The north face of the White Pagoda (Baita 白塔)

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The north face of the White Pagoda (Baita 白塔) Van Cutsem, Laurent; Luo, Yuqing

Description

The pictures show the north side of the White Pagoda (Baita 白塔) in Hangzhou (杭州), which is usually dated from the 10th century. The images were recorded from the base to the last storey of the Pagoda. The Pagoda is comprised of: (1) the foundations (details can refer to other records in Cluster 2.2_2019), (2) the base, with the inscriptions of the dharanis, (3) the nine storeys, each having reliefs with various representations, and (4) the top structure of the Pagoda (details can refer to other records in Cluster 2.2_2019). The pagoda is octagonal in shape.

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Title	The north face of the White Pagoda (Baita 白塔)
Creator	Van Cutsem, Laurent; Luo, Yuqing
Contributor	From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued	2019-07-02
Description	The pictures show the north side of the White Pagoda (Baita 白塔) in Hangzhou (杭州), which is usually dated from the 10th century. The images were recorded from the base to the last storey of the Pagoda. The Pagoda is comprised of: (1) the foundations (details can refer to other records in Cluster 2.2_2019), (2) the base, with the inscriptions of the dharanis, (3) the nine storeys, each having reliefs with various representations, and (4) the top structure of the Pagoda (details can refer to other records in Cluster 2.2_2019). The pagoda is octagonal in shape.
Subject	Wuyue, 907-978; Buddhism; Buddhist art; Dharani; 10th century
Geographic Location	Hangzhou Shi (China); Zhejiang Sheng (China); 30.199775; 120.143502
Type	Still Image
Language	chi
Series	Cluster 2.2: "Secondary" Producers, "Primary" Roles
Date Available	2020-09-28
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0394520
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/76177
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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