Sculpture in the Pavilion of Expressing Sympathy for Loyal Officials (Minzhong ge 憫忠閣), Fayuan Temple (法源寺)

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Sculpture in the Pavilion of Expressing Sympathy for Loyal Officials (Minzhong ge 憫忠閣), Fayuan Temple (法源寺) Balkwill, Stephanie; Liu, Yifeng; Wu, Tzu-Wen; Zhang, Lusi; Liu, Yiling; Zhu, Zhaofeng

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Sculpture in the Pavilion of Expressing Sympathy for Loyal Officials (Minzhong ge 憫忠閣), Fayuan Temple (法源寺). This is a sculpture in the Pavilion of Expressing Sympathy for Loyal Officials (Minzhong ge 憫忠閣). The height of the whole sculpture is 133cm. Image 01 and Image 02 show the whole sculpture from the front and the left side, respectively. The main parts of it are a buddha and two figures flanking the left and right sides. The height of the buddha is 72cm, while the height of the flanking figures is 50cm. Image 03 shows the hand gestures of the buddha. The gesture on the left hand is called the Mudra of Wish Granting (Yuyuan yin 與願印), and the right one is Mudra of Bestowing Fearlessness (Shiwuwei yin 施無畏印). Image 05 to 07 show the situation of the base. The base is 72.5cm wide and 28 cm high. Image 08 shows the board of Minzhong ge. This sculpture was possibly built in the Northern Qi 北齊 (479-502).

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Title	Sculpture in the Pavilion of Expressing Sympathy for Loyal Officials (Minzhong ge 憫忠閣), Fayuan Temple (法源寺)
Creator	Balkwill, Stephanie; Liu, Yifeng; Wu, Tzu-Wen; Zhang, Lusi; Liu, Yiling; Zhu, Zhaofeng
Contributor	From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued	2019-07-03
Description	Sculpture in the Pavilion of Expressing Sympathy for Loyal Officials (Minzhong ge 憫忠閣), Fayuan Temple (法源寺). This is a sculpture in the Pavilion of Expressing Sympathy for Loyal Officials (Minzhong ge 憫忠閣). The height of the whole sculpture is 133cm. Image 01 and Image 02 show the whole sculpture from the front and the left side, respectively. The main parts of it are a buddha and two figures flanking the left and right sides. The height of the buddha is 72cm, while the height of the flanking figures is 50cm. Image 03 shows the hand gestures of the buddha. The gesture on the left hand is called the Mudra of Wish Granting (Yuyuan yin 與願印), and the right one is Mudra of Bestowing Fearlessness (Shiwuwei yin 施無畏印). Image 05 to 07 show the situation of the base. The base is 72.5cm wide and 28 cm high. Image 08 shows the board of Minzhong ge. This sculpture was possibly built in the Northern Qi 北齊 (479-502).
Subject	Fayuan Temple; Temples; Buddhism
Geographic Location	Fangshan; Beijing (China); 39.88518875; 116.3701096
Type	Still Image
Language	chi
Notes	Author Affiliations: University of Winnipeg, Tsinghua University, Chinese Academy of Social Science, Renmin University of China
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	10.14288/1.0438676
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/87253
Affiliation	Non UBC
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty; Postdoctoral; Graduate
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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