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Zhenhai Temple (镇海寺) Murals 3 Baycroft, Anne; Mitchell, Maggie; Bass, Emma

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Mural images cover the exterior walls of the Hall of Avalokitesvara located inside the Zhenhai Temple. 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. Mural #1 depicting elephants [1353]. Mural #2 with multiple deities [1354]. Mural #3 with Tibetan script [1355]. Mural #4 with Tibetan script [1356]. Mural #5 with multiple deities [1357]. Mural [1358].

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Title
Zhenhai Temple (镇海寺) Murals 3
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 Avalokitesvara located inside the Zhenhai Temple. 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. Mural #1 depicting elephants [1353]. Mural #2 with multiple deities [1354]. Mural #3 with Tibetan script [1355]. Mural #4 with Tibetan script [1356]. Mural #5 with multiple deities [1357]. Mural [1358].
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
10.14288/1.0384889
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/72152
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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