Talk:Foguang Temple

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November 3, 2008	Good article nominee	Listed
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A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on June 25, 2008.

The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that the Foguang Temple's East Hall is the third oldest wooden building in China, dating from 857 AD?

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Third Earliest?[edit]

What are the first two?--Tricia Takanawa (talk) 18:51, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Well, part of your question is answered in the next sentence with the mentioning of Nanchan Hall; a few paragraphs down the Five Dragons Temple is mentioned.--Pericles of Athens^Talk 20:11, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think the article should make it very clear that there are older buildings in China than these; they are just not made out of timber. For example, the monumental pillar-gate towers made of stone or brick from the Han Dynasty (202 BCE – 220 CE) which are usually located at tomb sites. Or even stone and brick pagodas of the 6th century CE.--Pericles of Athens^Talk 20:13, 14 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Oh, I see it. I forgot the Nanchan Temple. But I looked up my old textbooks. Still I didn't find any timber building other than Nanchan temple which is earlier than Foguang. I agree with you that there are many surviving stone towers from much earlier times, but the hierarchy of Chinese and other east Asian architecture emphasizes much more on timber buildings. People don't seem to care much about the earlier stone structures. --Tricia Takanawa (talk) 16:54, 19 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ Steinhardt, Nancy N. (2005). "Pleasure tower model," in Recarving China's Past: Art, Archaeology, and Architecture of the 'Wu Family Shrines', 275–281. Edited by Naomi Noble Richard. New Haven and London: Yale University Press and Princeton University Art Museum. ISBN 0300107978. Pages 279–280.

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[1] Steinhardt, Nancy N. (2005). "Pleasure tower model," in Recarving China's Past: Art, Archaeology, and Architecture of the 'Wu Family Shrines', 275–281. Edited by Naomi Noble Richard. New Haven and London: Yale University Press and Princeton University Art Museum. ISBN 0300107978. Pages 279–280.

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