Five Pagoda Temple

Diamond Throne Pagoda (Chinese金刚 宝座 塔, Pinyin Jingang baozuo ta ) or Vajrasana Pagoda are Buddhist monuments of the Esoteric School of Buddhism, where the five Dhyani Buddhas or Five Buddhas (Chinese五方 佛) are worshiped. Here, there are five small pagodas ( in the midst of a larger one) on a provided with intricately carved ornaments square base or " throne ". They remind us of the Indian "place of enlightenment " Bodhgaya, where Siddhartha Gautama, the historical Buddha, attained enlightenment.

Famous diamond throne pagoda have the Zhenjue temple in Beijing, the Miaozhan Temple of Guandu in Kunming ( Yunnan ), the Guangde Temple ( Duobao Pagoda ) in Xiangyang (Hubei), the Yuanzhao temple in Wutai ( Wutai Shan, Shanxi ), the place Zhangye ( Gansu ), the Temple of Azure Clouds ( Biyun Temple ) and the Xihuang Temple in Beijing and the Cideng temple with his sarira pagodas in Hohhot (Inner Mongolia ), also the Longxing Temple in Pengzhou (Sichuan ).

The existing nine pagodas bamboo shoots Pagoda is attributed to the diamond throne pagoda type. The Five - Pagoda style was also used for other buildings.