The Xumi Fushou Temple (Chinese: 须弥
Xumi Fushou Temple | |
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Religion | |
Affiliation | Buddhist |
Province | Hebei |
Region | China |
Leadership | Lobsang Palden Yeshe, 6th Panchen Lama Qianlong Emperor |
Status | Preserved |
Location | |
Municipality | Chengde |
Architecture | |
Style | Tibetan and Chinese |
Completed | 1780 |
Xumi Fushou Temple | |||||||||
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Simplified Chinese | 须弥 | ||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 須彌 | ||||||||
Literal meaning | Temple of Happiness and Longevity of the Sumeru Mountain | ||||||||
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History
editThe temple was first designed in 1780 to celebrate the 70th birthday of the Qianlong Emperor.[2] It was built for Penchen Lama the VI who came to Chengde from Tibet to convey his congratulations and is a fusion of Chinese and Tibetan architectural style.
Structures
editIts main building, the Great Red Terrace (Dahongtai, simplified Chinese:
Paleontology
editFrom 1979 and into the 1980s, the Eight Outer Temples and Chengde Mountain Resort were renovated using local stone slabs. Since 1992, fossilized dinosaur tracks in the rock slabs have been reported from Hebei and the surrounding area. Over 40 tracks were found at Xumi Fushou Temple, in front of the front door and behind the páilóu.[3]
References
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承 德 访古——须弥福寿 之 庙 –中国 民族 宗教 网". 4 March 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2022. - ^ Su, Te-cheng; Lai, Hui-min (2021). "Resplendent Innovations". In Siebert, Martina; Chen, Kai Jun; Ko, Dorothy (eds.). Resplendent Innovations: Fire Gilding Techniques at the Qing Court. Mobilizing People, Objects, and Nature in the Qing Empire. Amsterdam University Press. pp. 157–186. doi:10.2307/j.ctv1tfw0z6.16. JSTOR j.ctv1tfw0z6.16. S2CID 238622159. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
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ignored (help) - ^ Xing, Lida; Lockley, Martin G.; Du, Tianming; Zhang, Lijun; Klein, Hendrik; Romilio, Anthony; Persons, W. Scott; Wang, Kuan; Li, Zhenyu; Wan, Xiaoqiao (1 March 2020). "Dinosaur tracks from the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary Tuchengzi Formation (Hebei Province, China) used as building stones in the Chengde imperial summer resort: Age, ichnology, and history". Cretaceous Research. 107: 104310. doi:10.1016/j.cretres.2019.104310. ISSN 0195-6671. S2CID 210266977.