dílóu 敵樓
https://architecturasinica.org/keyword/k000163Terms
- dilou (Pinyin without tones)
- 敵樓 (Traditional Chinese)
- 敌楼 (Simplified Chinese)
- dílóu (Pinyin)
- ti-lo (Wade-Giles)
Gloss
turret (Levine 2014, 75; Huang 2001, 49); defense tower (Feng 2012, 94); usually added to the tops of a mamian ("horse face"), wengcheng ("Urn-shaped city wall"), or a jiaolou ("corner tower"); literally: "resisting" tower (Kroll 2015, 82)1
Works Cited
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- 1 LEVINE. 2014. Walls and Gates, Windows and Mirrors: Urban Defences, Cultural Memory, and Security Theatre in Song Kaifeng, 75.
; HUANG. 2001. Defensive Structures and Construction Materials in Song City Walls, 49.; FENG. 2012. Chinese Architecture and Metaphor: Song Culture in the Yingzao Fashi Building Manual, 94.; KROLL. 2015. A Student's Dictionary of Classical and Medieval Chinese, 82. - 2 FENG. 2012. Chinese Architecture and Metaphor: Song Culture in the Yingzao Fashi Building Manual, 94.
Broad Match: fortification elements
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敵樓 dílóu” in Architectura Sinica last modified March 11, 2021, https://architecturasinica.org/keyword/k000163.
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