Raw data
"Layout of Kaiyuansi in Suzhou, first built in 925, demonstrates the typical axial layout." - http://dharmacowgirl.wordpress.com/2011/05/20/shifting-the-center-part-i/
31°17'42"N 120°36'48"E - http://wikimapia.org/23713895/Kaiyuan-temple
Input by: tmciolek, Nov 04, 2012
Final data (and their sources)
Last updated: 20 May 2013
Lat/Long coordinates' accuracy:
The monastery in question is assumed to be situated actually no farther than 200 m from the point defined by the coordinates below.
General location of the Kaiyuan-3 monastery, CN.
Lat 31.2952 Long 120.6134
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2012.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Kaiyuan-3 monastery - http://dharmacowgirl.wordpress.com/2011/05/20/shifting-the-center-part-i/
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- China:Jiangsu Sheng
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
- [missing data]
4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx., Lat 31.2952 Long 120.6134 - visual identification in satellite imagery (guided by http://wikimapia.org/23713895/Kaiyuan-temple image), maps.google.com - tmciolek, 4 Nov 2012
5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries
- [missing data]
6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village
7. The settlement's alternative/historical names
- Su-chou - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/4/Suzhou.html
- Wu-hsien - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/4/Suzhou.html
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Approx., Lat 31.3114 Long 120.6181 http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/4/Suzhou.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- Mahayana
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
- [missing data]
11. Date-early
- First built in 925 AD - http://dharmacowgirl.wordpress.com/2011/05/20/shifting-the-center-part-i/
- MBM chrono-tag: 0900-32c 0933-66p - tmciolek 20 May 2013
- 0900-32c 0933-66p dated-e
12. Date-intermediate
- [missing data]
13. Date-late
- [missing data]
14. Details of contacts with other monasteries
- [missing data]
15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery
- [missing data]
16. Additional notes
- [missing data] (incl. details of the size of the monastic population)
17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
- [missing data]
18. Available Printed Literature
- [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 1]
- [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 2]
- [bibliographical details of the Book/Article 3]
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