Liao-era 遼 sutra and buddha-image pillar (Liaodai fojiao jingchuang 遼代佛像經幢), Yunju Temple (雲居寺)

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Liao-era 遼 sutra and buddha-image pillar (Liaodai fojiao jingchuang 遼代佛像經幢), Yunju Temple (雲居寺) Buckelew, Kevin; Sung, Suhyoung; Li, Chengpeng; Wu, Jinhui; Wang, An

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This is a "sutra-pillar" containing images of buddhas on all sides, located to the side of a large Liao-era 遼 (916-1125) pagoda on the grounds of Yunju Temple 雲居寺. It does not seem to have any text. The Chinese description says that such pillars often have the Dharani Sutra (Tuoluoni jing 陀羅尼經) written on them, but it seems this one does not. Base measurements: height 64cm, width 66cm. Body measurements: height 127cm, width 60cm.

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Title	Liao-era 遼 sutra and buddha-image pillar (Liaodai fojiao jingchuang 遼代佛像經幢), 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	This is a "sutra-pillar" containing images of buddhas on all sides, located to the side of a large Liao-era 遼 (916-1125) pagoda on the grounds of Yunju Temple 雲居寺. It does not seem to have any text. The Chinese description says that such pillars often have the Dharani Sutra (Tuoluoni jing 陀羅尼經) written on them, but it seems this one does not. Base measurements: height 64cm, width 66cm. Body measurements: height 127cm, width 60cm.
Subject	Sutra pillar; Buddhism; Yunju Temple; Liao dynasty
Geographic Location	Fangshan; Beijing (China); 40.3631; 115.467
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	10.14288/1.0438672
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/87246
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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