BUILDING AT THE NATURAL SITE: IS IT A REAL CATASTROPHE TO THE ENVIRONMENT: CASES FROM WATERFALL TEMPLE

Abstract

Natural site is usually vulnerable to the change. The great concern is usually given to the building in the area with naturally environment. It is usually mentioned that any building in that area will cause a problem and destroy the nature. Here, the author discuss on this problem and give some opposite ideas seen from the ancient waterfall temple. The waterfall temple is the specific building at the waterfall and many temples have long history without any problem to the surrounding environment. The environmental reservation can be well seen and the preservation of the environment is mainly due to the behavior of the human not the building.