Hall of Great Buddha
E701747
The Hall of Great Buddha is a principal worship hall within China's historic White Horse Temple, housing large Buddha statues and serving as a central site for Buddhist ritual and devotion.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hall of Great Buddha canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8006295 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hall of Great Buddha Context triple: [White Horse Temple, hasHall, Hall of Great Buddha]
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A.
Great Buddha Hall
The Great Buddha Hall is the massive main hall of Tōdai-ji in Nara, Japan, renowned for housing one of the world’s largest bronze statues of the Buddha.
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B.
Great Buddha Hall
Great Buddha Hall is the principal worship hall at Chuang Yen Monastery, renowned for housing one of the largest indoor Buddha statues in the Western Hemisphere.
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C.
Big Buddha Temple
Big Buddha Temple is a famous Buddhist temple on Ko Samui in Thailand, known for its large golden Buddha statue overlooking the sea.
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D.
Tōdai-ji
Tōdai-ji is a monumental Buddhist temple complex in Nara, Japan, renowned for housing one of the world’s largest bronze statues of the Buddha (Daibutsu) and serving as a historic center of Japanese Buddhism.
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E.
Byodo-In Temple
Byodo-In Temple is a non-denominational Buddhist temple in the Valley of the Temples on Oahu, Hawaii, built as a smaller-scale replica of the 950-year-old Byōdō-in Temple in Uji, Japan.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Hall of Great Buddha Target entity description: The Hall of Great Buddha is a principal worship hall within China's historic White Horse Temple, housing large Buddha statues and serving as a central site for Buddhist ritual and devotion.
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A.
Great Buddha Hall
Great Buddha Hall is the principal worship hall at Chuang Yen Monastery, renowned for housing one of the largest indoor Buddha statues in the Western Hemisphere.
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B.
Great Buddha Hall
The Great Buddha Hall is the massive main hall of Tōdai-ji in Nara, Japan, renowned for housing one of the world’s largest bronze statues of the Buddha.
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C.
Big Buddha Temple
Big Buddha Temple is a famous Buddhist temple on Ko Samui in Thailand, known for its large golden Buddha statue overlooking the sea.
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D.
Tōdai-ji
Tōdai-ji is a monumental Buddhist temple complex in Nara, Japan, renowned for housing one of the world’s largest bronze statues of the Buddha (Daibutsu) and serving as a historic center of Japanese Buddhism.
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E.
Byodo-In Temple
Byodo-In Temple is a non-denominational Buddhist temple in the Valley of the Temples on Oahu, Hawaii, built as a smaller-scale replica of the 950-year-old Byōdō-in Temple in Uji, Japan.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Buddhist temple hall
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religious building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | traditional Chinese temple architecture ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Chinese Buddhism
NERFINISHED
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White Horse Temple clergy ⓘ |
| country | China ⓘ |
| culturalSignificance |
important site of Buddhist art
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important site of Buddhist worship at White Horse Temple ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo | Buddha NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| function |
central site for Buddhist devotion
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central site for Buddhist ritual ⓘ |
| hasPart |
large Buddha statues
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main Buddha image ⓘ side attendant statues ⓘ |
| heritageContext | historic Chinese Buddhist architecture ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Luoyang
NERFINISHED
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White Horse Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeTerritory | Henan Province NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | White Horse Temple complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Buddhism ⓘ |
| significance | principal worship hall of White Horse Temple ⓘ |
| use |
Buddhist devotion
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Buddhist ritual ⓘ Buddhist worship ⓘ |
| visitorAttraction |
pilgrims
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tourists ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Hall of Great Buddha Description of subject: The Hall of Great Buddha is a principal worship hall within China's historic White Horse Temple, housing large Buddha statues and serving as a central site for Buddhist ritual and devotion.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.