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Pavilion of Five Locations
Pavilion of Five Locations
Wufang Ge
Section 27 on 35

Summer Palace
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Area related : Pékin

UNESCO World Heritage Site (Définitif) : 1998

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This is a religious building. Its name in Chinese, Wu Fang, means five locations : the east, the south, the west, the north and the center.
Description   
According to Buddhist belief, there is a Buddha governing each of the five locations. A portrait of the Buddha would be hung in the indented part of the stone wall when lamas chanted their scriptures in front of the pavilion.
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Summer Palace
Pavilion of Five Locations