Building a sacred mountain [electronic resource] : the Buddhist architecture of China's Mount Wutai / Wei-Cheng Lin.
Material type: TextSeries: Art history publication initiative | UPCC book collections on Project MUSEPublication details: Seattle, WA : University of Washington Press, 2014. 2015)Edition: First [edition]Description: 1 online resource (pages cm)ISBN:- 9780295805351
- 0295805358
- 951/.17 23
- DS793.W8222 L56 2014
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Locating the Sacred Presence in Monastery, Monasticism, and Monastic Architecture -- Entering the Mountains, Localizing the Sacred Presence -- The Sacred Presence from Site to Site -- Mount Wutai as Virtual Monastery -- Reconfiguring the Center -- Narrative, Visualization, and Transposition of Mount Wutai -- Conclusion: Revisiting Foguang Monastery -- Appendix 1. Three Versions of the Creation Legend of the "True-Presence" (Zhenrong) Icon -- Appendix 2. Transcription and Translation of the Inscription on the Octagonal Stone Lantern -- Appendix 3. Chinese Texts.
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