Look Up at the Caisson Ceiling
Bracket sets stacked layer upon layerTranslated from the Chinese original by the AI Guanyin Volunteer. Scripture and classical text in 「」 is kept in the original.
Temples · Reading a caisson ceiling (zaojing)
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Stand in the very center of the hall and look straight up. The ceiling narrows ring after ring as it rises, like an open umbrella.
Illustrative line drawing.
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