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Cultural Study on the Shengyuan Temple Steles in Dali

  

  1. (Dali University, Dali, Yunnan 671003, China)
  • Received:2015-11-13 Online:2016-03-15 Published:2016-03-15

Abstract:

The article studies the history of the Shengyuan Temple from Sui- Tang Dynasties to Ming- Qing Dynasties through
reviewing the tablets in the temple, analyzes the reason for the flourishing and decline of this temple, and discusses the relationship between the Shenyuan Temple and Avalokitesvara-build-kingdom belief of Nanzhao and Dali Kingdom, as well as the changing process of the Avalokitesvara- build-kingdom belief to the folk belief after the Yuan Dynasty in this temple.

Key words: the Shengyuan Temple, inscriptions, Nanzhao, Dali, Avalokitesvara-build-kingdom belief

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