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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Contributors: Lin, Wei-Cheng 1969- (Other)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Seattle, WA University of Washington Press [2014]
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Series/Journal:Art history publication initiative
A China Program book
Further subjects:B Buddhism and culture (China) (Wutai Mountains)
B Wutai Mountains (China) History China Wutai Mountains
B ART ; Asian
B Architecture
B China ; Wutai Mountains
B RELIGION ; Buddhism ; History
B ARCHITECTURE ; Buildings ; Religious
B Buddhism and culture
B History
B HISTORY ; Asia ; China
B Electronic books History
B Buddhist architecture (China) (Wutai Mountains)
B Buddhist monasteries
B Buddhism
B Cave temples
B China
B Buddhist architecture China Wutai Mountains
B Buddhistisk arkitektur
B Wutai Mountains (China) History
B Buddhism and culture China Wutai Mountains
B Buddhist architecture
B Buddhist monasteries China Wutai Mountains
B Wutai Shan
B Buddhist monasteries (China) (Wutai Mountains)
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