Jin Shrines, Fangzhang Cavern 晉祠方丈洞
edition published: 2021-9-23-01:00
language: en; zh-latn-pinyin; zh-Hant; zh-Hans; zh-latn-wadegile
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Fangzhang Cavern; 方丈洞; 方丈洞; Fāngzhàngdòng; Fang-chang-tung; Jinci Fangzhang Cavern; 晉祠方丈洞; 晋祠方丈洞; Jinci Laojun Shrine; 晉祠老君祠; 晋祠老君祠
identifier: https://architecturasinica.org/place/000048z
Date: 1600-01-01–1700-12-31, pre-17th century
Dynasty: 1368-01-01–1912-12-31, Ming-Qing
Fangzhang Cavern, also known as Laojun Shrine 老君祠, is located to the south of Chaoyang Cavern, and its single entrance leads to three caverns. According to Liu Dapeng, this was originally the residence of Daoist priests who placed an images of Laozi and guardian warriors in the shrine. Then the Daoist priests were replaced with Buddhist monks, and this was consequently renamed ‘abbot’s quarters' (fangzhang). None of the caverns along this portion of the mountain (numbers 26-32 on our plan of the site) are shown on Gao Ruxing’s (jinshi 1521) Jinci zhitu 晉祠之圖 (1551).
Type: cavern, cí, 洞, 洞
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