Stupa from the second year of Jingyuan 景元 reign period of the Tang dynasty 唐, Yunju Temple (雲居寺)

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Stupa from the second year of Jingyuan 景元 reign period of the Tang dynasty 唐, Yunju Temple (雲居寺) Buckelew, Kevin; Sung, Suhyoung; Li, Chengpeng; Wu, Jinhui; Wang, An

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Stupa from the second year of Jingyuan 景元 reign period of the Tang dynasty 唐, Yunju Temple (雲居寺). This is one of four Tang-era 唐 (618-907) stupas installed at four corners around a Liao-era 遼 (916-1125) pagoda. The side of the larger Liao pagoda can be seen in the first photo beside the Tang-era stupa (Image 01). The inside of the stupa, which contains a small image of a buddha flanked by bodhisattvas (Image 02). The side of the stupa with inscribed text (Image 03). Lower part measurements: width 84cm, depth 87cm, height 137cm. Upper part measurements: width 118cm, depth 118cm, height 170cm.

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Title	Stupa from the second year of Jingyuan 景元 reign period of the Tang dynasty 唐, Yunju Temple (雲居寺)
Creator	Buckelew, Kevin; Sung, Suhyoung; Li, Chengpeng; Wu, Jinhui; Wang, An
Contributor	From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued	2019-07-05
Description	Stupa from the second year of Jingyuan 景元 reign period of the Tang dynasty 唐, Yunju Temple (雲居寺). This is one of four Tang-era 唐 (618-907) stupas installed at four corners around a Liao-era 遼 (916-1125) pagoda. The side of the larger Liao pagoda can be seen in the first photo beside the Tang-era stupa (Image 01). The inside of the stupa, which contains a small image of a buddha flanked by bodhisattvas (Image 02). The side of the stupa with inscribed text (Image 03). Lower part measurements: width 84cm, depth 87cm, height 137cm. Upper part measurements: width 118cm, depth 118cm, height 170cm.
Subject	Pagoda; Tang dynasty; Buddhism; Stupa; Liao dynasty; Bodhisattva; Yunju Temple
Geographic Location	Fangshan; Beijing (China); 39.3631; 115.466
Type	Still Image
Language	chi
Notes	Author Affiliations: Northwestern University, Tsinghua University, Wuhan University, University of Arizona, Shanxi Normal University
Series	Cluster 3.2: Historical Reality through the Reflections between Image and Text
Date Available	2024-01-12
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0438671
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/87245
Affiliation	Non UBC
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty; Graduate
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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