I-Las ama-chinese pagodas Bayingxenye yendabuko yokwakhiwa kwezwe, okwethulwa kusuka eNdiya, kanye nobuBuddha njengezakhiwo zokuvikela izinsalela zamaBuddha.
Ngaphezu kokusetshenziswa kwabo kwezenkolo, kusukela ezikhathini zasendulo, ama-pagodas aseChina adunyiswa ngemibono emangalisayo abanikezayo, futhi izinkondlo eziningi ezidumile ezivela emlandweni waseChina zifakazela injabulo yama-pagodas esikalini.
I-Lamaist Pagoda yaseTibet
Zibonakala kakhulu entshonalanga yeChina, zisondele kakhulu kunalokho okufanele kwenziwe yisiNdiya, futhi zimiswe njengengcwaba lesikwele elinesivalo sedome phakathi nendawo. Ephethwe ikakhulukazi ngaphansi kwethonya lamasiko emibuso eyimbangi efana neTibet, ama-pagama angama-Lamaist awazange afane namaShayina ngezinga elifanayo nama-pagodas ama-Chinese, enza ushintsho oluningi:
Ngaphambi kokwakhiwa kwama-Buddhist pagodas, ngokwesiko, kuphela isigaba esilawulayo eChina esasihlala ezakhiweni ezinemigqa eminingi. Kulezi zinhlobo zama-pagodas, ikamelo elingaphansi komhlaba noma umgodi ungeziwe ukungcwaba izinsalela zamaBuddha.
Lesi sikhungo sasivame ukwakhiwa njengembobo ukuze izivakashi zikwazi ukungena emazingeni aphezulu, ezinye zazo ezazinamabhalkhoni.
Iqiniso ukuthi kamuva ama-pagodas akhiwa ezindaweni ezintsha: ezisekelweni eziphakeme, emigwaqweni, ngaphakathi kwamathempeli, naphezu kwezigodlo, kusetshenziswa uhla lwezinto ezintsha, ezinjengokhuni, ithusi, igolide nobumba.
Izinto zokwakha
Kusuka eMbusweni WaseMpumalanga Han kuye eDynasties eseNingizimu naseNyakatho (AD 25-589) ama-pagodas akhiwa ngokuyinhloko ngokhuni, njengezinye izakhiwo zakudala eChina. Ama-pagodas enziwe ngokhuni amelana kakhulu nokuzamazama komhlaba, noma kunjalo amaningi ashile, kanti nezinkuni nazo ziyathanda ukubola, kokubili ukungena kwemvelo nezinambuzane.
Izibonelo zama-pagodas enziwe ngokhuni zifaka i-White Horse Pagoda eLuoyang neFutuci Pagoda eXuzhou, eyakhiwe esikhathini se-Three Kingdoms (~ 220-265).
Iningi lama-pagodas ezindabeni ezikhuluma ngamathempeli amaBuddhist eLuoyang, umbhalo waseNyakatho Wei, ayenziwe ngokhuni.
Izincwadi zakamuva nazo zinikeza ubufakazi bokubusa kwe-pagoda pagoda ngalesi sikhathi.
Ukushintshela esitini nasetsheni
Ngesikhathi seNyakatho Wei Dynasty naseSui Dynasties (386-618), ukuhlolwa kwaqala ngokwakhiwa kwezitini namatshe ama-pagodas. Ngisho nasekupheleni kweSui, noma kunjalo, izinkuni kwakuseyizinto ezivame kakhulu.
Isibonelo, u-Emperor Wen we-Sui Dynasty (umbuso 581-604) wake wakhipha isimemezelo kuzo zonke izifunda kanye nezifunda zokwakha ama-pagodas kusethi yemiklamo ejwayelekile, kepha selokhu zakhiwa ngokhuni azikaze zisinde.
Izitini zokuqala ezikhona kuma-pagodas yilezo zethempeli iSongye, amamitha angama-40 ukuphakama eHenan. Yakhiwa ngo-520 ngesikhathi sobukhosi baseNyakatho Wei, futhi isinde cishe eminyakeni eyi-1500.