The Lost Photos Of Ming Tombs
The photos below should have been linked to rakkity’s Ming Tombs entry. I don’t know how I missed them.
Wednesday, August 9, 2006
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The photos below should have been linked to rakkity’s Ming Tombs entry. I don’t know how I missed them.
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Worthy additions, and thanks, though the lead-off image of the [pagoda?] before misty mountains is still the best. (What DO the Chinese call a pagoda-like structure, Sir Rakk?).
That stepped opening defies structural comprehension …
Comment by el Kib — August 9, 2006 @ 8:59 am
Does give one pause when walking beneath it. The cantilevering upon cantilevering of those bricks seems to rely a lot on friction to maintain the support. But the 20th C Chinese re-built all the old stuff that wasn’t reliable (or that had fallen down). So one supposes that they have tested this arch. Maybe it has hidden components that aren’t visible.
The Chinese for pagoda? I’ll have to ask my friend Linhui (“Lin”) Sui.
Comment by rakkity — August 9, 2006 @ 10:59 am