Songyue monastery, (near) Dengfeng, Henan, CN

Raw data

"The oldest pagoda still intact on Chinese soil is the pagoda of Songyue Monastery 嵩嶽寺 of Dengfeng 登封/Henan at the foothills of the sacred mountain Songshan 嵩山. It stands near the famous Shaolin Monastery 少林寺 where monks of the Chan school developed gongfu fighting for mental training. The brick pagoda is 41 m high and was erected in 523 under the patronate of the Northern Wei 北魏 rulers."
http://www.numerals.de/Art/Pagodas/pagodas.html

Input by: tmciolek, Dec 15, 2009

Final data (and their sources)

Last updated: 18 Jul 2014

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 Songyue monastery, CN.
Lat 34.5008 Long 113.022
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2009.

Google Map link:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=34.5008+113.022+(Approx.%20loc.%20of%20the%20Songyue%20monastery,%20CN)&ll=34.5008,113.022&spn=05.0,05.0&t=k&hl=en

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Final data - explanatory notes

1. Monastery's name

• Songyue Monastery - http://www.numerals.de/Art/Pagodas/pagodas.html

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2. Monastery's modern country & province

• China:Henan Sheng

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3. Monastery's alternative/historical names

• Sōngyuèsì 嵩岳寺 - http://shaolinchancity.blogspot.com/2009/05/yongtai-monastery-shaolin-nunnery.html

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4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates

• Approx., Lat 34.5008 Long 113.022 - visual indentification in maps.google.com, tmciolek 16 Dec 2009

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5. Other known nearby Buddhist monasteries

• Shaolin monastery
• Yongtai nunnery

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6. Modern name of the known nearest city, town, or village

• Dengfeng - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/9/Dengfeng.html

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7. The settlement's alternative/historical names

• Teng-feng-hsien - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/9/Dengfeng.html
• Teng-feng - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/9/Dengfeng.html

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8. The settlement's coordinates

• Approx., Lat 34.4553 Long 113.0281 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/9/Dengfeng.html

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9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition

• Mahayana - http://shaolinchancity.blogspot.com/2009/05/yongtai-monastery-shaolin-nunnery.html

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10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition

• [missing data]

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11. Date-early

• [missing data]

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12. Date-intermediate

• A pagoda was added in 523 CE - http://www.numerals.de/Art/Pagodas/pagodas.html

MBM chrono-tag 0500-32c - tmciolek 18 Jul 2014
0467-99p 0500-32c 0533-66p dated-x

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13. Date-late

• [missing data]

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14. Details of contacts with other monasteries

• [missing data]

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15. Type of evidence regarding the monastery

• [missing data]

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16. Additional notes

• [missing data] (incl. details of the size of the monastic population)

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17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by

• [missing data]

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