Chinese Buddhist architecture

main hall of a buddhist temple in China, Korea or Vietnam

the first hall inside shanmen in Chinese Buddhist temples, which enshrines Four Heavenly Kings, Maitreya Buddha, Skanda

The Gate of Shanmen or Hall of the Shanmen or simply Shanmen (), is the entrance gate of a Buddhist temple. In ancient times, nearly all Buddhist temples had a single Shanmen gate leading into a large hall for the temple. Today, it is observed that most of the surviving Chinese Buddhist temples follow the hall style but have three main gates incorporated into their construction. After successive wars and cultural discontinuity, most Chan Buddhist temples have changed the middle gate into a hall entrance, called "Hall of Shanmen". The Shanmen is the most important gate of a Chan Buddhist temple

annex halls in Chinese Buddhist temples for enshrining masters of various Buddhism schools

an building in Chinese Buddhist temples, which is the place for senior monks to preach