Interior wood structure, great hall of the three clarities (Sanqing dadian 三清大殿), Fengxian guan (奉仙觀)

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Interior wood structure, great hall of the three clarities (Sanqing dadian 三清大殿), Fengxian guan (奉仙觀) Liu, Jie; Wu, Sijia

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Details of the wooden column, beams, brackets, and roof support of the Great Hall of the Three Clarities (Sanqing dadian 三大清殿) in the Fengxian guan 奉仙觀, a Daoist temple in Jiyuan, Henan, China. This five-bay wide hall is the main building of the temple complex, and the oldest, dating to 1184 (the first temple on the site was built in 685). The massive wooden beams and brackets are largely original. The walls and roof have been repeatedly renovated. The plaques on the beams and columns, added in the early twentieth century, describe the provenance and nature of the material used and its structural roles. They may date to a visit by the architectural historian Liu Dunzhen 劉敦楨 (1897-1968).

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Title	Interior wood structure, great hall of the three clarities (Sanqing dadian 三清大殿), Fengxian guan (奉仙觀)
Creator	Liu, Jie; Wu, Sijia
Contributor	From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued	2017-05-28
Description	Details of the wooden column, beams, brackets, and roof support of the Great Hall of the Three Clarities (Sanqing dadian 三大清殿) in the Fengxian guan 奉仙觀, a Daoist temple in Jiyuan, Henan, China. This five-bay wide hall is the main building of the temple complex, and the oldest, dating to 1184 (the first temple on the site was built in 685). The massive wooden beams and brackets are largely original. The walls and roof have been repeatedly renovated. The plaques on the beams and columns, added in the early twentieth century, describe the provenance and nature of the material used and its structural roles. They may date to a visit by the architectural historian Liu Dunzhen 劉敦楨 (1897-1968).
Subject	Fengxian Temple; Daoism; Temples; Ming dynasty; Architecture
Geographic Location	Jiyuan Shi (China); 35.100708; 112.573632
Type	Still Image
Language	zxx
Notes	Author Affiliations: Lanzhou University, Zhejiang University.
Series	Cluster 2.1: Authenticity and Authority
Date Available	2017-07-06
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0348723
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/62160
Affiliation	Non UBC
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Postdoctoral; Graduate
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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