Mount Wutai: Visions of a Sacred Buddhist Mountain
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Mount Wutai: Visions of a Sacred Buddhist Mountain
By (Author) Wen-shing Chou
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
12th June 2018
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals
History of art
Mountains and uplands
Nature in art
294.3435095117
Physical Properties
Hardback
240
Width 203mm, Height 292mm
1247g
Description
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
Reviews
"Honorable Mention for the Joseph Levenson Pre-1900 Book Prize, Association for Asian Studies"
"Chous study, like the many examples of maps, gazetteers, paintings, murals, sculptures, and temples discussed in her work, continues to shape, guide, and construct our visions of Mount Wutai."---William J. Ma, Religion and the Arts
"richly detailed and beautifully illustrated. . . . a major contribution to the growing corpus of studies on Wutai shan."---Natalie Khle, Journal of Chinese Religions
Author Bio
Wen-Shing Chou is assistant professor of art history at Hunter College, City University of New York.
