East Asian Architecture A Few Important Points
East Asian Architecture
A Few Important Points
Japanese Pagoda
• Horyu-Ji Temple
Naga PrefectureSeven Great Temples
Japanese Pagoda
Major diff. Between Japanese & Chinese
Chinese Pagoda
Jinlong Canyon Hanging Monastery, Shanxi Provence, China (YUAN)
Giant Wild Goose Pagoda Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China (TANG)
Japanese Pagoda
Horyu-ji Temple, Nara Prefecture, Japan
Korean Pagoda
Snake dancing five-storied pagoda
Example of lateral movement in a pagoda during an earthquake. The lowermost box-like structure leans to the left, the one above it to the right, the one above that one to the left, and so on, something like a person doing a snake dance.
The yajirobe balancing toy principleThe weights at the two ends of the cross arm of a yajirobe balancing toy exert equal forces from opposite sides of the fulcrum, keeping the arm level. If the weight on the left side is pushed downward, the horizontal distances from the fulcrum to the two weights become unequal, (see (1) and (2).
Because distance (2) is now longer, the weight on the right will exert more downward force and bring the cross arm back into equilibrium. Thus, every vertical displacement of the weights finally results in a return to horizontal.
Mongolian Architecture
• Yurt