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Imperial Identity and Religious Reformation: The Buddhist Urban Landscape in Northern Wei Luoyang.
- Source :
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Religions . May2024, Vol. 15 Issue 5, p551. 19p. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- Based on Yang Xuanzhi's account of the burned-down Luoyang city during the Northern Wei dynasty and contemporary archeological discoveries, this paper tries to decipher the pre-Luoyang memory and imperial identity of the Northern Wei royal family that are embedded in the urban planning of Luoyang city by understanding the reformation of Buddhist politico-religious policy through both a historical approach and literary analysis. Buddhism played a crucial role in the Northern Wei's campaign of establishing their rulership as a legitimate one from the Chinese perspective. Buddhist temples became structures where commoners interacted on a daily basis, and, in these interactions, the Xianbei rulers managed to bring multiple factors into balance: Northern Wei imperial and Chinese identities and the tension between preserving the ancestral memory and merging the Northern Wei regime into a Chinese political context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *RELIGIOUS identity
*BUDDHIST temples
*BUDDHISTS
*URBAN planning
*REFORMATION
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20771444
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Religions
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 177492075
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15050551