Complex of niches (Niches 15, 16, 17, 18, 19), Qianfo zhai (千佛寨)

UBC Community, Partners, and Alumni Publications

Complex of niches (Niches 15, 16, 17, 18, 19), Qianfo zhai (千佛寨) Anderl, Christoph; Yu, Sau Ling Wendy

Description

This complex of niches is located in Qianfo zhai 千佛寨, Anyue xian 安岳縣, Sichuan sheng 四川省. There are altogether five niches distributed in two layers. In the upper layer we find niches 17, 18 and 19 (from the right to the left) while in the lower layer we find niches 15 and 16 (from the right to the left). According to the inscriptions in niches 17 and 18, the complex was probably created in the Tang Dynasty. It might have been renovated during the Song Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. The photographs show: An overview of the complex from the left angle [1]. A front view of the complex [2]. The scenic view outside the complex [3]. A diagram indicating the location of niches and the inscriptions (created by Sau Ling Wendy Yu) [4]. Metadata created by: Sau Ling Wendy Yu.

Item Metadata

Title	Complex of niches (Niches 15, 16, 17, 18, 19), Qianfo zhai (千佛寨)
Creator	Anderl, Christoph; Yu, Sau Ling Wendy
Contributor	From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued	2019-05-22
Description	This complex of niches is located in Qianfo zhai 千佛寨, Anyue xian 安岳縣, Sichuan sheng 四川省. There are altogether five niches distributed in two layers. In the upper layer we find niches 17, 18 and 19 (from the right to the left) while in the lower layer we find niches 15 and 16 (from the right to the left). According to the inscriptions in niches 17 and 18, the complex was probably created in the Tang Dynasty. It might have been renovated during the Song Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty. The photographs show: An overview of the complex from the left angle [1]. A front view of the complex [2]. The scenic view outside the complex [3]. A diagram indicating the location of niches and the inscriptions (created by Sau Ling Wendy Yu) [4]. Metadata created by: Sau Ling Wendy Yu.
Subject	Anyue Buddhist sites; Sichuan Buddhist art; Qianfo zhai; Buddhism; Stone carving
Geographic Location	Sichuans Sheng (China); Anyue Xian (China); Qianfo zhai (China); 30.10410438; 105.3119316
Type	Still Image
Language	zxx
Notes	Author Affiliations: 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	10.14288/1.0428632
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/84073
Affiliation	Non UBC
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

Item Media

Anderl_C_et_al_Complex_niches_1_2019.JPG -- 10.64MB

Anderl_C_et_al_Complex_niches_2_2019.JPG -- 12.94MB

Anderl_C_et_al_Complex_niches_3_2019.JPG -- 10.01MB

Anderl_C_et_al_Complex_niches_4_2019.png -- 1.41MB

Item Citations and Data

Rights

Attribution 4.0 International

Open Collections