Songyue Temple Pagoda

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The Songyue Temple Pagoda is an early 7th-century brick Buddhist pagoda on Mount Song in Henan, China, renowned as one of the oldest surviving pagodas in the country and a key example of early Chinese Buddhist architecture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Buddhist pagoda
cultural heritage site
historic building
architecturalStyle early Chinese Buddhist architecture
associatedWith Chinese Buddhism NERFINISHED
Mount Song religious complex NERFINISHED
constructionEnd early 7th century
constructionStart early 7th century
country China
hasArchitecturalElement brick pilasters
doorways on lower level
projecting cornices
tiered eaves
hasConstructionTechnique load-bearing brick masonry
hasCulturalContext Sui dynasty China NERFINISHED
hasFeature brick imitation of timber construction
central interior space
multiple eaves
hasFunction symbolic representation of the Buddhist cosmos
hasInfluenceOn later Chinese brick pagoda architecture
hasInterior central vertical shaft
hasPlanType central-plan pagoda
hasPreservationStatus well-preserved
hasShape twelve-sided polygonal plan
heritageDesignation Major Historical and Cultural Site Protected at the National Level in China
inception early 7th century
isExampleOf transition from wooden to brick pagoda construction in China
isReligiousBuilding true
isTouristAttraction true
locatedIn Songyue Temple NERFINISHED
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Dengfeng NERFINISHED
locatedInMountainRange Songshan Mountains NERFINISHED
locatedInProvince Henan NERFINISHED
locatedInRegion Central China NERFINISHED
locatedNear Shaolin Monastery NERFINISHED
locatedOn Mount Song NERFINISHED
materialUsed brick
numberOfSides 12
numberOfStories 15
partOf Songshan historic and cultural landscape NERFINISHED
religion Buddhism
significance important example of early Chinese Buddhist pagoda design
one of the oldest surviving brick pagodas in China
usedFor Buddhist worship
relic veneration

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