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ID: 901001359
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001359
Record Type: Event/Narrative

Miraculous Image of Liangzhou (Buddhist narratvie)

Note: Legend surrounding the miraculous stone image of Buddha in Fanhe County of Liangzhou and its modelling. Juqu Mengxun opened the caves and made a colossal buddha on behalf of his mother; the earliest colossal stone image in China.

Names:
Miraculous Image of Liangzhou (Buddhist narratvie) (preferred,English-P,D,P)

Hierarchical Position:
Legend, Religion, Mythology (P)
....<Buddhist iconography> (P)
........<Buddhist narratives> (P)
............Miraculous Image of Liangzhou (Buddhist narratvie) (I)
Other Relationships:
role/characteristic is .... narrative (literary works)
.....(genres for literature, genres in literature and performing arts, concepts in the arts and humanities, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
culture/religion is .... Buddhism
.....(religions (belief systems, cultures), religions and religious concepts, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
topic is .... sculpture (visual works)
.....(visual works by material or technique, visual works (works), Visual Works (hierarchy name), Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name)) (AAT)
located in .... Liangzhou
.....(Gansu province, China, Asia) (TGN)

Sources:
Miraculous Image of Liangzhou (Buddhist narratvie)
................British Museum [online] (1999-)
Iconography Record Sources:
................ British Museum [online] (1999-)
................ Buswell and Lopez, Princeton Dictionary of Buddhism (2013)

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