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A Tale of Two Stupas - Diverging Paths in the Revival of Buddhism in China (Hardcover)
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A Tale of Two Stupas - Diverging Paths in the Revival of Buddhism in China (Hardcover)
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Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang Province, and the surrounding
environs have one of the richest Buddhist cultures in China. In A
Tale of Two Stupas, Albert Welter tells the story of Hangzhou
Buddhism through the conceptions, erections, and resurrections of
Yongming Stupa, dedicated to the memory of one of Hangzhou's
leading Buddhist figures, and Leifeng Pagoda, built to house stupa
relics of the historical Buddha. Welter delves into the intricacies
of these two sites and pays particular attention to their origins
and rebirths. These sites have suffered devastation and endured
long periods of neglect, yet both have been resurrected and
re-resurrected during their histories and have resumed meaningful
places in the contemporary Hangzhou landscape, a mark of their
power and endurance. A Tale of Two Stupas adopts a site-specific,
regional approach in order to show how the dynamics of initial
conception, resurrection, and re-resurrection work, and what that
might tell us about the nature of Hangzhou and Chinese Buddhism.
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