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A poem, No. 156, Beishan Rock Carvings (北山石刻) Anderl, Christoph

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This niche is located in Beishan Rock Carvings (北山石刻), Fowan (佛灣), Dazu (大足) District, Chongqing. A poem titled "Xiyu chanshi zuohuata" (西域禪師坐化塔), which means "Stupa of a Chan master from the Western Regions," is carved on a rectangular plaque. The text is written in regular script (Chinese: kaishu 楷書), and 66 words remain visible. Metadata created by: Sau Ling Wendy Yu.

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Title
A poem, No. 156, Beishan Rock Carvings (北山石刻)
Creator
Anderl, Christoph
Contributor
From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued
2016-11-02
Description
This niche is located in Beishan Rock Carvings (北山石刻), Fowan (佛灣), Dazu (大足) District, Chongqing. A poem titled "Xiyu chanshi zuohuata" (西域禪師坐化塔), which means "Stupa of a Chan master from the Western Regions," is carved on a rectangular plaque. The text is written in regular script (Chinese: kaishu 楷書), and 66 words remain visible. Metadata created by: Sau Ling Wendy Yu.
Subject
Beishan; Buddhist art; Rock carving; Calligraphy; Poem; Regular script; Kaishu
Geographic Location
Chongqing (China)); Dazu Qu (Chongqing, China); 29.71282; 105.71016
Type
Still Image
Language
chi
Notes
Author Affiliations: Ghent University
Series
Cluster 3.4: Typologies of Text-Image Relations
Date Available
2023-06-13
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0433174
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/84895
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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