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The No.4 sutra storage cave 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. Sutra Cave No. 7 was chiseled in the Tang dynasty (618-907). There are 12 sutras and one Daoist scripture, along with a total of more than 1100 scrolls on 283 slabs stored inside. Some of theses include the Heart Sutra (心經), the Mahaparinirvana Sutra (大般涅槃經), and the Lotus Sutra (法華經). Photo 2229 shows the sealed entrance to Cave No. 7.

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Title
The No.4 sutra storage cave 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. Sutra Cave No. 7 was chiseled in the Tang dynasty (618-907). There are 12 sutras and one Daoist scripture, along with a total of more than 1100 scrolls on 283 slabs stored inside. Some of theses include the Heart Sutra (心經), the Mahaparinirvana Sutra (大般涅槃經), and the Lotus Sutra (法華經). Photo 2229 shows the sealed entrance to Cave No. 7.
Subject
Buddhism; Stone sutra; Heart Sutra; Mahaparinirvana Sutra; Lotus Sutra; Shijing Temple; Tang dynasty; 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
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0392639
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/75369
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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