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"Tan Yi? Is he the monk who was transformed into a weed-picking girl by Samantabhadra Bodhisattva and tested with his beauty?" Someone in the bus asked this question.

"Yes, this is indeed a legend about Master Tanyi."

He Ying answered in the affirmative:

"But what I want to talk about is the architectural deeds of Master Tan Yi. Tan Yi, whose common surname is Yao, was born in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. He became a monk at the age of 16 and was taught by Shi Dao'an. He practiced in Tanxi Temple with Master Dao'an. At that time, Teng Hanzhi, the prefect of Changsha, turned his residence into a temple and asked Dao'an to send a monk to be the chief engineer, that is, the chief engineer. Tan Yi was known for his good conduct when he was young. Although he was not good at building, he could respect his master. Since he was traditional and capable of teaching, Master Daoan entrusted him with the important task of building Changsha Temple."

"Changsha Temple in the Eastern Jin Dynasty? It doesn't exist now, right? What does it look like?" Lou Xinyue felt that the name of this building sounded very strange.

"Such an ancient building has indeed disappeared in the long river of history." He Ying nodded, "But the book records that the Changsha Temple built by Tan Yi has about 55 gates and verandahs, and 300 main halls. The beam between the two rows of pillars is feet long. The temple has three doors, seven rooms and two buildings. In addition, Tan Yi's architectural concept of "taking the longest" is also the most praised, because this temple Since the day it was built, Changsha Temple has not been damaged for years from the Jin Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty. It can be said to be a worthy example in the history of Chinese architecture!"

Everyone in the car had never dabbled in this knowledge before, and they all listened with rapt attention.

But Jiang Cheng on the other side was a little unconvinced: "Then what does Changsha Temple have to do with Western ancient architecture?"

"That's what I'm going to say next." He Ying smiled and continued, "Although Changsha Temple has not been handed down to this day, we can still find some Northern Wei Dynasty paintings with Buddhist buildings from the Mogao Grottoes in Dunhuang, Gansu. Murals. Based on the murals, it can be roughly inferred that Buddhist temples at that time almost always had some tower-like buildings several stories high."

"Tower building?" Jiang Cheng couldn't help but become curious.

"In Chinese Buddhist architecture, there is a very outstanding creation, which is this pagoda." He Ying said as he quickly sketched the outline of the pagoda in his sketchbook and passed it to Wang Jinze and Jiang Cheng , "Many documents have given us a definite answer, that is, this kind of pagoda was introduced to China from India, and its predecessor was the Indian tomb known as 'Statupo'."

"Huh?~~"

Upon hearing this word suddenly, the students couldn't help but feel a chill running down their spines.

Even Tang Guoguo couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Why are you so surprised?"

He Ying looked at Tang Guoguo helplessly:

"The Chinese word 'pagoda', transliterated from Sanskrit, doesn't mean 'studupo'? In India, it was originally a Buddhist building used to bury the relics left behind after the cremation of the Buddha Sakyamuni. After being introduced to China, its primary function was It is used to store Buddha bone relics or enshrine Buddha statues. Then, over the long years of evolution, countless Chinese architects integrated it with buildings such as buildings, towers, and platforms, and finally became a Chinese-style pagoda."

As soon as He Ying finished speaking, the other four team members began to applaud enthusiastically.

Chu Mingchen was the most excited: "Succinct and comprehensive, with extensive coverage, Senior He Ying, you are the best!"

But Jiang Cheng is still unconvinced: "This can only be the evolution of the tower. We all know it, but you still haven't said anything about it. What is the connection with ancient Western architecture?"

Chu Mingchen wanted to reply, but He Ying raised his hand to indicate that he hadn't finished speaking yet:

"As we all know, the period from 220 AD to 581 AD was a dark period in Chinese history. It was this period of frequent wars in the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties that gave rise to a unique religious architectural culture, especially Buddhist temples and pagodas. Special, this is also people's urgent spiritual need. But as everyone knows, at the same time, a famous Western religious building also began to be constructed, which is the outstanding representative of Byzantine civilization, the Hagia Sophia Cathedral."

Mentioning the name of this building, even if you are not an architecture student, you will hear it like thunder.

But what structural features it is praised for, if we don’t pay special attention to it, we really can’t explain why. Lin Ru stared in the direction of He Ying calmly, wanting to hear her explanation.

At this time, although Chen Jingyi was still looking out the window, she didn't know when she took off the headphones from her ears.

He Ying's clear voice instantly flowed into her cochlea:

"This church was built by the architect Antimius and the engineer and mathematician Isidolus. They referred to the central dome plan of the Pantheon in Rome and used bricks with a diameter of 32.6 meters and a top height of 54.8 meters. A large dome is built, and the power is transmitted to the columns below through the sail arch unique to Byzantine architecture, and the semicircle is used as a horizontal support around it. This bold structure has collapsed several times, but it has been repaired every time Reinforcement allowed it to survive to this day.”

The data and structural explanation that He Ying came out of his mouth were enough to make everyone, including Lin Ru, nod in praise.

But in the end, she made a comparison between two representative religious buildings in China and the West:

"Technically speaking, the Yongning Temple Tower develops to high altitudes, while the Hajia Sophia Church develops to large spans. It can be said that creatively, they have their own merits. And their architectural objects also prove to us that they are very important to us. The praise and criticism of a historical period still need to be viewed objectively.”

The eloquent and eloquent speech of more than a thousand words, with a comparison of Chinese and Western technologies as the conclusion, was well-founded, and many people in the car instantly burst into applause.

Some people even began to pray to themselves:

"Our team must not face He Ying in the finals, otherwise, we will die without knowing how!"

"I just don't know who is so unlucky?"

"I don't know who will be unlucky in the finals, but I know who will be embarrassed today!"

Wang Jinze naturally heard the comments of the people behind him, but he still didn't show any timidity.

He Ying promptly reminded: "Why don't you also talk about the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties? It seems only fair!"

"sure."

Wang Jinze said it easily, but after much thought, he found another way: "Since you mentioned a monk who worked part-time in architecture, let me talk about two literati who had an impact on the architecture of the Wei and Jin Dynasties."

"Oh!!~~"

I thought Wang Jinze would be at a disadvantage, but I didn't expect him to be so calm. It seems that this competition has just reached the exciting point.

"Literati influenced architecture? Why can't I understand what he is saying? Did we go to the same university?"

"Could the literati of the Wei and Jin Dynasties be the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove? But who influenced the architecture?"

Before everyone could think about it, Wang Jinze already said the answer: "These two people are Liu Ling from the 'Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove' and the pastoral poet Tao Yuanming."