Jin Shrines, Bantong Ting  晉祠伴桐亭

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Names

  • Bantong Ting (English)
  • 伴桐亭 (Traditional Chinese)
  • 伴桐亭 (Simplified Chinese)
  • Bàntóngtíng (Pinyin)
  • Pan-t'ung-t'ing (Wade-Giles)
  • 晉祠讀書臺 (Traditional Chinese)
  • 晋祠读书台 (Simplified Chinese)
  • Jinci Dushutai (English)

Building Information

Bantong Ting is also called the Dushu Tai or Reading Terrace.The first Reading Terrace is said to have been built further up Xuanweng Mountain on Huanxi Peak 歡喜岭 at the place where Yang Yin 楊愔 of the Northern Qi (550-577) read. According to Liu Dapeng, the Reading Terrace was originally built in the 27th year of the Ming Jiajing period (1548). Located between the Ancestor Lü Ge-Pavilion on its south and the Triple Terrace Ge-Pavilion on its north.This structure is number 31 on our plan of the site.1

Date 1548
Dynasty Ming 1368 - 1644 2

Works Cited

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  • 1 MILLER. 2007. The Divine Nature of Power: Chinese Ritual Architecture at the Sacred Site of Jinci, 196.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 WILKINSON. 2000. Chinese History: A Manual, 12.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record

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