Name : Arvindhan s/o Balasingam

Student ID : 0319753

Module : Oral Presentation Part 1

Session : Thursday ( 29.1.2015 )

Lecturer : Miss. Persis Rodrigues

RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS

SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE, BUILDING & DESIGN Foundation in Natural and Built Environment (FNBE)

CHINESE PAGODABuddhist temples and stupas of Imperial China

HISTORY

Evolved from the Indian Subcontinent

Base of pagoda

Liaodi Pagoda

84 Meters

STRUCTURE

VERY TALL BUILDING

- Closer to the GodsMANY FLOORS

- Store sacred relics

Tianning Temple

Wooden / Brick pillar as mainstay

ORNAMENTATIONSongyue Pagoda

- Earliest known Chinese pagoda

First floor onwards

MATERIALS

WOODEN PAGODA

BRICK/STONE PAGODA CLAY PAGODA

REFERENCES

1. Benn, Charles (2002). China's Golden Age: Everyday Life in the Tang Dynasty. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2. Fu, Xinian. (2002). "The Three Kingdoms, Western and Eastern Jin, and Northern and Southern Dynasties," in Chinese Architecture

3. Ho Sook Wah, Chan Swee Heng & Yap Ngee Thai, ((1988) Interactively Speaking, Penerbit Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang.