Description: Building a Sacred Mountain : The Buddhist Architecture of China's Mount Wutai, Hardcover by Lin, Wei-cheng, ISBN 0295993529, ISBN-13 9780295993522, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US "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 an elaborate complex of Buddhist monasteries. This case study illustrates key steps in the transformation of Buddhism, as the religion's practices, texts, and visual culture evolved from its Indian roots and was adaptedto the social milieu and geography of China. By the tenth century ., Mount Wutai had become a major Buddhist pilgrimage site, as it was believed to be the abode of the bodhisattva Maänjuâsråi (who rode about the mountain on his hallmark lion), and an entire cave (Mogao Cave 61) depicting the wonders of Mount Wutai was constructed in the famous complex of Buddhist caves near Dunhuang, along the Silk Road. Through analysis of texts, visual art, and architecture, Lin shows how the built environment can provide a space for encountering the divine"--
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Book Title: Building a Sacred Mountain : The Buddhist Architecture of China's
Number of Pages: 344 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Building a Sacred Mountain : the Buddhist Architecture of China's Mount Wutai
Publisher: University of Washington Press
Item Height: 1.1 in
Publication Year: 2014
Subject: Buddhism / History, Monasticism, Asian / General, Buildings / Religious, Regional, Asia / China, Sociology of Religion
Item Weight: 29.7 Oz
Type: Textbook
Item Length: 10.3 in
Author: Wei-Cheng Lin
Subject Area: Art, Religion, Architecture, Social Science, History
Item Width: 7.3 in
Format: Hardcover
