Written on the road to Guangning, 1743（廣寧道中作，1743）

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Written on the road to Guangning, 1743（廣寧道中作，1743） Teiser, Stephen; Bai, Zhaojie; Li, Jing; Lu, Guobin; Zhang, Yuanjing; He, Shuyue

Description

This stele is located on the front eastern side of the Hall of Imperial Incense (御香殿) at Beizhen Temple. The size of this stele is 253cm (body height), 109cm (width), and 29cm (depth). The body of this stele is in perfect condition. This stele sits on a tortoise-shaped base and has a dragon forehead without inscriptions. The title of this stele is “Written on the Road to Guangning”, which refers to a seven-syllable quatrain composed and calligraphed by Emperor Qianlong in the 8th year of his reign (1743) while passing through Guangning on his first eastern tour.

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Title	Written on the road to Guangning, 1743（廣寧道中作，1743）
Creator	Teiser, Stephen; Bai, Zhaojie; Li, Jing; Lu, Guobin; Zhang, Yuanjing; He, Shuyue
Contributor	From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued	2019-06-02
Description	This stele is located on the front eastern side of the Hall of Imperial Incense (御香殿) at Beizhen Temple. The size of this stele is 253cm (body height), 109cm (width), and 29cm (depth). The body of this stele is in perfect condition. This stele sits on a tortoise-shaped base and has a dragon forehead without inscriptions. The title of this stele is “Written on the Road to Guangning”, which refers to a seven-syllable quatrain composed and calligraphed by Emperor Qianlong in the 8th year of his reign (1743) while passing through Guangning on his first eastern tour.
Subject	Beizhen Temple; State sacrifices; Qing dynasty
Geographic Location	Beizhen Shi (China); Liaoning Sheng (China); 41.59333333; 121.7566667
Type	Still Image
Language	chi
Notes	Author Affiliation: Princeton University, Shanghai Academy of Social Science, City University of Macau, Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Columbia University
Series	Cluster 2.1: Authenticity and Authority
Date Available	2020-07-10
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0392297
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/75109
Affiliation	Non UBC
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty; Graduate
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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