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Middle Binyang Cave, Longmen Grottoes Baycroft, Anne

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The middle Binyang cave was built during the Northern Wei dynasty and was commissioned by Emperor Xuanwun. The central figure is Sakyamuni Buddha; he is flanked by four bodhisattvas on each side. The video here pans from the right to center to left side of the cave's interior.

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Title
Middle Binyang Cave, Longmen Grottoes
Alternate Title
Binyangzhongdong
Creator
Baycroft, Anne
Contributor
From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued
2017-08-03
Description
The middle Binyang cave was built during the Northern Wei dynasty and was commissioned by Emperor Xuanwun. The central figure is Sakyamuni Buddha; he is flanked by four bodhisattvas on each side. The video here pans from the right to center to left side of the cave's interior.
Subject
Buddhism; Longmen Grottoes; Caves; Northern Wei dynasty
Geographic Location
Longmen Caves (China); Luoyang Shi (China); 34.559808; 112.467878
Type
Still Image; Moving Image
Language
zxx
Notes
Author Affiliation: University of Saskatchewan
Series
Cluster 3.2: Historical Reality through the Reflections between Image and Text
Date Available
2019-02-08
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0376333
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/68333
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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