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Mount Wutai - Visions of a Sacred Buddhist Mountain

English · Hardback

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The northern Chinese mountain range of Mount Wutai has been a preeminent site of international pilgrimage for over a millennium. Home to more than one hundred temples, the entire range is considered a Buddhist paradise on earth, and has received visitors ranging from emperors to monastic and lay devotees. Mount Wutai explores how Qing Buddhist rule

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Wen-Shing Chou is assistant professor of art history at Hunter College, City University of New York.

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The northern Chinese mountain range of Mount Wutai has been a preeminent site of international pilgrimage for over a millennium. Home to more than one hundred temples, the entire range is considered a Buddhist paradise on earth, and has received visitors ranging from emperors to monastic and lay devotees. Mount Wutai explores how Qing Buddhist rule

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"richly detailed and beautifully illustrated. . . . a major contribution to the growing corpus of studies on Wutai shan."---Natalie Köhle, Journal of Chinese Religions

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