The Yingxian Wooden Pagoda

Building on the Society for Research in Chinese Architecture's early fieldwork, Chen Mingda reconstructs the pagoda's design logic through measured fabric, textual evidence and the Yingzao Fashi. Survey notes, architectural analysis, drawings, plates, chronology and appendices make this a foundational study of its form, structure and historiography.

Begin with the chapters on the Sakyamuni Pagoda and its design and composition, then compare the measured drawings with the plaque and stele appendices. The new edition adds early surveys and photographs of war damage and repair.