Stone age techniques survived into the twelfth century and are still visible in the beehive structure of early churches and monasteries such as those on skellig michael and gallarus oratory in county kerry 石器时代的技术一直延续到12世纪，至今在早期教堂和寺院的蜂窝结构（比如凯里郡的skellig michael和gallarus oratory ）中仍然清晰可见。
The pastures are so tightly woven into courtyards that harmony is naturally created . the concepts of promenade , the grand avenue , was the transformation of japanese pavement , a ladder lie on the slight slope , leading to temple 主轴步道的设计概念源于日本寺院的参拜坡道，将中间画分成阶梯式平台，有节节层理的美感，又因地形所产生的楼层高差的变化。
" the origins of tennis " told us : most historians credit the first origins of the game to 11th or 12th century french monks , who began playing a crude handball against their monastery walls or over a rope strung across a courtyard 中我们了解到：大多的历史学家把网球的历史归于11 12世纪的法国和尚，这些和尚曾拿着粗糙的球打向寺院的墙壁，或者打过栓在院子里的绳子。
The proprietor of a large old water - mill at wellbridge - once the mill of an abbey - had offered him the inspection of his time - honoured mode of procedure , and a hand in the operations for a few days , whenever he should choose to come 井桥有一处古老的很大的磨坊产业过去曾经是寺院的产业磨坊主已经答应了他，让他去参观磨坊古老的生产模式，或者去帮忙操作几天，什么时间去都行。
The nation quoted a woman in the northern city of chiang mai who said her birthday celebrations were ruined because monks at a city temple were not awake to receive her morning offering , a mandatory religious ritual in the predominately buddhist country 民族报在报道中引用了来自北部城市清迈的一位女子的话，她说，由于当地一所寺院的和尚没有起来接受她的清晨布施，她的生日宴会都泡汤了。
Through textual researches on the layout which was centered by towers to the layout of multiple courtyards , the paper points out that giving up the palace to temples played an important role in the evolution of layouts of ancient temples 通过对唐代几例比较典型的舍宫为寺旧址的考证，查索相关文献，认为中国古代寺院的布局从以塔为中心向以多重院落形式的发展过程中，舍宫为寺起了推波助澜的作用。
At last , having seen the parsee carnival wind away in the distance , he was turning his steps towards the station , when he happened to espy the splendid pagoda on malabar hill , and was seized with an irresistible desire to see its interior 事实是这样的：路路通一路上看完了这场帕西人的节日仪式，就向车站走去。可是当他路过玛勒巴山，看见那座美丽的寺院的时候，他忽然心血来潮，想到里面去看看稀罕。
" here we were , these two middle - aged american women who didn t have a clue about the protocol in many of the monasteries . we were the first westerners some of the monks had ever met - and we were the first women ever to go inside some of these monasteries 我们两个美国中年比丘尼对他们寺院的许多规矩都毫无概念，那边有些比丘还是第一次看到西方人，而且有些寺院也是第一次有女性进去参访，结果我们总是错误百出。
The pagoda comprises a vihara for keeping a large collection of buddhist scriptures and the court of the jade buddha . on each side of the main entrance of the pagoda , there is a 20 - metre column carved with a giant gold - plated dragon , making the building especially imposing 宝殿上端设有藏经阁、玉佛阁、再加上正门入口有两条二十米高的巨龙柱分立左右，龙身更嵌上金色麟片，金光闪耀，栩栩如生，更显寺院的庄严气势。
