Building a sacred mountain : the Buddhist architecture of China's Mount Wutai

Building a sacred mountain : the Buddhist architecture of China's Mount Wutai / Wei-Cheng Lin.

"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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Main Author: Lin, Wei-Cheng, 1969- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Seattle, Washington : University of Washington Press, [2014]
Series:Art history publication initiative.
China Program book.
Subjects:
Buddhist architecture > China > Wutai Mountains.
Buddhist monasteries > China > Wutai Mountains.
Buddhism and culture > China > Wutai Mountains.
Wutai Mountains (China) > History.
History.

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