What kind of building does a pagoda belong to

Buddhist architecture. Pagoda is a common in Asia, has a specific form and style of traditional Chinese architecture, belongs to the Buddhist architecture, initially for worship or collection of Buddha bones, statues, sutras, monks' remains, etc. towering point building, called the "pagoda". 14th century, the tower gradually secularized.

1, the tower is a common in Asia, with a specific form and style of traditional Chinese architecture, belonging to the Buddhist architecture, initially for or collection of Buddha's bones, statues, Buddhist scriptures, monks' remains, etc. towering point building, called "pagoda". 14th century, the tower gradually secularized.

2, in Chinese, the tower (Tower) also refers to the towering tower-shaped buildings, such as the Eiffel Tower, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the TV tower, etc., but this concept and this entry describes the Oriental Tower (Pagoda) does not have much to do with, see Tower.

3, ancient India buried Buddha Sakyamuni cremation left behind the relics of a Buddhist building Rustic Poe Han Dynasty when introduced to China and China's native architecture combined to form the Chinese tower of this architectural form. With the spread of Buddhism in the East, Rutabaga this form of architecture is also widely spread in the East, the development of the tower of this very oriental characteristics of traditional architectural forms.