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"Tayuan Monastery is located to the west of Xiantong Monastery. An enormous white stupa stands out in prominence among a cluster of temples and a grove of trees. It is regarded as the signpost of Mount Wutai. The stupa is fifty meters high and hung with 250 bells that jingle pleasantly in the breeze."
http://www.foreignercn.com/bbs/redirect.php?tid=30915&goto=lastpost
"The Big White Pagoda for Buddha's Sarira in Tayuan Monastery, the symbol of the Wutai Mountain, is said to have been built there before the Emperor Mingdi of the Eastern Han Dynasty(25-220AD). The pagoda, in Nepalese style, has a base circumference of 83.3 meters and is 75.3 meters high. Inside the pagoda, there is small India-made iron stupa, where some remains of Sakyamuni are kept. […] it stands in front of the other temples in Taihuai Town […]"
http://www.datongguide.com/bakgl/jdxx.asp?id=146&lx1=2&lx2=3
Taihuai, China Page
Other names: T'ai-huai-chen
World:China:Shanxi Sheng
Lat 39.0944 Long 113.5894
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/24/Taihuai.html
Input by: tmciolek, Apr 16, 2009
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 Tayuan monastery, CN.
lat=39.0944 long=113.5894
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2009.
Google Map link:
Final data - explanatory notes
1. Monastery's name
- Tayuan monastery
2. Monastery's modern country & province
- China:Shanxi Sheng
3. Monastery's alternative/historical names
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4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates
- Approx., Lat 39.0944 Long 113.5894 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/24/Taihuai.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
- T'ai-huai-chen - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/24/Taihuai.html
8. The settlement's coordinates
- Exactly, Lat 39.0944 Long 113.5894 - http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/24/Taihuai.html
9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition
- Mahayana
10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition
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11. Date-early
- Est. c. 220 AD - http://www.datongguide.com/bakgl/jdxx.asp?id=146&lx1=2&lx2=3
12. Date-intermediate
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13. Date-late
- Still in use in the early 2000s AD - http://www.datongguide.com/bakgl/jdxx.asp?id=146&lx1=2&lx2=3
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
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17. Corrections & addenda to this page were kindly provided by
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