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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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"Honorable Mention for the Joseph Levenson Pre-1900 Book Prize, Association for Asian Studies"
"Chou’s 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 Köhle, Journal of Chinese Religions

Mount Wutai

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      Publisher Princeton University Press
      Published 3 April 2018
      ISBN-13 9780691178646
      978-0691178646
      ISBN-10 069117864X
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      History of art Worship, rites, ceremonies and rituals

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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

      Trade Review
      "Honorable Mention for the Joseph Levenson Pre-1900 Book Prize, Association for Asian Studies"
      "Chou’s 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 Köhle, Journal of Chinese Religions

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