The Central Gate
title: Chumon
title: 中門
description: A wooden 5 bay gate, like the Great South Gate, but smaller in size. The wood is painted red and white. A newer reconstruction. The gates remain close for most of the year, visitors have to use corridors to the sides of the gate to enter and exit. This southern gate serves as the main entrance into the Great Buddha Hall inner sanctuary.
source: Image 1: Chumon_of_Todaiji_Temple.JPG (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chumon_of_Todaiji_Temple.JPG)
date: Built: 747-752
date: Rebuilt: 1714 (Current)
contributor: Waldemar Barrios
format: Edo Period Architecture
language: Nara, Japan
type: Religious