Tiantai Buddhist temples

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Buddhist temple type Chinese religious architecture

Tiantai Buddhist temples are Chinese Buddhist monastic complexes associated with the Tiantai school, known for their distinctive architectural layouts and doctrinal focus on the Lotus Sutra.

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Label	Occurrences
Tiantai Buddhist temples canonical	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Buddhist temple type ⓘ Chinese religious architecture ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Chinese Buddhist architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	Tiantai school ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	China ⓘ
culturalContext	Chinese Buddhism ⓘ surface form: Han Chinese Buddhism
dedicatedTo	Avalokiteśvara ⓘ Tiantai patriarchs ⓘ Shakyamuni Buddha ⓘ surface form: Śākyamuni Buddha
doctrinalFocus	Lotus Sūtra ⓘ surface form: Lotus Sutra
function	center of doctrinal study ⓘ monastic residence ⓘ pilgrimage site ⓘ place of worship ⓘ
geographicDistribution	Tiantai Mountains ⓘ eastern China ⓘ
hasPart	Lotus Sutra hall ⓘ abbot’s quarters ⓘ bell tower ⓘ courtyard ⓘ drum tower ⓘ guest quarters ⓘ lecture hall ⓘ main hall ⓘ meditation hall ⓘ monks’ quarters ⓘ mountain gate ⓘ ordination platform ⓘ pagoda ⓘ refectory ⓘ scripture library ⓘ
historicalPeriodOfDevelopment	Sui dynasty ⓘ Tang dynasty ⓘ
influencedBy	Zhiyi’s teachings ⓘ
languageOfLiturgy	Classical Chinese ⓘ
organizationalAffiliation	Tiantai school ⓘ surface form: Tiantai monastic order
pilgrimageAssociation	Tiantai Mountain sacred sites ⓘ
practiceEmphasis	Lotus Sutra recitation ⓘ meditation ⓘ ritual chanting ⓘ scriptural exegesis ⓘ
primaryTextStudied	Lotus Sūtra ⓘ surface form: Lotus Sutra Mahayana sutras ⓘ surface form: Mahāyāna sutras
region	East Asia ⓘ
religion	Buddhism ⓘ
religiousTradition	Tiantai school ⓘ surface form: Tiantai Buddhism
ritualFocus	Lotus Sutra ceremonies ⓘ
typicalLocation	mountainous areas ⓘ
typicalStructure	monastic complex ⓘ

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