Louisiana purchase exposition, St Louis, 1904 . le with treasured bric-a-brac broughtfrom the far East. The dimensions of the building are 100 by 84 feet. It hastwo stories, and is surrounded by a gallery. The buildingis of Kandyan architecture, the exterior somewhat resemblinga bungalow. It has a red tile roof supported by carvedSingalese pillars. The main doorway is an interesting re-production of that of the ancient and historic Kandyan tem-ple, one of the oldest pieces of architecture still standing. Siam.—Ben Chama Temple, an historic Siamese structure,has been reproduced as the national
Louisiana purchase exposition, St Louis, 1904 . le with treasured bric-a-brac broughtfrom the far East. The dimensions of the building are 100 by 84 feet. It hastwo stories, and is surrounded by a gallery. The buildingis of Kandyan architecture, the exterior somewhat resemblinga bungalow. It has a red tile roof supported by carvedSingalese pillars. The main doorway is an interesting re-production of that of the ancient and historic Kandyan tem-ple, one of the oldest pieces of architecture still standing. Siam.—Ben Chama Temple, an historic Siamese structure,has been reproduced as the national pavilion of Siam. The building is in the shape of a Greek cross, having fourarms of equal length radiating from a center. It is crownedby a high pitched roof, with a concave ridge pole like thoseon the Chinese pavilion. This pole is terminated by thepointed ornament which is seen on the temples of wing of the building has three gables which rise one 55 above the other, the ridge of each gable being crowned bythe ornament CHINESE PAVILION. China.—Strongly contrasted with its Occidental surround-ings is the unique Chinese pavilion, a reproduction of PrincePu Luns country seat, with all of its quaint environs. Theframework v/as constructed by American workmen, but thedelicate carving of the ornamental finish was fashioned bythe skilled hands of Chinese artisans, who came all the wayfrom the Flowerj Kingdom to apply these last artistictouches. Japan.—Seven large buildings and a number of small pago-das, built of native material by Japanese artisans, occupy thespace allotted to the Mikados government. The main pavilion is an ornate reproduction of theShishinden, a palace at Tokio in which the Japanese Em-peror grants audiences to his ministers of state. Other build-mgs include a office, the Bellevue pavilion, abazaar, a Kinkaku tea pavilion, a Formosa tea payilion, anda tea article show building. Beautiful tiles and carvings have been used
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