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West side of the North Pagoda at Yunju Temple (雲居寺 北塔 西面) Baycroft, Anne

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Yunju Temple（雲居寺）is located at the foot of the Baidai（白帶）Mountain. It was built in late Sui Dynasty (隋, 581-619). Stone and brick pagodas and pillars from Yunju Temple and temples nearby were now preserved at the site, together with 14,278 pieces of stone scriptures. The 34.2-meter-high North Pagoda（北塔）was made of bricks and tiles, resembling a bell tower. The base was built in Sui Dynasty (隋, 581-619) or Tang Dynasty (唐, 618-907), while the body was built in Liao (遼, 916-1125). During reconstruction of the pagoda in 1989, 177 bricks were excavated from the southeast area near the pagoda. 176 bricks were used, with 22 of them on each side. Characters “法舍利偈 (dharma relic chant)” was inscribed on each brick. On this west side of the pagoda under the base of the first story, there are ink inscriptions [DSC_2450 and DSC_2453].

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Title
West side of the North Pagoda at Yunju Temple (雲居寺 北塔 西面)
Creator
Baycroft, Anne
Contributor
From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued
2019-07-08
Description
Yunju Temple（雲居寺）is located at the foot of the Baidai（白帶）Mountain. It was built in late Sui Dynasty (隋, 581-619). Stone and brick pagodas and pillars from Yunju Temple and temples nearby were now preserved at the site, together with 14,278 pieces of stone scriptures. The 34.2-meter-high North Pagoda（北塔）was made of bricks and tiles, resembling a bell tower. The base was built in Sui Dynasty (隋, 581-619) or Tang Dynasty (唐, 618-907), while the body was built in Liao (遼, 916-1125). During reconstruction of the pagoda in 1989, 177 bricks were excavated from the southeast area near the pagoda. 176 bricks were used, with 22 of them on each side. Characters “法舍利偈 (dharma relic chant)” was inscribed on each brick. On this west side of the pagoda under the base of the first story, there are ink inscriptions [DSC_2450 and DSC_2453].
Subject
Buddhism; Brick pagoda; Dharma relic chant; Stone scripture; Sui dynasty; Tang dynasty; Liao dynasty; Yunju Temple
Geographic Location
Fangshan; Beijing (China); 39.3631; 115.466
Type
Still Image
Language
chi
Series
Cluster 2.2: "Secondary" Producers, "Primary" Roles
Date Available
2020-08-01
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0392629
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/75359
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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