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14PUAY-PE G HOFigure 10Plan of Taiji palace in TangChang 'an (from Hiraoka Takeo, ed.,Ch6an to Rakuy6 (Chizu) [Chang 'anand Luoyang (Maps)), TangCivilisation Reference Series [Kyoto:Jinbunkagaku KenkyUjo, 19561,pl. 13)lUI "NTg!;::i>-wi!!.F:l!u.a ...... "nOT'l>1JIjunl-litH'.,-.....,Jui1,.--,illItIIIIItnfI)..Iijbr f:!1
DAOXUAN'S DESCIUPTIOOF THE CENTRAL INDIAN JETAVANA VIHARA15Buddha, for the mingtang was an important symbol of imperial legitimacyand authority.A further borrowing from imperial architecture may be seen in the triadicstructures in the central cloister, described by Daoxuan as resembling bloomingflowers complementing each other 47 The flanking towers were meant toserve as contrasting elements within the triad to the central imposing pavilionso that the group formed a harmoniously balanced entity-a conceptioncentral to Chinese aesthetics.48 While the triad of buildings with the storiedpavilion at its centre was made up of a central high structure flanked by a pairof buildings of a lower height, the two triads to the south were the opposite,the central building being broader and lower than its flanking structures thatwere tall and slender. These triads of buildings may be compared to theHanyuandian ay[JiJl: ofDaming palace *-B '8 in Tang Chang'an, constructedbetween 634 and 662 (Figure 11).47 QH7], T45/890 b 12-1348 As seen in paintings and other media, theChinese aesthetic emphasises the centralityof the main object, assigning a supportingrole to subsidiary objects. At the same time,a contrast between the elements was desiredto show off the relationship between 'master'and 'subordinates'.Figure 11A reconstruction 0./ tbe Hanyuandianin Tang Cbang'an (from Cbao Liyin,ed., Shaanxi gujianzhu [A ncientarcbitecture 0./ Sbaanxi province)[Xi'an: Sbaanxi Renmin Cbubansbe,1992J, p.98J
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