Pagoda of Princess Jinxian, 金仙公主塔

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Pagoda of Princess Jinxian, 金仙公主塔 Xie, Yifeng; Guan, Zhongyue; Wu, Meilian; Cavayero, Michael; Liang, Yunyan

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Pagoda of Princess Jinxian (689-732), 金仙公主塔. Seven-storied, multi-eave square pagoda with arched exterior roof; produced in white marble with southern facing base. The southern wall of the first story of the pagoda contains an open niche with carvings of guardian (figures) on the left and right sides. An inscription on the outer surface of the northern wall reads: “大唐开元金仙长公主赐经碑记 (Stele Record of the Sutra(s) bestowed by Princess Jinxian in the Kaiyuan era (713-741 C.E) of the Tang dynasty)." The inscription notes: "大唐开元十八年 (the eighteen year of the Kaiyuan era of the (great) Tang dynasty; 730)." Several inscriptions of poems written in five-character verse are also included. The dimensions of the structure’s walls measure: Height: 127cm.; Width 100cm.

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Title	Pagoda of Princess Jinxian, 金仙公主塔
Creator	Xie, Yifeng; Guan, Zhongyue; Wu, Meilian; Cavayero, Michael; Liang, Yunyan
Contributor	From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued	2019-07-05
Description	Pagoda of Princess Jinxian (689-732), 金仙公主塔. Seven-storied, multi-eave square pagoda with arched exterior roof; produced in white marble with southern facing base. The southern wall of the first story of the pagoda contains an open niche with carvings of guardian (figures) on the left and right sides. An inscription on the outer surface of the northern wall reads: “大唐开元金仙长公主赐经碑记 (Stele Record of the Sutra(s) bestowed by Princess Jinxian in the Kaiyuan era (713-741 C.E) of the Tang dynasty)." The inscription notes: "大唐开元十八年 (the eighteen year of the Kaiyuan era of the (great) Tang dynasty; 730)." Several inscriptions of poems written in five-character verse are also included. The dimensions of the structure’s walls measure: Height: 127cm.; Width 100cm.
Subject	Stone; Pagoda; Tang dynasty; Princess Jinxian; Sutra
Geographic Location	Fangshan; Beijing (China); 39.614663; 115.785937
Type	Still Image
Language	chi
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	10.14288/1.0438738
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/87314
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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