Daxiongbao Hall (大雄寶殿) at the Youshun Monastery (Youshun Si 佑順寺)

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Daxiongbao Hall (大雄寶殿) at the Youshun Monastery (Youshun Si 佑順寺) Van Cutsem, Laurent; Luo, Yuqing

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Youshunsi (佑順寺) is located on Xinhua Road, Chaoyang city, Liaoning Province. It is a Lamasery commissioned by Kangxi (康熙) Emperor of Qing Dynasty. According to the Youshunsi Record Stele (佑順寺碑記) erected in 1716, which is currently located in front of the Heavenly Kings Hall, the temple was built between 1698 and 1707. The whole temple complex is about 233 meters from south to north, and 64 meters from east to west. The main buildings are on the north-south axis. It was protected during the Cultural Revolution, and was taken over by the Cultural Bureau in 1975. It was officially open to all in October 2009. The Main Temple (大雄寶殿) is located behind the Sutra Pavilion (經殿) and in front of the Dressing Hall (更衣殿).

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Title	Daxiongbao Hall (大雄寶殿) at the Youshun Monastery (Youshun Si 佑順寺)
Creator	Van Cutsem, Laurent; Luo, Yuqing
Contributor	From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued	2019-07-10
Description	Youshunsi (佑順寺) is located on Xinhua Road, Chaoyang city, Liaoning Province. It is a Lamasery commissioned by Kangxi (康熙) Emperor of Qing Dynasty. According to the Youshunsi Record Stele (佑順寺碑記) erected in 1716, which is currently located in front of the Heavenly Kings Hall, the temple was built between 1698 and 1707. The whole temple complex is about 233 meters from south to north, and 64 meters from east to west. The main buildings are on the north-south axis. It was protected during the Cultural Revolution, and was taken over by the Cultural Bureau in 1975. It was officially open to all in October 2009. The Main Temple (大雄寶殿) is located behind the Sutra Pavilion (經殿) and in front of the Dressing Hall (更衣殿).
Subject	Buddhist temple; Lamasery
Geographic Location	Liaoning Sheng (China); Chaoyang (Liaoning Sheng, China); 41.3428; 120.272
Type	Still Image
Language	chi; Other
Series	Cluster 2.2: "Secondary" Producers, "Primary" Roles
Date Available	2020-09-25
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0394499
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/76156
Affiliation	Non UBC
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Graduate
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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