Phoenix Hall

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Title

Phoenix Hall

Subject

Immovable Culture Heritage

Description

The Byodoin Temple was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage as one of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto in 1994. Being one of the World Heritage sites, the Byodoin Temple buildings and Buddha statues have a long history of about 1000 years. Phoenix Hall is the most famous building of this cultural heritage. It is a combination of paintings, architecture, artifacts, and sculpture that covers the arts and history, the design style still remains the beauty of Mogao Cave to exhibit an art style that originated in Tang Dynasty. Also, in order to commemorate the cultural significance behind this heritage, Japan displays its image on its 10 yen coin, and the 10,000 yen note also features the phoenix image.

Source

worldheritagelayer

Date

2010:12:12 02:20:35

Contributor

jz87

Format

image/jpeg

Type

Still Image

License

Creative Commons Attribution License

Spatial Coverage

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Europeana Type

IMAGE

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DescriptionEN

The Byodoin Temple was designated as a UNESCO World Heritage as one of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto in 1994. Being one of the World Heritage sites, the Byodoin Temple buildings and Buddha statues have a long history of about 1000 years. Phoenix Hall is the most famous building of this cultural heritage. It is a combination of paintings, architecture, artifacts, and sculpture that covers the arts and history, the design style still remains the beauty of Mogao Cave to exhibit an art style that originated in Tang Dynasty. Also, in order to commemorate the cultural significance behind this heritage, Japan displays its image on its 10 yen coin, and the 10,000 yen note also features the phoenix image.