Phoenix Hall Byodo-in 平等院鳳凰堂
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Title
Phoenix Hall Byodo-in 平等院鳳凰堂
Creator
Professor Hui Cheuk Kuen, Desmond (許焯權教授)
Description
Compared with western architecture, there are very few surviving buildings in eastern timber construction older than 1000 years. The Phoenix Hall of the Byodo-in Temple in Uji Kyoto of Japan is an examplar. Converted from a villa originally built in 998 in the year 1052, the first year of the beginning of the end-of-the-world (Latter Day of the Law or the Degenerate Age) according to the theory of Three Ages of East Asian Buddhism. The importance of this building can be seen in its adoption as image for the Japanese 10-yen coin, and also in one of the versions for the 10,000 yen note. It was designated as UNESCO World Heritage in 1994. The vantage point of my painting is one of the best angles to view the temple with the pond, and also the closest!
比起西方建築，東方木構建築超過一千年仍然尚存的例子非常少。日本京都府宇治市平等院的鳳凰堂是其中的表表者。這座建築最初是在西元998年興建的大宅，1052年改建為佛寺，這一年正是東亞佛教三期法運論中的第三期「末法」，即世界步向完結的第一年。這座建築的重要性可以從日本國把它作為十圓硬幣的浮雕，及一萬圓紙幤其中一款設計看到。1994年聯合國教科文組織也將它列入世界文化遺產。我這幅寫生畫選擇的觀點，是可以同時看到建築和水池最好和最近的角度!
比起西方建築，東方木構建築超過一千年仍然尚存的例子非常少。日本京都府宇治市平等院的鳳凰堂是其中的表表者。這座建築最初是在西元998年興建的大宅，1052年改建為佛寺，這一年正是東亞佛教三期法運論中的第三期「末法」，即世界步向完結的第一年。這座建築的重要性可以從日本國把它作為十圓硬幣的浮雕，及一萬圓紙幤其中一款設計看到。1994年聯合國教科文組織也將它列入世界文化遺產。我這幅寫生畫選擇的觀點，是可以同時看到建築和水池最好和最近的角度!
Date Created
October 14, 2016
Spatial Coverage
Phoenix Hall Byodo-in, Japan
Coloration
Multicolored
Genre/Form
Watercolors