Virtual Pilgrimage and Virtual Geography: Power of Liao Miniature Pagodas (907-1125)

This paper examines the role of the miniature in Buddhist ritual, through analyses of miniature pagodas from middle-period China. Due to the otherworldly sensations they evoked and their theatrical nature, miniatures were often endowed with magical and performative power in funerary and religious co...

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Published in:Religions
Main Author: Gim, Yeon mi (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: MDPI [2017]
In: Religions
Further subjects:B pagoda
B Buddhism
B Liao empire
B Stūpas
B miniature
B Ritual
B Sacred Place
B Holy Sepulcher
B virtual pilgrimage
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