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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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[2017]
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Religions
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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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