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

Published/Created:

China, Shanxi Province: Datong, Shanhua si (Shanhua Temple)
1128-1143 (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. 43b

Variant Titles:

山西大同善化寺山门 平面及断面图

Topics:

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

Culture:

Buddhist
Jin (Golden Tartars), 1115-1234

Accession Number:

25590

Genre:

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: 220662

OID:

490809

PID:

digcoll:2144781