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Xitian Temple (西天寺) Stele Rubbings Baycroft, Anne; Mitchell, Maggie; Bass, Emma

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Ming Dynasty stele rubbings. The stele lay outside the walls of Xitian Temple a few hundred meters away from the temple's main gate. Xitian Temple resides near the centre of Mount Wutai, north of the town of Taihuai. The three Ming stele inscriptions are mounted on stone tortoises. Two of the inscriptions are upright, one with its stone top remaining, one with its stone top missing. The third Ming stele is on its side and partially buried. All rubbings are from one of the two standing stele. Engravings are in Chinese and Tibetan?. The top section of standing stele #1 [1393]. The top section of standing stele #1 [1394]. Top engraving on standing stele #1 [1396]. Top engraving on standing stele #1 [1397]. Middle section of standing stele #1 [1398]. Middle section of standing stele #1 [1399]. Middle section of standing stele #1 [1401]. Middle section of standing stele #1 [1402].

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Title
Xitian Temple (西天寺) Stele Rubbings
Creator
Baycroft, Anne; Mitchell, Maggie; Bass, Emma
Contributor
From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued
2017-07-22
Description
Ming Dynasty stele rubbings. The stele lay outside the walls of Xitian Temple a few hundred meters away from the temple's main gate. Xitian Temple resides near the centre of Mount Wutai, north of the town of Taihuai. The three Ming stele inscriptions are mounted on stone tortoises. Two of the inscriptions are upright, one with its stone top remaining, one with its stone top missing. The third Ming stele is on its side and partially buried. All rubbings are from one of the two standing stele. Engravings are in Chinese and Tibetan?. The top section of standing stele #1 [1393]. The top section of standing stele #1 [1394]. Top engraving on standing stele #1 [1396]. Top engraving on standing stele #1 [1397]. Middle section of standing stele #1 [1398]. Middle section of standing stele #1 [1399]. Middle section of standing stele #1 [1401]. Middle section of standing stele #1 [1402].
Subject
Buddhism; Stupa; Mount Wutai; Stele; Ming dynasty; Rubbing; Xitian Temple
Geographic Location
Wutai County (China); 39.0266; 113.6036
Type
Still Image
Language
chi
Notes
Author Affiliations: University of Saskatchewan, Queen's University
Series
Cluster 1.1: From Oral To Digital
Date Available
2019-10-29
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0384834
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/72114
Affiliation
Arts, Faculty of; Non UBC; Asian Studies, Department of
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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