KIẾN TRÚC THÁP TRONG NGÔI CHÙA MIỀN BẮC VIỆT NAM

Tóm tắt

For over 2,000 years, Buddhist architecture and its representative - tower pagodas - have already demonstrated the talents in the arts of the past generations. As time goes by, the architecture of tower pagodas has taken various forms, from small Buddhist shrines to large-scale tower pagodas and they become part of traditional architecture, with strong national identity in architecture included. Pagoda is a horizontal built form while a tower tends to be vertical and makes an impression on observers because of its height. Tower architecture is a unique built form and also the topic of this academic paper. The author would like to address the construction of a tower and the tower architecture in one of the pagodas in the North of Vietnam.

Keywords: Tower architecture; characteristics of towers.