Raw data
Bingling Si
Monastery of a Hundred Thousand [Buddha images]
183 grottoes.
Dated to Tang Dynasty [618-907].
Last time in use during the Qing dynasty.
Gruschke (2001:25-26)
Input by: tmciolek, Apr 8, 2009
Yongjing: in questa Iocalità si trovano le Binglingsi il cui nome è una trascrizione dal tibetano e significa Grotte dei Centomila Buddha, definizione spesso data alle grotte buddhiste. Sono ricche di affreschi e di statue.
http://www.tuttocina.it/Cina-tour/Gansu/gansu.htm
Liujiaxia, China Page
Other names: Hsiao-ch'uan,Liu-chia-hsia,Xiaochuan,Yung-ching,Yongjing
World:China:Gansu Sheng
Latitude 35.9408 Longitude 103.3128
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/15/Liujiaxia.html
Final data (and their sources)
Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 20 km from the point defined by the coordinates below.
General location of the Bingling Si monastery, CN.
lat=35.9408 long=103.3128
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2009.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Bingling monastery - Gruschke (2001:25-26)
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- China:Gansu Sheng
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- Monastery of a Hundred Thousand [Buddha images] - Gruschke (2001:25-26)
- Grotte dei Centomila Buddha - http://www.tuttocina.it/Cina-tour/Gansu/gansu.htm
- Bingling Monastery 炳靈寺 - http://www.numerals.de/Art/Pagodas/pagodas.html
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx Lat 35.9408 Long 103.3128 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/15/Liujiaxia.html
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
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6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- Hsiao-ch'uan - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/15/Liujiaxia.html
- Liu-chia-hsia - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/15/Liujiaxia.html
- Xiaochuan - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/15/Liujiaxia.html
- Yung-ching - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/15/Liujiaxia.html
- Yongjing - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/15/Liujiaxia.html
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Exactly Lat 35.9408 Long 103.3128 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/15/Liujiaxia.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
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11. Date-early
- 600s AD - Gruschke (2001:25-26).
12. Date-intermediate
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13. Date-late
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14. Details of contacts with other monasteries
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15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
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16. Additional notes
final data (incl. details of the size of the monastic population)….
17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
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