The Fall of the Pagoda (Chinese: 雷峰塔; pinyin: Léi Fēng Tǎ) is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Eileen Chang. Originally written in English in 1963...
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/ 30.23389; 120.14500 Leifeng Pagoda is a five story tall tower with eight sides, located on Sunset Hill south of the West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang...
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Eileen Chang (redirect from The Book of Change (Chang))
The Fall of the Pagoda, The Book of Change, and Little Reunions. In 1963, Chang finished her English semi-biographical novels, The Fall of the Pagoda...
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The fall of Saigon was the capture of Saigon, the capital of South Vietnam, by North Vietnam and North Vietnam-controlled Viet Cong on 30 April 1975. The...
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Tianning Temple (Beijing) (redirect from Pagoda of Tianning Temple (Beijing))
Xicheng District of Beijing, in northern China. The temple contains the 12th-century Pagoda of Tianning Temple. The 8 sided pagoda is of the Liao Dynasty...
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Semester at Sea (redirect from University of the Seven Seas)
20-foot (6.1 m) fall from a pagoda. The Spring 2020 voyage avoided a number of countries (including China) due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The students, faculty...
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Long Sơn Temple (redirect from The White Buddha statue of Long Son Pagoda)
to look over the city of Nha Trang. Lying Buddha statue Bell tower Portrait of a monk at the Buddha's feet Long Son Pagoda List of tallest statues Wikimedia...
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Leifeng Pagoda (1777); a thirteen-chapter novel (also Leifeng Pagoda, 1806) by Yushan Zhuren (玉山主人, "Master of the Jade Mountain"), and The Righteous...
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pagodas (Burmese: သဲပုံစေတီ; Thai: พระเจดีย์ทราย, also known as sand stupas), are temporary pagodas or stupas erected from mud or sand as a means of cultivating...
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Thích Quảng Đức (redirect from The Burning Monk)
the Xá Lợi Pagoda, the main pagoda of Saigon, Quảng Đức resigned. In a country where surveys of the religious composition at the time estimated the Buddhist...
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Shaolin Monastery (redirect from Shaolin pagoda forest)
(ICOMOS) of UNESCO designated three ancient sites: the Shaolin Temple compound, assigned the name "Kernel Compound"; its cemetery, the Pagoda Forest; and...
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Hu Lancheng (category Chinese people of World War II)
propaganda official in the Wang Jingwei regime, the Japanese puppet regime during the Second Sino-Japanese War. He was the first husband of the celebrated novelist...
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Wat Arun (redirect from Temple of the Dawn)
had begun plans to raise the main pagoda to 70 m. The work on the pagoda commenced during the reign of Rama III (1824–51). The main prang was completed...
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Michael Pitt (category American people of English descent)
band, Pagoda, whose self-titled debut album was released by Universal/Fontana/Ecstatic Peace in 2007. Under the title Jimi Pitt and the Twins of Evil,...
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article, starting with the highest wooden structures. The tallest recorded wooden structures were wooden radio masts with heights of up to 220 metres or...
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Burmese–Siamese War (1765–1767) (redirect from War of the second fall of Ayutthaya)
took position at the Chedi pagoda of Wat Phukhaothong temple, which was built by the Burmese king Bayinnaung after the First Fall of Ayutthaya in 1569...
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The Fall of Phnom Penh was the capture of Phnom Penh, capital of the Khmer Republic (in present-day Cambodia), by the Khmer Rouge on 17 April 1975, effectively...
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Road". GoLondon. Retrieved 4 August 2014. Pagoda Monoform. Art UK. Retrieved 17 August 2022. 21 Arches Instead of a Gate. Structure Workshop. Retrieved 19...
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part of the Tenenbaum household is Pagoda, the trusted valet. Twenty-two years later, Royal is kicked out of the hotel where he has been living. The children...
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Yangon (redirect from Geography of Yangon)
is centered around the Sule Pagoda, which is reputed to be over 2,000 years old. The city is also home to the gilded Shwedagon Pagoda – Myanmar's most sacred...
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developed by the independent game developers PagodaWest Games and Headcannon with a staff comprising members of the Sonic fandom; Whitehead conceived the project...
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Point Defiance Park (category Regional parks in the United States)
The Pagoda and Lodge were refurbished in 1988. The Pagoda and Lodge are rented throughout the year for weddings and receptions. In 2011 the Pagoda was...
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The Xá Lợi Pagoda raids (Vietnamese pronunciation: [saː˦˥ ləːj˨˩˨] SAW-LIE) were a series of synchronized attacks on various Buddhist pagodas in the major...
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she gets imprisoned under Leifeng Pagoda. Verta blames Xian for being weak and useless, as well as Blanca for falling for him. Verta gets overpowered again...
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records, the pagoda was 68 or 80 meters in height, making it one of the tallest structures in East Asia at the time. The pagoda represented the earnest...
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Suzhou (redirect from History of Suzhou)
of Technology. The city's tourist attractions include canals, stone bridges, pagodas, and gardens. The Classical Gardens of Suzhou were added to the list...
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Xiangji Temple (Zhejiang) (section Western Pagoda)
1713, in the Kangxi era of the Qing dynasty (1644–1911), the Eastern Pagoda and West Pagoda were erected in the temple. In 1963, the two pagodas was classified...
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Pagoda is located between the tips of the stalks of rice. A road, a paddy field, a forest and a hydroelectric dam are depicted in the middle of the circle...
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Saigon Execution (redirect from Execution of Nguyen Van Lem)
near the Ấn Quang Pagoda in Saigon. The photograph was published extensively by American news media the next day, and would later win Adams the 1969 Pulitzer...
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Korean architecture (redirect from Architecture of Korea)
Baekje pagodas. It is also the largest as well as being the oldest of all Korean pagodas. Mireuksa temple had an unusual arrangement of three pagodas erected...
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