ISBN:
9004119566
Language:
English
,
Chinese
Pages:
X, 294, [80] S
,
Ill., Kt
,
25 cm
Series Statement:
Sinica Leidensia 53
Series Statement:
Sinica Leidensia
DDC:
299/.51
Keywords:
Temples
;
Water gods
;
Water Gods Temple
;
Wandmalerei
;
Ritus
;
Water Gods Temple
;
Wassergott
;
Kult
Abstract:
Machine generated contents note: The Water God's Temple16 -- The Temple Inscriptions16 -- History of the Temple 19 -- Architecture and Sculpture31 -- The Murals 41 -- The Style of the Murals 60 -- Previous Studies ofthe Murals63 -- Summary68 -- The R ituals70 -- Dragon as Controller of Rain 70 -- The Huo Spring 73 -- The Huo Mountain79 -- Officials as Rainmakers 87 -- The Celestial Dragon 100 -- Mingying Wang as the god of the Huo Mountain 104 -- Mingying Wang109 -- The Imperial Petition for Rain 115 -- Visualization in Rainmaking 119 -- Sports, Games, Language, and Ritual121 -- Clouds and Rain, Woman and Man 128 -- Acquiring Yu (Fish) and Relepsing Yu (Rain) 136 -- Summary142 -- The Drama 144 -- Theme of the Drama147 -- Buddhists Versus Daoists 160 -- Immortal Lii Versus Yellow Dragon 164 -- Yellow Dragon Versus White Peony 169 -- White Peony Versus Immortal Lii172 -- Chinese Courtesans Versus Indian Devadasis 179 -- From Female Shamans to Actresses 187 -- The Overall Organization of the Murals 193 -- Summary198 -- 4 The Murals from the Guangsheng Lower Temple200 -- Murals of the Lower Temple202 -- The Mural in the Metropolitan Museum 206 -- The Bhaisajyaguru Mural in Philadelphia 211 -- The Celestial Buddha Tejaprabha 212 -- The Five Planets, Five Elements, and Five Mountains220 -- Summary 224 -- Epilogue 226 -- Appendix: The Official Temple to Mount Huo 233 -- List of Illustrations 240 -- Glossary of Chinese Characters 245 -- Abbreviations254 -- Selective Bibliography in Chinese255 -- Selective Bibliography in Japanese267 -- Selective Bibliography in Western Languages276 -- Index290 -- Illustrations
Note:
Literaturverz. S. 255 - 289
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