Yinshan Temple: Altar
Wood
Yinshan Temple: Altar
TAIWAN, New Taipei City; Qing dynasty
This altar is 242 cm long, 83 cm wide, and 126 cm high. Modeled after the altars that were popular during the rule of Emperor Qianlong (reigned 1736–1795) and Emperor Jiaqing (reigned 1796–1820), the sides are higher and decorated with scroll-like curved ends.
The front of the altar is divided into two sections: the upper section consists of two layers of square panels exquisitely carved with wooden reliefs, and the lower is made up of a board hanging down with wave patterns. The two front supports have inscriptions in red dating the altar to 1843, and providing the name of the donor, Zhang Yingcai, who was a college student.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts, page 378.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Yinshan Temple: Altar." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , vol. 18, 2016, pp. 378.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Stefanie Pokorski, Mankuang, and Wen Fan. 2016. "Yinshan Temple: Altar" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts , 18:378.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youji, Pokorski, S., Mankuang, & Fan, W.. (2016). Yinshan Temple: Altar. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Artifacts (Vol. 18, pp. 378).
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