Fotou Monastery, great hall 佛頭寺大殿
edition published: 2018-03-21-04:00
language: en; zh-latn-pinyin; zh-Hant; zh-Hans; zh-latn-wadegile
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great hall; 大殿; 大殿; dàdiàn; ta-tien; Fotousi dadian; 佛頭寺大殿; 佛头寺大殿
identifier: https://architecturasinica.org/place/000171
Date: 960-1234
Dynasty: Northern Song to Jin 960 - 1234
The main hall of Fotousi was built during the Song-Jin period. Placed on a stone foundation platform 0.31 meters high, the hall is three bays wide, four rafters deep, with a single eaves hip-gable roof. In the hall, the transverse frame is four-rafters deep and is configured using a three rafter beam joined to a zhaqian tie beam supported by three pillars. There are panel doors in the central bays of the front and back facades and straight lattice windows in each of the side bays.
location: 36.3581667 113.5761333
location: [36˚ 21.490' (Garmin) 113˚ 34.568']
Type: palatial hall, dian, 殿, 殿
II:305; 35-C6
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