Objects Found in the Pagodas and the Buddhist Worlds of Nanzhao and Dali
A small beaded Garuda found inside Qianxun Pagoda opens a view onto Buddhist imagery, metalworking and the wider assemblage recovered from the towers.
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A small beaded Garuda found inside Qianxun Pagoda opens a view onto Buddhist imagery, metalworking and the wider assemblage recovered from the towers.
A municipal account links the lean of two smaller pagodas to the 1925 earthquake, while also recording damage and the loss of objects.
The central square pagoda and two octagonal towers form a group whose shared setting does not erase their different profiles and periods.