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Pavilion of the Benevolent Causation
Pavilion of the Benevolent Causation
Shan Yin Dian
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Beihai Lake and Park
Building(s)

Histoire de la Chine
Qing Dynasty (from 1644 to 1911)

1751

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Just before reaching the White Dagoba is Shan Yin Pavilion. This is an elegantly designed square building with a cone-shaped roof. It is faced with glazed tiles of blue, green and yellow, the walls niched in 445 places with each tile made to look like a wood carved image of the reposing Buddha.
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In front of the White Pagoda locates the Hall of Beneficient Causation (Shan Yin Dian), which was built in 1751, the sixteenth year of Emperor Qianlong. The Hall's four walls are covered by 455 glazed tiles, each engraved with a Buddha image. There are four bronze doors behind which once a bronze icone of an immortal king was enshrined and worshipped. The roof of the Hall is off a unique style with double eaves.
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Bas-relief
1751
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