Modern Chinese Buddhist Culture in the Greater Hangzhou Region in Yu Dafu's Travel Notes
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3286847 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Yi Yang (0000-0002-9729-8522, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, corresponding author), Xiaoya Xu (0000-0003-2645-8637), XU Xiao-ya (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 11 |
| Pages | 1360 |
| Publication date | 2023-10-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444 |
| Publisher | MDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT) |
| DOI | 10.3390/rel14111360 |
| OpenAlex | W4388188151 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 5 |
Buddhism has been a significant part of Hangzhou's rich history. Throughout the twentieth century, Hangzhou's Buddhist culture continued to inspire many Chinese writers, one of the most prominent being Yu Dafu. The writer stayed in Hangzhou several times during the 1920s and 1930s and wrote numerous travel notes, including many describing his and his friends' visits to temples in and around Hangzhou. These short travel notes, written in modern Chinese with the characteristics of modern prose, opened a relationship between Buddhism and Chinese literature, effectively inaugurating a fresh genre of Chinese Buddhist literature. This paper focuses on Yu Dafu's travel notes, considers extensive historical sources, and explores how they recorded and represented Chinese Buddhist culture in Hangzhou and more broadly. This paper also explores the reciprocal influence of contemporary Hangzhou's Buddhist culture on writers' cognitive frameworks, spiritual solace, and literary choices
Archaeology · Art · Buddhism · China · Chinese culture · Chinese literature · Linguistics · Literature · Reciprocal · Chinese history and philosophy · History · Japanese History and Culture · Philippine History and Culture · Philosophy
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |