Fangzhang Cavern
方丈洞
方丈洞
Fāngzhàngdòng
Fang-chang-tung
Jinci Fangzhang Cavern
晉祠方丈洞
晋祠方丈洞
Jinci Laojun Shrine
晉祠老君祠
晋祠老君祠
Fangzhang Cavern
方丈洞
方丈洞
Fāngzhàngdòng
Fang-chang-tung
Jinci Fangzhang Cavern
晉祠方丈洞
晋祠方丈洞
Jinci Laojun Shrine
晉祠老君祠
晋祠老君祠
pre-17th century
Ming-Qing
Fangzhang Cavern, also known as Laojun Shrine 老君祠 , is located to the south of Chaoyang Cavern, and its single entrance leads to three caverns. According to Liu Dapeng, this was originally the residence of Daoist priests who placed an images of Laozi and guardian warriors in the shrine. Then the Daoist priests were replaced with Buddhist monks, and this was consequently renamed ‘abbot’s quarters' (fangzhang). None of the caverns along this portion of the mountain (numbers 26-32 on our plan of the site) are shown on Gao Ruxing’s (jinshi 1521) Jinci zhitu 晉祠之圖 (1551).
cavern
cí
洞
洞
Date pre-17th century
1600-01-01
1700-12-31
Dynasty Ming-Qing
1368-01-01
1912-12-31
Fangzhang Cavern
方丈洞
方丈洞
Fāngzhàngdòng
Fang-chang-tung
Jinci Fangzhang Cavern
晉祠方丈洞
晋祠方丈洞
Jinci Laojun Shrine
晉祠老君祠
晋祠老君祠
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Fangzhang Cavern
方丈洞
方丈洞
Fāngzhàngdòng
Fang-chang-tung
Jinci Fangzhang Cavern
晉祠方丈洞
晋祠方丈洞
Jinci Laojun Shrine
晉祠老君祠
晋祠老君祠
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Fangzhang Cavern
方丈洞
方丈洞
Fāngzhàngdòng
Fang-chang-tung
Jinci Fangzhang Cavern
晉祠方丈洞
晋祠方丈洞
Jinci Laojun Shrine
晉祠老君祠
晋祠老君祠
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Fangzhang Cavern
方丈洞
方丈洞
Fāngzhàngdòng
Fang-chang-tung
Jinci Fangzhang Cavern
晉祠方丈洞
晋祠方丈洞
Jinci Laojun Shrine
晉祠老君祠
晋祠老君祠
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(eds.), "Jin Shrines, Fangzhang Cavern 晉祠方丈洞 " in Architectura Sinica last modified 2021-9-23-01:00, https://architecturasinica.org/place/000048z