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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 31. Chapters: 850, 850s architecture, 850s births, 850s deaths, 851, 852, 853, 854, 855, 856, 857, 858, 859, Iwashimizu Hachiman-g, Foguang Temple, Shivagrha inscription, List of state leaders in 855, List of state leaders in 854, List of state leaders in 858, List of state leaders in 851, List of state leaders in 857, List of state leaders in 850, List of state leaders in 859, List of state leaders in 856, List of state leaders in 852, List of state leaders in 853, Fraumunster, Reginar, Duke of Lorraine, Sack of Damietta, Battle of Jengland, Battle of Albelda, Gerald of Aurillac, Battle of Monte Laturce, Santa Cristina de Lena, Adelaide of Paris, Great Mosque of Samarra, Malwiya, Guaimar I of Salerno, Perfectus, Aribo of Austria, Yahya ibn Ma'in, 850s in poetry, AEthelstan of Wessex, Aleran, 856 Damghan earthquake, Isembart, Luidger of Utrecht, Cadell ap Rhodri, Haimo of Auxerre, Amalarius of Metz. Excerpt: Foguang Temple (Chinese: ) is a Buddhist temple located five kilometres from Doucun, Wutai County, Shanxi Province of China. The major hall of the temple is the Great East Hall, built in 857 AD, during the Tang Dynasty (618-907). According to architectural records, it is the third earliest preserved timber structure in China. It was rediscovered by the 20th century architectural historian Liang Sicheng (1901-1972) in 1937, while an older hall at Nanchan Temple was discovered by the same team a year later. The temple also contains another significant hall dating from 1137 called the Manjusri Hall. In addition, the second oldest existing pagoda in China (after the Songyue Pagoda), dating from the 6th century, is located in the temple grounds. Today the temple is a UNESCO World Heritage site and is undergoing restoration. The temple was established in the fifth century during the Northern Wei dynasty. From the years of 785 to..
