Liao-era 遼 sutra pillar, Yunju Temple (雲居寺)

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Liao-era 遼 sutra pillar, Yunju Temple (雲居寺) Buckelew, Kevin; Sung, Suhyoung; Li, Chengpeng; Wu, Jinhui; Wang, An

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Sutra pillar, located beside a large Liao-era 遼 (916-1125) pagoda on the grounds of Yunju Temple 雲居寺. It features images of monks and of a buddha or bodhisattva, as well as text. Base measurements: width 81cm, height 63cm. Body measurements: width 28cm, height 135cm.

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Title	Liao-era 遼 sutra pillar, 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	Sutra pillar, located beside a large Liao-era 遼 (916-1125) pagoda on the grounds of Yunju Temple 雲居寺. It features images of monks and of a buddha or bodhisattva, as well as text. Base measurements: width 81cm, height 63cm. Body measurements: width 28cm, height 135cm.
Subject	Sutra pillar; Buddhism; Yunju Temple; Liao dynasty
Geographic Location	Fangshan; Beijing (China); 43.3631; 115.47
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	10.14288/1.0438675
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/87249
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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