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Jade Emperor cave (Yu huang ku 玉皇窟), Pilu dong 毗廬洞 Anderl, Christoph

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The Jade Emperor cave (Ch. Yuhuang ku 玉皇窟) in Pilu cave (Pilu dong 毗盧洞), Anyue xian 安岳縣, Sichuan sheng 四川省 dates to 1850. The size of this cave is 3.6 meters in height, 2.88 in width, and 1.6 in depth. Photo [1] shows the main statue of the Jade Emperor. This Daoist statue represents the diversity of local religious traditions throughout the centuries in the Pilu Cave. Moreover, two cloth cushions placed in front of the statue indicate the continuation of its ritual function in the present day. Photos [2] and [3] show the "The Jade Empeor Shrine Restoration Tablet" (Xinxiu yuhuang dian bei xu 新修玉皇廟碑), which documents the history of the cave's construction and patronage. Metadata created by Huajie Fan (May 31, 2022).

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Title
Jade Emperor cave (Yu huang ku 玉皇窟), Pilu dong 毗廬洞
Creator
Anderl, Christoph
Contributor
From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued
2019-05-23
Description
The Jade Emperor cave (Ch. Yuhuang ku 玉皇窟) in Pilu cave (Pilu dong 毗盧洞), Anyue xian 安岳縣, Sichuan sheng 四川省 dates to 1850. The size of this cave is 3.6 meters in height, 2.88 in width, and 1.6 in depth. Photo [1] shows the main statue of the Jade Emperor. This Daoist statue represents the diversity of local religious traditions throughout the centuries in the Pilu Cave. Moreover, two cloth cushions placed in front of the statue indicate the continuation of its ritual function in the present day. Photos [2] and [3] show the "The Jade Empeor Shrine Restoration Tablet" (Xinxiu yuhuang dian bei xu 新修玉皇廟碑), which documents the history of the cave's construction and patronage. Metadata created by Huajie Fan (May 31, 2022).
Subject
Anyue Buddhist sites; Sichuan Buddhist art; Pilu Cave; Buddhism; Daoism; Stone carving; Jade Emperor; Yuhuang
Geographic Location
Sichuan Sheng (China); Anyue Xian (China); Yuanjue dong (China); 29.929171; 105.630773
Type
Still Image
Language
chi
Notes
Author Affiliation: Ghent University
Series
Cluster 3.4: Typologies of Text-Image Relations
Date Available
2023-03-24
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0428608
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/84048
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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