Longmen's Stone Buddhas and Cultural Heritage When Antiquity Met Modernity in China |
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| Author:
| Wang, Dong |
| Series title: | Asia/Pacific/Perspectives Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5381-4111-3 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2020 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $78.99 |
Book Description:
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This book offers the first history of the rediscovery of a UNESCO World Heritage site in China, Longmen's caves and the Buddhist statuary of Luoyang. Drawing on fieldwork and archival sources, Wang traces the ties between cultural heritage and modernity, unraveling how this historical monument has been understood from antiquity to the present.
This book offers the first history of the rediscovery of a UNESCO World Heritage site in China, Longmen's caves and the Buddhist statuary of Luoyang. Drawing on fieldwork and archival sources, Wang traces the ties between cultural heritage and modernity, unraveling how this historical monument has been understood from antiquity to the present.