Zhenhai Temple (镇海寺) Murals 2

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Zhenhai Temple (镇海寺) Murals 2 Baycroft, Anne; Mitchell, Maggie; Bass, Emma

Description

Mural images cover the exterior walls of the Hall of Sakyamuni located inside the Zhenhai Temple. The temple is located south of the town of Taihuai at Mount Wutai, China. The temple also houses the Living Buddha Stupa of Changkya Rolpe Dorje. It was built in 1786 and houses the relics of Changkya Rolpe Dorje. He was a Qing court Buddhist teacher, said to have overseen the translation of the Tibetan Buddhist Canon into Mongolian and Manchurian. Murals #1, #2, #3 of multiple deities [1341]. Mural #4 of multiple deities [1342]. Mural #5 of multiple deities [1344]. Murals #6, #7, #8 of mutiple deities [1346].

Item Metadata

Title	Zhenhai Temple (镇海寺) Murals 2
Creator	Baycroft, Anne; Mitchell, Maggie; Bass, Emma
Contributor	From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued	2017-07-23
Description	Mural images cover the exterior walls of the Hall of Sakyamuni located inside the Zhenhai Temple. The temple is located south of the town of Taihuai at Mount Wutai, China. The temple also houses the Living Buddha Stupa of Changkya Rolpe Dorje. It was built in 1786 and houses the relics of Changkya Rolpe Dorje. He was a Qing court Buddhist teacher, said to have overseen the translation of the Tibetan Buddhist Canon into Mongolian and Manchurian. Murals #1, #2, #3 of multiple deities [1341]. Mural #4 of multiple deities [1342]. Mural #5 of multiple deities [1344]. Murals #6, #7, #8 of mutiple deities [1346].
Subject	Buddhism; Stupa; Mount Wutai; Murals; Zhenhai Temple
Geographic Location	Wutai County (China); 38.9727; 113.5663
Type	Still Image
Language	chi; Other
Notes	Author Affiliation: University of Saskatchewan, Queen's University
Series	Cluster 1.1: From Oral To Digital
Date Available	2019-11-01
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0384888
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/72151
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/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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DSC_1341.JPG -- 6.51MB

DSC_1342.JPG -- 6.01MB

DSC_1344.JPG -- 6.59MB

DSC_1346.JPG -- 6.19MB

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