Porridge Pot for Thousands of People 舍粥鍋,Yunju Temple 雲居寺

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Porridge Pot for Thousands of People 舍粥鍋,Yunju Temple 雲居寺 Balkwill, Stephanie; Liu, Yifeng; Wu, Tzu-Wen; Zhang, Lusi; Liu, Yiling; Zhu, Zhaofeng

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This pot is the largest copper pot in Beijing, said to be a "porridge pot for thousands of people." The copper pot has a diameter of 2.3m, a depth of 1.34m and a weight of 690kg. Built in the Qing 請 Dynasty (1644-1911) during the Qianlong period 乾隆 (1735-1796), it will provided porridge to the pilgrims free of charge on the eighth day of the Chinese lunar calendar and the eighth day of the lunar month. Image 01 is a panoramic view of the copper pot, Image 02 is the fire place, Image 03 is the age mark.

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Title	Porridge Pot for Thousands of People 舍粥鍋,Yunju Temple 雲居寺
Creator	Balkwill, Stephanie; Liu, Yifeng; Wu, Tzu-Wen; Zhang, Lusi; Liu, Yiling; Zhu, Zhaofeng
Contributor	From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued	2019-07-05
Description	This pot is the largest copper pot in Beijing, said to be a "porridge pot for thousands of people." The copper pot has a diameter of 2.3m, a depth of 1.34m and a weight of 690kg. Built in the Qing 請 Dynasty (1644-1911) during the Qianlong period 乾隆 (1735-1796), it will provided porridge to the pilgrims free of charge on the eighth day of the Chinese lunar calendar and the eighth day of the lunar month. Image 01 is a panoramic view of the copper pot, Image 02 is the fire place, Image 03 is the age mark.
Subject	Copper pot; Temples; Buddhism; Yujun Temple
Geographic Location	Fangshan; Beijing (China); 39.616093; 115.779947
Type	Still Image
Language	chi
Notes	Author Affiliations: University of Winnipeg, Tsinghua University, Chinese Academy of Social Science, Renmin University of China
Series	Cluster 3.2: Historical Reality through the Reflections between Image and Text
Date Available	2024-01-12
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0438683
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/87260
Affiliation	Non UBC
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty; Postdoctoral; Graduate
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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