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The "biography" of a Buddha image: the transformation of the lore for a stone image of Maitreya in Shicheng |
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Chen, Jin-hua
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| Source |
Studies in Chinese Religions
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| Volume | v.3 n.4 |
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| Date | 2017 |
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| Pages | 307 - 349 |
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| Publisher | 中国社会科学院=Institute of World Religions, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences(CASS); Taylor & Francis Group |
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| Publisher Url |
http://casseng.cssn.cn/
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| Location | Leeds, UK [里茲, 英國] |
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| Content type | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
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| Language | 英文=English |
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| Keyword | Shicheng; Maitreya; Liu Xie; Sengyou; Xiao Wei; Liang Wudi |
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| Abstract | This study investigates a sacred site centering on a stone image in southeastern China. With a focus on the ways in which legends and local histories represent the perceived sacrality of this sacred space, it aims to throw new light on the formation and transformation of the cult of the Shicheng image. Through a critical and comparative study of some of the fundamental legendary and semi-legendary components that constitute the complicated lore of this Buddhist sacred space, this study further endeavors to bring to the fore the political and social dynamisms – and sometime personal elements (such as concerns for health problems that afflicted a powerful prince) – that propelled the carving and innovation of this colossal image. |
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| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1080/23729988.2018.1429139 |
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| Created date | 2021.03.24 |
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| Modified date | 2021.04.08 |
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