Shaolin Temple (Dengfeng): Chuzu Convent, plan and intermediate and column bracket set (dougong)

Published/Created:

China, Henan Province: Dengfeng, Shaolin si (Shaolin Temple): Chuzu an (Chuzu Convent)
1125 (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. 40c

Variant Titles:

河南登封县少林寺初祖庵 平面图补间铺作及柱头铺作

Topics:

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

Culture:

Buddhist
Song dynasty, 960-1279

Accession Number:

25187

Genre:

drawings: plans (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: 217244

OID:

487410

PID:

digcoll:2144901