Daoism

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Daoisms Influence on Chinese Culture
Architecture

• Katelyn Pearson
• AP World History
• Period 2

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Architecture

• Daoist architecture includes temples, palaces,
  nunneries, altars, and huts.

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Daoist Temples

• Most Daoist temples were built in natural
  environments, such as the mountains.

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Natural Environments

• The natural environments in which the Chinese
  were building architecture soon became sacred.

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Citations

• Chinatravelrus. Taoist Architecture. Accessed
  August 28, 2011. http//www.chinatravelrus.com/pr
  ofile/arc hitecture/taoist.html
• Cultural-China. Taoist Architecture. Accessed
  August 28, 2011. http//arts.cultural- china.com/
  en/83Arts4940.html
• Sacred Sites Places of Peace and Power. Sacred
  Mountains of China. Accessed August 29, 2011.
  http//sacredsites.com/asia/china/sacred_mountai
  ns.html