Shanhua Temple (Shanxi Province): Main Hall, plan and section

Published/Created:

China, Shanxi Province: Datong, Shanhua si (Shanhua Temple)
ca. 1060 (built)

Notes:

Drawing by Liang Sicheng 梁思成, 1901-1972, and the Institute for Research in Chinese Architecture (1931-1946).
Liang Sicheng (Wilma Fairbank, Editor), Pictorial History of Chinese Architecture (Bilingual Edition), 2001, fig. 30e

Variant Titles:

山西大同善化寺大雄宝殿　断面及平面图[[

Topics:

Architecture -- China -- Shanxi Province -- (YVRC)
Institute for Research in Chinese Architecture (active ca. 1931-1946) -- (YVRC)
Liang Sicheng, 1901-1972 -- (LC)

Culture:

Buddhist
Liao dynasty, 907-1125

Accession Number:

25577

Genre:

drawings: plans (AAT)
drawings: sections (AAT)
religious buildings: temples (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Paintings & Drawings
Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Source Title:

Asian Collection (Liang Sicheng Collection)

Source Note:

G: Liang Sicheng Photograph Collection
R: Lantern Slide Negative

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

Portfolio Item ID: 220647

OID:

490741

PID:

digcoll:1893653