Religion in China title © Howard R. Spendelow Georgetown University draft as of 02 Nov 2006 http://www.confluence.org/photo.php?visitid=7856&pic=ALL 20061102 title
Daoist Immortal (仙人) / Song period http://www.npm.gov.tw/exh95/binding/e_2.html Daoist Immortal (仙人) / Song period
One of 18 luohan statues, Summer Palace (頤和園), Beijing http://www.geocities.com/TheTropics/7503/kungfu.html 20061102 One of 18 luohan statues, Summer Palace (頤和園), Beijing
”sancai” 三彩 Luohan (Ming) http://www.janvanbeers.com/provenart/dealer_stock_details.cgi?d_id=&a_id=16109 Large Sancai figure of a Luohan, Ming Dynasty (c. 1500-25) 20061102 ”sancai” 三彩 Luohan (Ming)
http://www. columbia. edu/itc/ealac/moerman/images/v2002/bodhisattva http://www.columbia.edu/itc/ealac/moerman/images/v2002/bodhisattva.jpg 20061102 Image of a bodhisattva
Guanyin 觀音@ 千佛山 , Ji’nan, Shandong, 1999 http://hometown.aol.com/lumabner/china/temples.htm 20061102 Guanyin 觀音@ 千佛山 , Ji’nan, Shandong, 1999
Guanyin (20 m) @ Putuoshan普陀山, SE of Shanghai http://www.answers.com/topic/kuan-yin-1 20061102 Guanyin (20 m) @ Putuoshan普陀山, SE of Shanghai
(Tang) Empress Wu as a Bodhisattva / Luoyang [photo from YUN Wenjie? – get details…] (Tang) Empress Wu as a Bodhisattva / Luoyang
9th Station: Xi An (西安) Tablet of Nestorian Christianity in China (大秦景教流行中國碑), made in the 2nd Year of Jian Zhong Reign (781AD), Tang Dynasty 此碑于唐建中二年(781年)由一個名叫景淨的波斯傳教士撰刻樹立,呂秀岩書並題額,立於大秦寺的院中。碑高279釐米,寬99釐米,正面寫著“大秦景教流行中國碑並頌”,上有楷書三十二行,行書六十二字,共1780個漢字和數十個敘利亞文。隨著景教的沒落,大秦寺的院落為佛教所用,此碑不知何時失落。 明天啟三年(1623年)出土,當時許多西方各國有不少的傳教士得知後,爭相拓片,把碑文拓片譯成拉丁文寄往歐洲本國。當地人怕此碑被他們盜走,秘密地把碑抬到附近的金勝寺內,豎起來交寺僧保管。清光緒年間一個叫荷爾姆遂熊熊的荷蘭人在金勝寺遊覽時看到此碑,為了得到它,他按原樣刻制了一座新碑欲換得古碑,遭到寺主持和民眾們的嚴厲拒絕,連官府的人也嚴保此碑,沒有讓他得逞。1907年入藏西安碑林(現西安碑林博物館)安置。 YUN Wenjie, reflected in the glass @ the 西安碑林博物館
Sianfu tablet 西安府碑 - ICC first floor HRS photo / 20051022 Sianfu tablet 西安府碑 - ICC first floor
Nestorian tablet (close-up) HRS photo / 20051022 Nestorian tablet (close-up)
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