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The stone stupa with Buddhist figures of the Northern Qi Dynasty (550-577 A.D.) Zhang, Yi

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The stone stupa was unearthed from the pit of Beiwu Village (Beiwuzhuang 北吳莊) in Handan, Hebei Province, 2012, and are currently preserved at Yecheng Buddhist Statues Museum (鄴城佛造像博物館). The top of the stupa was decorated with lotus petals. Each of its four sides was placed with a carved buddhas in the center. Performing celestial beings were carved on the base of the stupa.

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Title
The stone stupa with Buddhist figures of the Northern Qi Dynasty (550-577 A.D.)
Creator
Zhang, Yi
Contributor
From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued
2018-07-18
Description
The stone stupa was unearthed from the pit of Beiwu Village (Beiwuzhuang 北吳莊) in Handan, Hebei Province, 2012, and are currently preserved at Yecheng Buddhist Statues Museum (鄴城佛造像博物館). The top of the stupa was decorated with lotus petals. Each of its four sides was placed with a carved buddhas in the center. Performing celestial beings were carved on the base of the stupa.
Subject
Stupa; Buddhism; Northern Qi dynasty; Yecheng
Geographic Location
Linzhang Xian (China); Handan Shi (China); 36.3427314814815; 114.589918981481
Type
Still Image
Language
eng; chi
Series
Cluster 3.2: Historical Reality through the Reflections between Image and Text
Date Available
2019-11-19
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0385546
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/72322
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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