Zangjing Ge

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A Zangjing Ge ({{zh|s=藏经阁|t=蔵經閣|p=Zàngjīnggé}}) (lit: “Buddhist Sutra Pavillion”) is a large building in Chinese Buddhist temples which is built specially for storing The Chinese Buddhist Canon ({{zh|c=大藏經|p=|labels=no}}). It is encountered throughout East Asia, including in some Japanese Buddhist Kyōzōs ({{lang|ja|経蔵}}). The Chinese Buddhist Canon is the total body of Buddhist literature deemed canonical and was called "all the sutras" ({{zh|c=一切經|p=|labels=no}}) in the ancient time. With four thousand kinds, it includes Āgama ({{zh|c=經|p=|labels=no}}), Vinaya ({{zh|c=律|p=|labels=no}}) and Abhidharma ({{zh|c=論|p=|labels=no}}) texts. Āgama are theories made by Buddha for disciples to practice, Vinaya are the rules formulated by Buddha for believers and Abhidharma is the collection of theories explanations by Buddha's disciples.{{cite book |author=Wei Ran |title=Buddhist Buildings |date= 2012-06-01|publisher=China Architecture & Building Press |location= Beijing|isbn=9787112142880 }}{{cite book |author=Han Xin |title= Well-Known Temples of China|date= 2006-04-01|publisher= The Eastern Publishing Co. Ltd|location= Shanghai|isbn=7506024772}}

A Buddhist texts library is generally two-storey buildings built at the highest point of the temple. The upper storey is for storing sutras and the lower layer is the "Thousand Buddha Pavilion" ({{zh|c=千佛閣|p=|labels=no}}).{{cite book |author= Zi Yan|title=Famous Temples in China|date=2012-08-01 |publisher=Time Publishing and Media Co., Ltd. |location=Beijing |pages=48-50|isbn= 978-7-5461-3146-7}}

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Further reading

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  • {{cite book |language=zh|author=Wang Guixiang |script-title=zh:《中国汉传佛教建筑史——佛寺的建造、分布与寺院格局、建筑类型及其变迁》|trans-title=The History of Chinese Buddhist Temples |date= 2016-06-17|publisher= Tsinghua University Press|location=Beijing |isbn=9787302427056}}
  • {{cite book |language=zh|author= Zhang Yuhuan|script-title=zh:《图解中国佛教建筑、寺院系列》|date=2014-06-01 |publisher=Contemporary China Publishing House |location= Beijing|isbn=9787515401188}}