pagodas as their main structures can be found in early historical records. The first Buddhist temple in China, the White Horse Temple, was constructed with a huge square wooden pagoda as the ...

Pagodas, however, appeared relatively late in China. A Chinese term for pagoda did not exist until ... On the ceiling of the main cave there is a painting of thirty-five monks sitting in ...

17 is sponsored by Kofukuji and The Asahi Shimbun. Temple pagodas are built to enshrine Buddha’s ashes. Kofukuji’s five-story pagoda, which has national treasure status, was erected in 730 at ...

The Prince of the Pagodas is a ballet created for The Royal Ballet by choreographer John Cranko with music commissioned from Benjamin Britten Its premiere took place on 1 January 1957 at the Royal ...