Xiangguo monastery, (in) Kaifeng, Hennan, CN

Raw data

"Xiangguo Monastery is located on Ziyou Lu Rd and was first built in 555. The Hall of Heavenly King, the Mahavira Hall, the Octagonal Glazed-Tile Hall, and the Scripture Preserving Hall are all structures of the Qing Dynasty. In the Octagonal Hall, you'll flnd a wooden statue of Avalokitesvara with four faces and one thousand hands and eyes. The 5-meter-high statue weighs 4 tons and is gilded all over, and it was carved from a thousand year old gingko in the time of Qianiong. In the Bell Tower, there is a giant bronze bell that was made during the Qing Dynasty. It is 3 meters high and weighs 5 tons. When it is striked, the bell can be heard all over the town. It is one of many attractions in Kaifeng."
http://library.thinkquest.org/20443/henan.html

Kaifeng, China Page
Other names: Kai-fêng Fu,K'ai-feng-shih,K'ai-feng-hsien,Kai-feng Fu
World:China:Henan Sheng
Lat 34.7911 Long 114.3483
http://www.fallingrain.com/world/CH/9/Kaifeng.html

Jinhua Chen. 2005. Images, Legends, Politics, and the Origin of the Great Xiangguo Monastery in Kaifeng: A Case-Study of the Formation and Transformation of Buddhist Sacred Sites in Medieval China. Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 125, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 2005), pp. 353-378. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20064373

Input by: tmciolek, Aug 17, 2009

Final data (and their sources)

Last updated: 30 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.

Location of Xiangguo monastery, CN.

General location of the Xiangguo monastery, CN.
lat=34.7911 long=114.3535
Mapping & images: Falling Rain Genomics (http://www.fallingrain.com), 2009.


Google Map link:

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=34.7911+114.3535+(Approx.%20loc.%20of%20the%20Xiangguo%20monastery,%20CN)&ll=34.7911,114.3535&spn=05.0,05.0&t=k&hl=en


Final data - explanatory notes

1. Monastery's name


2. Monastery's modern country & province

  • China:Henan Sheng

3. Monastery's alternative/historical names

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4. Monastery's lat/long coordinates

  • Approx., Lat 34.7911 Long 114.3535 - visual identification of the monastery in maps.google.com - tmc, 6 Jan 2010.

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


8. The settlement's coordinates


9. Monastery's major Buddhist tradition


10. Monastery's Buddhist sub-tradition

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11. Date-early

MBM chrono-tag: 0533-66c - tmciolek 30 Jul 2014
0533-66c 0567-99c 0600-32c 0633-66c 0667-99c 0700-32c 0733-66c 0767-99c 0800-32c 0833-66c 0867-99c 0900-32c 0933-66c 0967-99c 1000-32c 1033-66c 1067-99c 1100-32c 1133-66c 1167-99c 1200=> dated-el


12. Date-intermediate

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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

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

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