Heavenly Palace in the Yellow Springs

The Wirkak Sarcophagus (580 CE) and Buddhist Elements in Funerary Art of Early Medieval China

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Online Zoom Webinar
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ocusing on the stone sarcophagus of Wirkak (494-579 CE) and his wife Wiyusi, a Sogdian couple descended from Central Asia, this talk discusses the ways in which the funerary monument in Wirkak’s underground tomb is rendered like a Buddhist pagoda that evokes the vision of a heavenly palace. In the popular teaching of Mahayana Buddhism, magnificent palaces in heavens await the arrival of the souls...