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dc.coverage.spatialSite: Hunyuan, Shanxi, Chinaen_US
dc.coverage.temporalbegun 491 (creation); rebuilt 1368-1911 (alteration)en_US
dc.creatorunknown (Chinese)en_US
dc.date491en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-09-24T17:51:43Z
dc.date.available2013-09-24T17:51:43Z
dc.date.issued491en_US
dc.identifier235337en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 2524en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/143072
dc.descriptionInterior of large Buddhist shrine; Maitreya Buddha with guardian and attendant figure; A temple and monastery built into the west cliff (crag of Jinlongkou) 75 m (246 ft) above the ground near Mount Heng (Hengshan), the North Mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains. Like the Buddhists, the Daoists also had a set of holy mountains (wuyue), each of which in its own way had a special place in the history of the religion: Mt Hua in Shanxi Province (west), Mt Song in Henan Province (center), Mt Tai in Shandong Province (east), Mt Heng in Hunan Province (south) and Mt Heng in Shanxi Province (north). Over 40 halls, cabinets and pavilions within an area of 152.5 square meters are connected to each other by corridors, bridges and boardwalks. The temple is notable not only for its location on a sheer precipice but also because it includes Buddhist, Taoist, and Confucian elements. The sculptures of Shakyamuni, Confucius and Laozi appear together; the complex has about 80 sculptures. The structure is kept in place with oak crossbeams fitted into holes chiseled into the cliffs, cantilevered from the bedrock in back, which is the main support. Most parts of the current structure date from the Ming (1368-1644) and Qing (1644-1911) dynasties; tradition holds that it was started in 491 under the Northern Wei. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 8/5/2012)en_US
dc.format.mediumwood; polychrome glazed ceramic tile; stone; brick; painten_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectanimalen_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectdecorative artsen_US
dc.subjectdeitiesen_US
dc.subjectBuddhismen_US
dc.subjectBuddhisten_US
dc.subjectDaoisten_US
dc.subjectDaoismen_US
dc.subjectConfuciusen_US
dc.subjectConfucianisten_US
dc.subjectLaozien_US
dc.subjectNorthern Weien_US
dc.subjectMingen_US
dc.subjectQingen_US
dc.titleHanging Monasteryen_US
dc.title.alternativeXuánkong Sìen_US
dc.title.alternative悬空寺en_US
dc.title.alternativeHanging Templeen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-CH-D-HM-J3en_US
vra.culturalContextChineseen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling), fabrication attributes: ceramics, painting and painting techniquesen_US
vra.worktypemonasteryen_US
vra.worktypehistoric siteen_US
vra.worktypetempleen_US
dc.contributor.displayunknown (Chinese)en_US


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