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The excavated stone well at Shijing Mountain (石經山) Baycroft, Anne

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Shijing Mountain is known not only for its sutra caves, but also for its wells. Two 10 metre deep wells were excavated during the Tany dyansty (618-907) in 853. In order to deal with the issue of water shortages up on the mountain, stone wells were dug as a means to accumulate spring snow melt and rain water. In the cliff behind the stone well there are two 1.2 metre high cliff statues, which depicts the scene of Sakyamuni Buddha sounding the Lotus Sutra (法華經). Photo 2239 depicts one of the wells, with the cliff statues behind. Photo 2243 depicts a closer view of the cliff statues

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Title
The excavated stone well 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
Shijing Mountain is known not only for its sutra caves, but also for its wells. Two 10 metre deep wells were excavated during the Tany dyansty (618-907) in 853. In order to deal with the issue of water shortages up on the mountain, stone wells were dug as a means to accumulate spring snow melt and rain water. In the cliff behind the stone well there are two 1.2 metre high cliff statues, which depicts the scene of Sakyamuni Buddha sounding the Lotus Sutra (法華經). Photo 2239 depicts one of the wells, with the cliff statues behind. Photo 2243 depicts a closer view of the cliff statues
Subject
Buddhism; Sutra; Stone cave; Stone well; Cliff statue; Sakyamuni Buddha; Lotus Sutra; Shijing shan
Geographic Location
Fangshan; Beijing (China); 39.379; 115.4640
Type
Still Image
Language
eng; chi
Series
Cluster 2.2: "Secondary" Producers, "Primary" Roles
Date Available
2022-12-22
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0422827
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/83505
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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