Building a Sacred Mountain : The Buddhist Architecture of China's Mount Wutai /

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"In this interdisciplinary investigation of the architecture of the sacred, Lin traces the confluence of factors that, over a period of several centuries, transformed Mount Wutai in northeastern China's Shanxi Province--a wild area that had long been believed by Daoists to be sacred--into...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lin, Wei-Cheng, 1969- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Seattle, Washington : University of Washington Press, [2014]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Buddhistisk arkitektur.
Buddhismus
Höhlentempel
Architektur
Buddhist monasteries.
Buddhist architecture.
Buddhism and culture.
RELIGION / Buddhism / History.
HISTORY / Asia / China.
ART / Asian.
Bouddhisme et civilisation > Chine > Wutai Shan.
Monasteres bouddhiques > Chine > Wutai Shan.
Architecture bouddhique > Chine > Wutai Shan.
Buddhism and culture > China > Wutai Mountains.
Buddhist monasteries > China > Wutai Mountains.
Buddhist architecture > China > Wutai Mountains.
China
Wutai Shan
China > Wutai Mountains.
Wutai Shan (Chine) > Histoire.
Wutai Mountains (China) > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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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