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Chinese ancient architecture and grottoes in Zhejiang: 3 entries, including Baoguo Temple, Liuhe Pagoda, Tianyi Pavilion, and more.

001 Architecture Baoguo Temple Baoguo Temple (Baoguo Si) stands in the Jiangbei District of Ningbo, Zhejiang. First named Lingshan Temple in the Tang, its surviving main hall is a timber structure rebuilt in the sixth year of the Dazhong Xiangfu era of the Northern Song (1013). This article traces the temple's architectural history and the changes to its name, gathers original passages from the Baoqing Siming Zhi, the Ningbo Fu Zhi, the Cixi Xian Zhi, the Baoguo Si Zhi, and other historical sources, and includes 1954 survey photographs of the main hall's bracket sets, timber frame, and caisson ceilings. Tang Dynasty · Zhejiang · Ningbo, Zhejiang Province
002 Architecture Liuhe Pagoda Liuhe Pagoda was first built in the third year of Kaibao (970) of the Wuyue Kingdom to subdue the tidal bore of the Qiantang River. It was destroyed by fire during the Xuanhe era and rebuilt in seven stories by the monk Zhitan through monastic fundraising during the Southern Song. After completion it also served as a lighthouse for night navigation. Though repeatedly damaged and restored over the centuries, its brick core endures. Ten Kingdoms-Wuyue · Zhejiang · Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province
003 Architecture Tianyi Pavilion The Tianyi Pavilion stands west of Moon Lake in Ningbo, Zhejiang, a private library built by Fan Qin in the Jiajing era of the Ming and preserved to this day. Drawing on original texts by Huang Zongxi, Quan Zuwang, Ruan Yuan, and others, the entry recounts the Fan family's book collecting, its rules for guarding the collection, and the Qing court's requisition of books for the Siku Quanshu; together with the Historical Records of the Tianyi Pavilion Collection and old photographs of the modern era, it traces the loss of books in the wars of the late Qing, the thefts of the Republican period, the rebuilding of 1933, and the removal of the collection during the War of Resistance. Ming Dynasty · Zhejiang · Haishu District, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province

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