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Thousand Buddha motif niche, Qianfo zhai (千佛寨) Anderl, Christoph

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Located in Qianfo zhai 千佛寨, Anyue xian 安岳縣, Sichuan sheng 四川省. This Buddha niche is carved with the thousand-buddha motif, with buddhas seated on lotus seats. The halo of each Buddha is follows a strict sequence of colors: orange, light green, and blue. The photographs show: An overview of the niche [1]. A close-up of the niche [2]. A contemporary information plaque [3]. Metadata created by: Xixi Jia.

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Title
Thousand Buddha motif niche, Qianfo zhai (千佛寨)
Creator
Anderl, Christoph
Contributor
From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued
2019-05-22
Description
Located in Qianfo zhai 千佛寨, Anyue xian 安岳縣, Sichuan sheng 四川省. This Buddha niche is carved with the thousand-buddha motif, with buddhas seated on lotus seats. The halo of each Buddha is follows a strict sequence of colors: orange, light green, and blue. The photographs show: An overview of the niche [1]. A close-up of the niche [2]. A contemporary information plaque [3]. Metadata created by: Xixi Jia.
Subject
Anyue Buddhist sites; Sichuan Buddhist art; Qianfo zhai; Buddhism; Stone carving; Thousand Buddhas Motif
Geographic Location
Sichuans Sheng (China); Anyue Xian (China); Qianfo zhai (China); 30.10410438; 105.3119316
Type
Still Image
Language
chi; eng
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
10.14288/1.0428644
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/84085
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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