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Shimen jingang gong (石門金剛宫) Anderl, Christoph; Shen, Lien Fan; Burdorf, Suzanne; Yan, Weiguang

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Entrance to the complex [1]. Entrance to the Monkey King temple [2]. Donors for the Monkey King temple [3]. Mixed deities at the entrance, including Guanyin 觀音 [4]. Donors [5]. Deities at the entrance [6]. "Frog General" deity (for acquiring fortune) [7]. Deities [8]. Simian fo 四面佛 statue on the altar (according to the informants a deity arriving from Thailand) [9]. Donors [10]. Close up of wrap around altar with Maitreya and two Buddhas on the first tier, and a mix of Buddhist and Taoist deities on the second [11]. Image of Guanyin Bodhisattva 觀音菩薩 on the altar [12]. Donor ledger [13]. The theme park contains a tunnel with the 10 Kings of the Netherworld, and scenes of torture of the culprits [14, 15]. 360˚ from the parking lot [16].

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Title
Shimen jingang gong (石門金剛宫)
Creator
Anderl, Christoph; Shen, Lien Fan; Burdorf, Suzanne; Yan, Weiguang
Contributor
From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued
2017-06-08
Description
Entrance to the complex [1]. Entrance to the Monkey King temple [2]. Donors for the Monkey King temple [3]. Mixed deities at the entrance, including Guanyin 觀音 [4]. Donors [5]. Deities at the entrance [6]. "Frog General" deity (for acquiring fortune) [7]. Deities [8]. Simian fo 四面佛 statue on the altar (according to the informants a deity arriving from Thailand) [9]. Donors [10]. Close up of wrap around altar with Maitreya and two Buddhas on the first tier, and a mix of Buddhist and Taoist deities on the second [11]. Image of Guanyin Bodhisattva 觀音菩薩 on the altar [12]. Donor ledger [13]. The theme park contains a tunnel with the 10 Kings of the Netherworld, and scenes of torture of the culprits [14, 15]. 360˚ from the parking lot [16].
Subject
Taoist theme park; Buddhist theme park
Geographic Location
New Taipei City (Taiwan); 25.2872222; 121.5330556
Type
Still Image; Moving Image
Language
zxx
Notes
Author Affiliations: University of Gent, University of Utah, Capital Normal University 首都师范大学
Series
Cluster 1.2: Religion and Technology
Date Available
2017-07-11
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0348792
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/62199
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty; Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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