Project Description
Baodingshan is a Buddhist site located in Dazu County 大足县, near Chongqing 重庆. It is half-mile long cliff face carved with over 6000 sculptures among which are intermingled both sacred and secular texts. The Baodingshan project encompasses Prof. Kucera’s work on the topic since 1993, providing free access to a substantial collection of materials for teaching and research, and featuring a unique interactive scroll that allows visitors to explore the Baodingshan archaeological site and access associated images. The bi-lingual site weaves the images and texts together in a way that helps contextualize them culturally and historically, and features both Chinese transcribed texts from within the site, along with English translations.
All the materials on the Baodingshan site are freely downloadable for teaching and research purposes.
The online resource complements Dr. Kucera’s recently published book, Ritual and Representation in Chinese Buddhism. It utilizes the digital medium to widely disseminate new scholarly materials for teaching and research on the topic, allowing for many more images than are economically feasible in through traditional publishing.
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