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    Bus Trip to Washington, DC Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan

    Bus Trip to Washington, DC Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan

    Presented by University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)

    May 19, 2011


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    Echoes of the Past: The Buddhist Cave Temples of Xiangtangshan: Join Dr. Nancy H. Steinhardt on a bus trip to the Freer/Sackler, Washington, DC to explore Echoes of the Past. Majestic sixth-century Chinese Buddhist sculpture is combined with 3-D imaging technology in this exploration of one of the most important groups of Buddhist devotional sites in early medieval China. Carved into the mountains of northern China, the Buddhist cave temples of Xiangtangshan were the crowning cultural achievement of the Northern Qi dynasty (550-77 CE). Home to a magnificent array of sculptures-monumental Buddhas, divine attendant figures, and crouching monsters framed by floral motifs-statues from the caves sold on the international market are reunited for the first time in this exhibition. Seating is limited. The Bus will leave the Penn Museum Kress Entrance at 8 am.


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        University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum)

        3260 South Street
        Philadelphia, PA 19104

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        Tickets:

        $60 Penn Museum Members; $80 General Admission

        Info Phone: 215-898-4000

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      • Dates & Times

        Dates:
        May 19, 2011

        Times:

        8 am-7 pm

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