The Resource Mount Wutai. Visions of a sacred Buddhist mountain, wen-Shing Chou
Mount Wutai. Visions of a sacred Buddhist mountain, wen-Shing Chou
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- Summary
- The northern Chinese mountain range of Mount Wutai has been a preeminent site of international pilgrimage for over a millennium. Home to more than one hundred temples, the entire range is considered a Buddhist paradise on earth, and has received visitors ranging from emperors to monastic and lay devotees. Mount Wutai explores how Qing Buddhist rulers and clerics from Inner Asia, including Manchus, Tibetans, and Mongols, reimagined the mountain as their own during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Wen-Shing Chou examines a wealth of original source materials in multiple languages and media - many never before published or translated - such as temple replicas, pilgrimage guides, hagiographic representations, and panoramic maps. She shows how literary, artistic, and architectural depictions of the mountain permanently transformed the site's religious landscape and redefined Inner Asia's relations with China. Chou addresses the pivotal but previously unacknowledged history of artistic and intellectual exchange between the varying religious, linguistic, and cultural traditions of the region. The reimagining of Mount Wutai was a fluid endeavor that proved central to the cosmopolitanism of the Qing Empire, and the mountain range became a unique site of shared diplomacy, trade, and religious devotion between different constituents, as well as a spiritual bridge between China and Tibet. A compelling exploration of the changing meaning and significance of one of the world's great religious sites, Mount Wutai offers an important new framework for understanding Buddhist sacred geography
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (240 pages)
- Contents
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- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Imperial Replicas; 2 Miracles in Translation; 3 Landscape and Lineage; 4 Panoramic Maps; Coda; Appendixes; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Photo Credits
- Isbn
- 9780691191126
- Label
- Mount Wutai. Visions of a sacred Buddhist mountain
- Title
- Mount Wutai. Visions of a sacred Buddhist mountain
- Statement of responsibility
- wen-Shing Chou
- Subject
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- Buddhism and culture
- Buddhism and culture
- Buddhismus
- Buddhist temples
- Buddhist temples -- China | Wutai Mountains
- China
- China -- Wutai Mountains
- ART -- History | General
- Cultural landscapes -- China | Wutai Mountains
- Electronic books
- HISTORY -- Asia -- General
- Tempel
- Wutai Mountains (China) -- Symbolic representation
- Wutai Shan
- Cultural landscapes
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The northern Chinese mountain range of Mount Wutai has been a preeminent site of international pilgrimage for over a millennium. Home to more than one hundred temples, the entire range is considered a Buddhist paradise on earth, and has received visitors ranging from emperors to monastic and lay devotees. Mount Wutai explores how Qing Buddhist rulers and clerics from Inner Asia, including Manchus, Tibetans, and Mongols, reimagined the mountain as their own during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Wen-Shing Chou examines a wealth of original source materials in multiple languages and media - many never before published or translated - such as temple replicas, pilgrimage guides, hagiographic representations, and panoramic maps. She shows how literary, artistic, and architectural depictions of the mountain permanently transformed the site's religious landscape and redefined Inner Asia's relations with China. Chou addresses the pivotal but previously unacknowledged history of artistic and intellectual exchange between the varying religious, linguistic, and cultural traditions of the region. The reimagining of Mount Wutai was a fluid endeavor that proved central to the cosmopolitanism of the Qing Empire, and the mountain range became a unique site of shared diplomacy, trade, and religious devotion between different constituents, as well as a spiritual bridge between China and Tibet. A compelling exploration of the changing meaning and significance of one of the world's great religious sites, Mount Wutai offers an important new framework for understanding Buddhist sacred geography
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Chou, Wen-Shing
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Buddhist temples
- Cultural landscapes
- Buddhism and culture
- Wutai Mountains (China)
- HISTORY
- ART
- Buddhism and culture
- Buddhist temples
- Cultural landscapes
- China
- Buddhismus
- Tempel
- China
- Wutai Shan
- Label
- Mount Wutai. Visions of a sacred Buddhist mountain, wen-Shing Chou
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-222) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Imperial Replicas; 2 Miracles in Translation; 3 Landscape and Lineage; 4 Panoramic Maps; Coda; Appendixes; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Photo Credits
- Control code
- on1051770919
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (240 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780691191126
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 40028084273
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctvc61s9c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1051770919
- Label
- Mount Wutai. Visions of a sacred Buddhist mountain, wen-Shing Chou
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-222) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Imperial Replicas; 2 Miracles in Translation; 3 Landscape and Lineage; 4 Panoramic Maps; Coda; Appendixes; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Photo Credits
- Control code
- on1051770919
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (240 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780691191126
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Note
- JSTOR
- Other control number
- 40028084273
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctvc61s9c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1051770919
Subject
- Buddhism and culture
- Buddhism and culture
- Buddhismus
- Buddhist temples
- Buddhist temples -- China | Wutai Mountains
- China
- China -- Wutai Mountains
- ART -- History | General
- Cultural landscapes -- China | Wutai Mountains
- Electronic books
- HISTORY -- Asia -- General
- Tempel
- Wutai Mountains (China) -- Symbolic representation
- Wutai Shan
- Cultural landscapes
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