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The No.1 and No. 2 sutra storage caves at Shijing Mountain (石經山) Baycroft, Anne

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There are all together 9 caves in the Sutra Storage Cave area of Shijing Mountain. They were officially numbered when they were unearthed in 1965, as numbering of the caves was needed to arrange rubbings of the stones. Cave No. 1 and No. 2 were chiselled by Huixian, Jingwan's (靜琬, d. 639) disciple during the Kaiyuan（開元）era of the Tang dynasty (618-907). 972 slabs of stone sutras are stored in Cave No. 1, 1,018 slabs in Cave No. 2. These sutras were carved during the Kaiyuan（開元）and Tianbao（天寶）era of the Tang dynasty. Photo 2224 shows the sealed entrance to cave No. 1, photo 2226 shows the entrance to cave No. 2.

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Title
The No.1 and No. 2 sutra storage caves at Shijing Mountain (石經山)
Creator
Baycroft, Anne
Contributor
From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued
2019-07-05
Description
There are all together 9 caves in the Sutra Storage Cave area of Shijing Mountain. They were officially numbered when they were unearthed in 1965, as numbering of the caves was needed to arrange rubbings of the stones. Cave No. 1 and No. 2 were chiselled by Huixian, Jingwan's (靜琬, d. 639) disciple during the Kaiyuan（開元）era of the Tang dynasty (618-907). 972 slabs of stone sutras are stored in Cave No. 1, 1,018 slabs in Cave No. 2. These sutras were carved during the Kaiyuan（開元）and Tianbao（天寶）era of the Tang dynasty. Photo 2224 shows the sealed entrance to cave No. 1, photo 2226 shows the entrance to cave No. 2.
Subject
Buddhism; Sutra; Stone cave; Tang dynasty; Kaiyuan era, 713–741; Tianbao era, 742–756; Jingwan; Shijing shan
Geographic Location
Fangshan; Beijing (China); 39.379; 115.4540
Type
Still Image
Language
zxx
Series
Cluster 2.2: "Secondary" Producers, "Primary" Roles
Date Available
2020-08-04
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0392638
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/75368
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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