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Overview of Chinese Buddhist Architecture by John Fetiza Obispado is a document available to read on EtoBox.

Chinese Buddhist architecture developed after Buddhism was introduced, combining Chinese artistic traditions with religious structures. Buddhist temples followed a traditional Chinese layout, with a central courtyard and halls distributed along an axis centered around a stupa or pagoda. Temple architecture evolved over dynasties from early Indian influences to fully Sinicized styles by the Tang Dynasty, when pagodas and grottos carved into cliffs also emerged as prominent architectural forms that blended Bu

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John Fetiza Obispado

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