasure House or Kondo at the Horyuji Temple, the Tamamushi Shrine is the only example of paintings that survived during this period. The shrine is decorated outside with paintings of bodhisattvas and Guardian Kings with Buddhism narratives. As visitors walk clockwise around the shrine a story is depicted. The edges are decorated with elaborate strips of metal. The shrine is made from cypress and camphor wood, both of which are native to Japan. The paint is a lacquer mix with red and black

This structure is supported by 16 columns that are located around it. The shrine is a double shell that has two layers that are independently connected by beams. The platform on which this dome sits makes it easy for people to see it from all sides. The dome is covered using gold sheathing and it sits on top of a building that is covered outside and inside using Arabic calligraphy and colored mosaic. This building has eight arched entrances and staircase that are connected to the temple on the lower side. Currently, the building still has its original decorations and mosaics just like when it was constructed. The dome’s shape is still in its initial form. Some of the materials that were used in the construction of this building include wood, stone, brick, lead and marble (Creswell

Considered as the oldest Shinto shrine in Japan, there are no documents that recorded the exact date on which Izumo Taisha was constructed. The country’s oldest chronicles, Koijiki (Record of Ancient Matters), however, reveals that it had already existed by the beginning of the eighth century. Believed to be originally about fifty meters tall, the Main Hall (Honden) of Izumo Taisha is still the tallest of its kind and was built in the Taisha-zukuri architectural style. It is very austere in its appearance with unpainted walls made from Japanese cypress wood and a thatched bark roof. In addition, this building is enclosed by two sets of fences, separating the inner sanctuary from the rest of the shrine’s site. Izumo Taisha’s Main Hall had underwent

The temple is commonly known as “Temple of the Golden Pavilion” because of the pavilion’s striking top floors. Kinkaku-ji is made up of three floors. All of them structured differently. The building is called the Golden Pavilion because the two top stories are covered in golf leaf. The gold is not the only imposing detail. In front of the temple there is an impressive large pond that reflects Kinkaku-ji. Due to the

The erection of this building dates back to 447 BC. The architects were Iktinos and Kallikrates. The primary building material used was marble. The main function of the building was as temple to represent essentially the power

These modern creations are more accessible for daily devotions compared to such sites as the Hanging Monastery which is located in China. This site is is home to a group of temples connect by narrow stairways and walkways on the site of a sheer cliff. The whole infrastructure is supported by slender stilts. The infrastructure is safer than it might sound as the stilts are more of a decoration. The pavilions sit farther back into the the cliff. The site is ecumenical with Taoists, Buddhists, and Confucianists sharing a tiny temple with each group being represent within 40 pavilions and

The Temple of Aphaia displays two dying warriors. One is located in the west pediment and the other is located in the east pediment. Despite this, both statues have a very contrasting style. On the west pediment, the warrior has an arrow embedded in his chest which causes him to fall with grace in this unnatural way. The warrior is smiling and is in a modeling posture rather than a realistic one. However, the warrior on the east pediment seems more realistic as it’s seen in the appropriate position for someone who is near death. The reason for this is because it has been said that the pediment from the west was created 10 years earlier than the one from the east, which is why the one built first is traditionally archaic while the other is in

In this tour we visit the cape of Sounio and the ancient temple of Poseidon. Sounio is on the southest edge of the Attica region. It is about 1 hour and 15' far from the center of Athens. We follow a beautiful road trip close to coast. When we reach Sounio you will meet this charming site with clear waters, sandy beaches and rocky cliffs.

illustrate the temple, showing the uprising of statues. Literary sources recall that many works of art decorated the building, making it the real "Museum of the Temple". Concordia Temple in Oogreginto, Sicily has been restored on a large scale to what it should look like archaeologists. It is nice to see such Ramntang within the archaeological Oogreginto area, most of the piles in the bunker crashed. For many years, the Italians used large parts of the Greek building materials to build a pond and columns in the port Oogreginto, which are visible, and use them today. Hell way to handle the cultural heritage. See many of them in Rome as Christians became destroyed in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance many of the rest of Rome to build churches.

Jingxiu Nunnery was located outside ancient city — at the Outside West Gate Street. Prior to the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution, it was the only survived ancient monastery, a Buddhist shrine. People from the ancient city and around villages, even Baili Island and other distant pilgrims came here often, burned incense and prayed, asked God to bless. Perhaps they were nunnery, women could not afford to lift big storms, in addition, the nuns had some dealings with Indian Buddhism, the government concerned the international influence, so it was preserved, which revealed the Communist Party and the government's religious policy.