Mural Paintings in Cloud Ladder Abbey (Yunti an 雲梯庵)

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Mural Paintings in Cloud Ladder Abbey (Yunti an 雲梯庵) Xie, Yifeng; Guan, Zhongyue; Wu, Meilian; Cavayero, Michael; Liang, Yunyan

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Mural Paintings in Cloud Ladder Abbey (Yunti an 雲梯庵), constructed during Wanli emperor's (萬曆) reign (r.1572-1620). Both east and west walls of the temple are decorated with mural paintings of five Bodhisattvas and multicolored auspicious clouds. Although the murals have been severely damaged, the exquisiteness of the original paintings can still be observed from the remaining fragments. The technique of gelled patterning and gilding "lifen duijin 瀝粉堆金" was used in some parts of the paintings.

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Title	Mural Paintings in Cloud Ladder Abbey (Yunti an 雲梯庵)
Creator	Xie, Yifeng; Guan, Zhongyue; Wu, Meilian; Cavayero, Michael; Liang, Yunyan
Contributor	From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued	2019-07-04
Description	Mural Paintings in Cloud Ladder Abbey (Yunti an 雲梯庵), constructed during Wanli emperor's (萬曆) reign (r.1572-1620). Both east and west walls of the temple are decorated with mural paintings of five Bodhisattvas and multicolored auspicious clouds. Although the murals have been severely damaged, the exquisiteness of the original paintings can still be observed from the remaining fragments. The technique of gelled patterning and gilding "lifen duijin 瀝粉堆金" was used in some parts of the paintings.
Subject	Mural; Ming dynasty; Yungti an; Bodhisattva
Geographic Location	Fangshan; Beijing (China); 39.671894; 115.828254
Type	Still Image
Language	zxx
Notes	Author Affiliations: Hunan University, University of Pennsylvania, China Academy of Art, Hebei University
Series	Cluster 3.2: Historical Reality through the Reflections between Image and Text
Date Available	2024-01-16
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0438728
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/87304
Affiliation	Non UBC
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty; Graduate; Postdoctoral
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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