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The shrines contain a vast amount of relief carvings. [1] Three walls of Wu Liang's shrine were still standing as late as the 11th century, which is the reason that the site of all the family shrines are often called after him. [2] The shrine to Wu Liang (78-151 AD) was built in 151 AD in what is now Jiaxiang County of southwestern Shandong ...
Nüwa and Fuxi on the murals (rubbing depicted) of the Wu Liang shrines, Han dynasty (206 BC – 220 AD) The iconography of Fuxi and Nüwa vary in physical appearance depending on the time period and also shows regional differences. [22] In Chinese tomb murals and iconography, Fuxi and Nüwa generally have snake-like bodies and human face or head.
Fusang is a mythical world tree or place located far east of China.. In the Classic of Mountains and Seas and several contemporary texts, [1] the term refers to a mythological tree of life, alternatively identified as a mulberry or a hibiscus, allegedly growing far to the east of China, and perhaps to various more concrete territories which are located to the east of the mainland.
Each shrine recites different sutras such as the Lotus Sutra, Śūraṅgama Sūtra, Golden Light Sutra and other texts as required. The Emperor Liang Repentance, the foundational text for the liberation rite, (traditional Chinese: 梁皇寳懺) is also recited multiple times.
Emperor Wu of Liang (Chinese: 梁武帝) (464 – 12 June 549 [3]), personal name Xiao Yan (蕭衍), courtesy name Shuda (叔達), childhood name Lian'er (練兒), was the founding emperor of the Chinese Liang dynasty, during the Northern and Southern dynasties period. His reign, until its end, was one of the most stable and prosperous among ...
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Synonyms: Wu-liang-ha, Orankha, Oranke (兀良哈/乙良哈) according to Korean records, Orangai (瓦爾哈;オランカイ) according to Japanese records. Location: They settled south of the Suifen River (绥芬河 or 速平江), on the north-west of Hui-ning under the leadership of one of Ahacu (阿哈出)'s sons.
After a three-year journey, Bodhidharma reached China in 527, [32] during the Liang (as opposed to the Song in Daoxuan's text). The Anthology of the Patriarchal Hall includes Bodhidharma's encounter with Emperor Wu of Liang, which was first recorded around 758 in the appendix to a text by Shenhui (神會), a disciple of Huineng. [33]