[past event]
CAMLab Symposium
Buddhist Art and Architecture of the Liao Dynasty
September 17 2022
The Liao Empire (907-1125), founded by the Khitan people in northern China, has created some of the most extraordinary Buddhist monuments in Asia. “Buddhist Art and Architecture of the Liao Dynasty” is an academic research workshop that brings together research from emerging scholars that explore the social and political contexts, cultural exchanges, religious imaginations, and symbolic rituals behind the material culture, architecture, and city planning of the Liao dynasty.
Workshop Program
Opening Remarks | Bo Sun, Chenchen Lu
Panel 1 | Monastery in Space and Space in Monastery
Chair: Bo Sun
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Political Expression and Religious Landscape along the Axis of the Liao Upper Capital
Yifeng Xie (Hunan University)
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The Xishanpo N.1 Pagoda Foundation in the Liao Upper Capital and the Pavilion-style Pagoda of the Liao Dynasty
Ying Wang (Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)
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Evolution of Space in Tang and Liao Buddhist Monasteries
Zhu Xu (Harbin Institute of Technology)
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Multiple Voices in a Multicenter Age: Two Bronze Basins with Arabic Inscriptions in the Khitan Aristocratic Tombs of the Liao Dynasty
Qi Lu (Beijing Film Academy)
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Discussant: Tianyue Wu
Panel 2 | Image and Ritual
Chair: Qi Lu
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Integrating the Esoteric and the Exoteric: The Spatial Structure and Visual Style of the Ten Thousand Buddhas in the Cave 2 of Zhenji Monastery of the Liao
Ling Cui (Hunan Institute of Science and Technology)
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The Art of Esoteric Buddhism in the Mural of the Jueshan Monastery Pagoda
Bo Sun (National Museum of China)
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A Study on the Gilded Pagoda of Dharma Relic Decorated with Pearl-Holding Phenix Excavated from the Heaven Palace of White Pagoda of Qingzhou
Suhyoung Sung (Mokwon University)
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A Comparative Research on the Nirvana Imageries of Liao, Song, and Xi Xia
Bo Yu (Shandong Normal University)
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Discussant (Mingwu Zhang)
Panel 3 | Mantra in Material
Chair: Zhu Xu
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A Comparative Study of the Woodblock Prints of The Dharani Sutra Of Casket Seal in Liao, Wuyue, and Goryeo.
Tianye Wu (Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts)
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The Seven Past Buddha Motif and Dharani Pillar in the Liao Funerary Practice
Yun Gu (Central Academy of Fine Arts of China)
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The Evolution of Dharani Pillars in the Liao and Jin Dynasties
Mingwu Zhang (University of Chinese Academy of Sciences)
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Discussant: Yifeng Xie
Time: September 17, 2022 | Saturday
GMT+8: 01:00 pm - 06:00 pm
EST: 01:00 am - 06:00 am