Imperial Identity and Religious Reformation
The Buddhist Urban Landscape in Northern Wei Luoyang
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3516994 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chris Ling (0000-0002-1497-7432, City University of Hong Kong, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 551 |
| Publication date | 2024-04-29 |
| 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/rel15050551 |
| OpenAlex | W4396544631 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 3 |
Based on Yang Xuanzhi's account of the burned-down Luoyang city during the Northern Wei dynasty and contemporary archeological discoveries, this paper tries to decipher the pre-Luoyang memory and imperial identity of the Northern Wei royal family that are embedded in the urban planning of Luoyang city by understanding the reformation of Buddhist politico-religious policy through both a historical approach and literary analysis. Buddhism played a crucial role in the Northern Wei's campaign of establishing their rulership as a legitimate one from the Chinese perspective. Buddhist temples became structures where commoners interacted on a daily basis, and, in these interactions, the Xianbei rulers managed to bring multiple factors into balance: Northern Wei imperial and Chinese identities and the tension between preserving the ancestral memory and merging the Northern Wei regime into a Chinese political context
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Buddhism · Environmental planning · Ethnology · Genealogy · Geography · Urban landscape · Chinese history and philosophy · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Religious Tourism and Spaces
| Citations per year | 2 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2026 (2) |
| Highly cited | No |