Tortoise-shaped Pedestals at Yeongamsa Temple Site (靈巖寺址 ), Hapcheon

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Tortoise-shaped Pedestals at Yeongamsa Temple Site (靈巖寺址 ), Hapcheon Zhang, Biao

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Tortoise-shaped Pedestals at Yeongamsa Temple Site (靈巖寺址 ), Hapcheon. These two tortoise-shaped pedestals were made to support stone steles. They are situated on each side of the West Building Site of Yeongamsa Temple Site (靈巖寺址). Both pedestals are presumed to date back to the turn of the Unified Silla 統一新羅 (668-935) and Goryeo 高麗 (918-1392) periods. Image 01 shows the east tortoise-shaped pedestal, which is missing its forelegs. A jewel is found in its mouth. Image 02 shows its back, engraved with hexagonal shell patterns. Image 03 shows its tail.

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Title	Tortoise-shaped Pedestals at Yeongamsa Temple Site (靈巖寺址 ), Hapcheon
Creator	Zhang, Biao
Contributor	From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued	2023-05-26
Description	Tortoise-shaped Pedestals at Yeongamsa Temple Site (靈巖寺址 ), Hapcheon. These two tortoise-shaped pedestals were made to support stone steles. They are situated on each side of the West Building Site of Yeongamsa Temple Site (靈巖寺址). Both pedestals are presumed to date back to the turn of the Unified Silla 統一新羅 (668-935) and Goryeo 高麗 (918-1392) periods. Image 01 shows the east tortoise-shaped pedestal, which is missing its forelegs. A jewel is found in its mouth. Image 02 shows its back, engraved with hexagonal shell patterns. Image 03 shows its tail.
Subject	Tortoise; Pedestals; Stone; Stele; Temples; Unified Silla
Geographic Location	Hwangmaesan (Korea); Chʻang-ni (Hapchʻŏn-gun, Korea); 35.74949; 129.47677
Type	Still Image
Language	zxx
Notes	Author Affiliation: McGill University
Series	Cluster 1.3: Market and Merit
Date Available	2024-01-04
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0438422
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/87081
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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