Foguang Temple, China
A Tang Dynasty Treasure
Detail of a wooden temple roof.
The Foguang Temple project was completed under a collaborative agreement with Shanxi Institute of Ancient Architecture Conservation and Research (SIAACR). After five years of collaboration, the Master Conservation Plan for all the cultural resources in and around the temple compound has been completed and approved by the State Administration of Cultural Heritage (SACH). The restoration plan for Grand East Hall is in its final refinement and pending national (SACH) approval is expected in 2010. Architecture and site surveys, structural analysis, conservation plan and site conservation were completed with aid by GHF’s co-funding.
A team of specialists in historic temple architectural design and mapping was assembled. The team completed world-class computer models of the Main Temple to be used in scientific conservation.
