With the spread and integration of Buddhism with Confucianism, devotional buildings underwent an evolution, of which numerous pagodas, temples and grottos with statues of Buddha and other gods have survived. The Chinese Buddhist temples were organized around courtyards and verandas with a central pagoda surrounded by smaller houses for the monks. There are also two main categories of grotto temples cut into hillsides: Phil, based on a square plan, and the horseshoe-shaped Shiite temples.
- ISBN10 3990432338
- ISBN13 9783990432334
- Publish Date 25 July 2000
- Publish Status Withdrawn
- Out of Print 7 July 2015
- Publish Country DE
- Publisher De Gruyter
- Imprint Walter de Gruyter & Co
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 200
- Language English
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