Building a sacred mountain: the Buddhist architecture of China's Mount Wutai

"By the tenth century CE, Mount Wutai had become a major pilgrimage site within the emerging culture of a distinctively Chinese Buddhism. Famous as the abode of the bodhisattva Majusri (known for his habit of riding around the mountain on a lion), the site in northeastern China's Shanxi Pr...

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Main Author: Lin, Wei-Cheng 1969- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Seattle, WA [u.a.] University of Washington Press 2014
In:Year: 2014
Edition:first edition
Series/Journal:Art history publication initiative
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B China / Buddhism / Buddhist art / Architecture / Sacral building / Monastery complex
B China / Buddhism / Holy mountain / Wutai Shan / Religious art
Further subjects:B Buddhism and culture (China) (Wutai Mountains)
B Buddhism and culture
B History Asia China
B Art, Asian
B Buddhist monasteries
B Buddhist architecture (China) (Wutai Mountains)
B China Wutai Mountains
B Religion, Buddhism History
B Buddhist architecture China Wutai Mountains
B Wutai Mountains (China) History
B Buddhism and culture China Wutai Mountains
B Buddhist architecture
B Buddhist monasteries China Wutai Mountains
B Buddhist monasteries (China) (Wutai Mountains)
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