Pai Lou (English spelling)

Japanese: パイロウ(牌楼) - パイロウ（英語表記）pái lóu

A Chinese gate-type building with no doors and open structure. In Japan, it is also read as "hairou" and called "haihou". It has 3-5 bays in a row of pillars and a small stepped roof on top, but it has no depth and stands alone. In addition to wood, many are made of stone, and some are ornately decorated with carvings and colors. Many are built in front of palaces, tombs, Confucius temples, Taoist temples, Buddhist temples, and Lama temples, and the Wu-Tou Gate and the Lu-Xing Gate are also types of this type. Some were also built on the streets, as in the old Beijing city wall.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

中国の門型建築で，扉がなく開放的なもの。日本では〈はいろう〉とも読み，また牌枋（はいほう）ともいう。柱を1列に立て3～5間などに作り，上に段差のある小屋根をいただくが，奥行はなく，独立して立つ。木造のほか石造のものも少なくなく，彫飾や彩色で華麗な装飾を施すものもある。宮殿，陵墓，孔子廟，道観，仏寺，ラマ廟などの前方に建てられるものが多く，烏頭（うとう）門，櫺星（れいせい）門もその一種に属する。またかつての北京城内のように街路上に設けられるものもあった。

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