A Tale of Two Stūpas: Diverging Paths in the Revival of Buddhism in China 1st Edition

A Tale of Two Stūpas: Diverging Paths in the Revival of Buddhism in China 1st Edition – Ebook Instant Download/Delivery ISBN(s): 9780197606636,0197606636,9780197606650, 0197606652

Product details:

• ISBN-10: 0197606652
• ISBN-13: 9780197606650
• Author: Albert Welter

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.

Table contents:

1. Introduction: Buddhist Relic Veneration, Buddhist Sites and Translocations, and the Transformation of the Hangzhou/Jiangnan Region into an Indian Buddhist Homeland

2. Hangzhou Buddhism in Historical Perspective

3. The Origins and Development of the Yongming Stūpa

4. The Origins and Development of Leifeng Pagoda

5. A Tale of Two Stūpas: The Parameters of Buddhist Revival in China

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