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A Tale of Two Stupas: Diverging Paths in the Revival of Buddhism in China
By (author) Albert Welter
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Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province, and the surrounding environs have one of the richest Buddhist cultures in China. In A Tale of Two Stūpas, Albert Welter tells the story of Hangzhou Buddhism through the conceptions, erections, and resurrections of Yongming Stupa, dedicated to the memory of one of Hangzhou's leading Buddhist figures, and Leifeng Pagoda, built to house stupa relics of the historical Buddha. Welter delves into the intricacies of these two sites and pays particular attention to their origins and rebirths. These sites have suffered devastation and endured long periods of neglect, yet both have been resurrected and re-resurrected during their histories and have resumed meaningful places in the contemporary Hangzhou landscape, a mark of their power and endurance. A Tale of Two Stūpas adopts a site-specific, regional approach in order to show how the dynamics of initial conception, resurrection, and re-resurrection work, and what that might tell us about the nature of Hangzhou and Chinese Buddhism.
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Publisher | Oxford University Press Inc
Published date | 21 Dec 2022
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Format | Hardback
Pages | 240
Dimensions | 160 x 241 x 21mm (L x W x H)
Weight | 490g
ISBN | 978-0-1976-0663-6
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BISAC | religion / buddhism / general (see also philosophy / eastern / buddhism)
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