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The Buddha-like Stone at Sitou Town (寺頭鎮) Zhang, Yuanjing

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This stone, dated 1085 (Song 宋 Dynasty), is located in the Hall of Stone Buddha at Linqu (臨朐), Shandong Province. The Hall was built in 2012 to protect the stone and all the stone carvings on it. According to local villagers, this stone fell down from Mount Yuxiang (玉象山). People thought that the stone looked like a huge Buddha, therefore, they carved many Buddhas on each side of the stone. Only two sides of the stone are captured in these images.

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Title
The Buddha-like Stone at Sitou Town (寺頭鎮)
Creator
Zhang, Yuanjing
Contributor
From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued
2018-05-21
Description
This stone, dated 1085 (Song 宋 Dynasty), is located in the Hall of Stone Buddha at Linqu (臨朐), Shandong Province. The Hall was built in 2012 to protect the stone and all the stone carvings on it. According to local villagers, this stone fell down from Mount Yuxiang (玉象山). People thought that the stone looked like a huge Buddha, therefore, they carved many Buddhas on each side of the stone. Only two sides of the stone are captured in these images.
Subject
Hall of Stone Buddha; Buddhism; Song dynasty
Geographic Location
Linqu Xian (China); Weifang Shi (China); 36.3313888; 118.4641666
Type
Still Image
Language
zxx
Notes
Author Affiliation: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Series
Cluster 2.1: Authenticity and Authority
Date Available
2020-01-14
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0388306
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/73322
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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