In which country did the pagoda originate?

The pagoda is a traditional oriental structure with a specific form and style common in Asia. Pagodas originated in Buddhism (fudu) and are usually very tall.

In Chinese, pagoda also refers to a towering tower-shaped structure (i.e. Tower in English, Türme in German), a concept that is not very much related to the oriental towers (i.e. pagoda in English) that this entry describes, such as the Eiffel Tower, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, and the Television Tower, see Tower (Western style). In addition to this, in translation tower is also used by words different from the above concepts, such as pyramid, lighthouse.

The architectural form of the pagoda originated in ancient India as the Rustling Pagoda (Sanskrit st?pa), a building for the burial of the bones of Buddhist monks. With the spread of Buddhism in the East, this architectural form of rustling also spread widely in the East, and developed the pagoda, a traditional architectural form with a strong oriental character.

With the introduction of Buddhism into China Rustling and the Middle Kingdom after the combination of heavy buildings, through the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties of development, and with the neighboring regions of the architectural system of mutual exchanges and fusion, and gradually formed a tower of the pavilion type tower, eaves type tower, pavilion type tower, overlaying mantle type tower, the vajra throne type tower, the treasure suitcase type tower, the tower, the five rounds of the tower, the tower, the tower of multiple treasures, the tower, the seamless tower of the tower and so on the form of the structure of the various forms of tower system, the architectural plane from the early square gradually evolved into the tower. Early square gradually evolved into a hexagonal, octagonal and even round, during which the tower construction technology has also continued to progress the structure is becoming more reasonable, the materials used also from the traditional rammed earth, wood, masonry, ceramics, glaze, metal, etc. After the 14th century, the tower is gradually moving from the religious world to the secular world, and therefore, according to the system of the scriptures and laws, the tower can be divided into the pagodas and the pagodas of the Buddha and the Wenfeng Pagoda.

At the architectural level, the pagoda is a very unique oriental building, its volume is high and large with a variety of materials, in different regions with different geological conditions, the tower building technology is also different, the architectural study of the tower involves the mechanics of the material, structural mechanics, soil science, geology, and so on many aspects.

In Eastern culture, the significance of the tower is not limited to the architectural level. Pagodas carry many cultural elements such as history, religion, aesthetics, philosophy and so on in the East, and are an important medium for exploring and understanding Eastern civilization