The Chinese Pagoda is a landmark in Birmingham. It is a stone carving of a chinese pagoda, carved in Fujian, China and donated to the city by Wing Yip, a local firm. Located in the centre of the Holloway Circus roundabout on the Inner Ring Road, it forms a landmark for the nearby Chinese Quarter of the city. For the legal term denoting a ruling or law of great import, see landmark case For the former Las Vegas hotel and casino, see The Landmark Hotel and Casino. ... The city from above Centenary Square. ... Chinese Pagodas (Chinese å¡”, pinyin tÇŽ) are a traditional part of Chinese architecture, introduced from India along with Buddhism as protective structures for Buddhist relics. ... Fujian (Chinese: ç¦å»º; pinyin: ; Wade-Giles: Fu-chien; Postal System Pinyin: Fukien, Foukien; local transliteration Hokkien from Min Nan Hok-kià n) is one of the provinces on the southeast coast of China. ... Wing Yip is a Chinese supermarket chain in the United Kingdom. ... A roundabout, rotary, or gyratory circus is a type of road junction (or traffic calming device) at which traffic streams circularly around a central island after first yielding to the circulating traffic. ... A beltway (American English), ring road or orbital motorway (British English) is a circumferential highway found around many cities. ... The Chinatown or Chinese Quarter in Birmingham, England is nestled between the gay village and city centre in the Deritend disrict of the city. ...
Further reading
Wun Fung Chan (2005). A gift of a pagoda, the presence of a prominent citizen, and the possibilities of hospitality. Environment and Planning D: Society and Space 23 (1): 11–28.
Lamaist pagodas, mostly seen in the west of China, are closest to what is assumed to be the Indian prototype, and are shaped as a square tomb with a dome-like top in the middle.
The earliest large-scale stone pagoda is a four-door pagoda at Licheng, Shandong, built in 611 during the Sui Dynasty.
Pagodas, in keeping with the tradition of the White Horse Temple, were generally placed in the center of temples until the Sui and Tang dynasties.
Grauman's Chinese Theatre, at 6925 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood is a world-famous movie palace that opened in 1927 and has since become one of Southern California's most recognizable and visited landmarks.
The principal architect of the Chinese Theater was Raymond M. Kennedy, of the firm Meyer and Holler.
Variations of this honored tradition are imprints of the eyeglasses of Harold Lloyd, the cigars of Groucho Marx and George Burns, the legs of Betty Grable, the fist of John Wayne, the knees of Al Jolson, the ice skating blades of Sonja Henie and the noses of Jimmy Durante and Bob Hope.
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