Incense Burning on the Heads of Buddhist Initiates

Title: Incense Burning on the Heads of Buddhist Initiates
Caption: The moment of truth as 9 holes burn into scalp, p.39
Identifier: JOW_42
Alternative Identifier: #5
Description: The room inside the temple is crowded with Buddhist acolytes with burning incence cones upon their shaved heads.
Creator: Ralph Outerbridge
Date Created: 1939-01-22
Location: Wenshuyuan Monastery, Chengdu, Sichuan
Geonames: https://www.geonames.org/12500542/wenshu-yuan-monastery.html
Event: 1939 Buddhist Initiation Ceremony
Physical Dimensions: 5.8 h x 5.8 w cm
Original Format: black and white photographic print
Is Version Of: Incense Burning on the Heads of Buddhist Acolytes; Acolytes Endure Burning of Incense Upon Their Heads
Source: Judith Outerbridge Walker
Provenance: Ralph and Margaret Outerbridge Family Archives
Access Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher: SIUE
Record Date: 2024-08-19
Contributor: Derek Burns, Nicholas Fowler, Cory Willmott
Type: Still Image
Published In: Description of this event pp. 23-25, Munro, Beyond the Moon Gate
Subject: Chinese religion

Media: JOW_42A_Buddhist_Initiation_Incense_Ceremony.jpg; JOW_42B_Buddhist_Initiation_Incense_Ceremony.jpg

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