gyokusaiPule Si (Temple of Universal Happiness), Chengde, China. May 2014, iPhone 5s.
The similarities between Pule Si’s main hall and that of the Temple of Heaven in Beijing are certainly intended, in the same way that Putuo Zongcheng, also one of Chengde’s “Eight Outer Temples,” imitates the Potala Palace in Tibet—to make different Buddhist schools happy (and collect their tributes).
gyokusai Pule Si (Temple of Universal Happiness), Chengde, China. May 2014, iPhone 5s.
Show moreThe similarities between Pule Si’s main hall and that of the Temple of Heaven in Beijing are certainly intended, in the same way that Putuo Zongcheng, also one of Chengde’s “Eight Outer Temples,” imitates the Potala Palace in Tibet—to make different Buddhist schools happy (and collect their tributes).
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