Priest with Lotus Flower Relic
Item
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Title
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Priest with Lotus Flower Relic
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Caption
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A Buddhist priest at Lien-Hwa-ssu, Mt. Omei. The stone is wrongly believed to be a petrified flower. 1925. [The same one I - DGE - saw in 1935; we were told then that it was Buddha's tooth.]
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Identifier
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DCG_021
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Alternative Identifier
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108-198
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Description
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A Buddhist priest stands next to a relic said to be a petrified lotus flower. This should not be confused with the Buddha's Tooth relic pictured in a different photograph (that is published in Religion in Szechwan). He wears light colored robe with wide sleeves and holds a set of prayer beads. He is bald and has a short beard. The relic appears to be carved with a lotus motif around the bottom. In the background is a temple doorway with Chinese characters written on the frame.
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Creator
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Graham, David Crockett
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Date Created
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1925
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Location
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Leiyin Temple, Mt. Emei, Sichuan
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Original Format
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glass plate
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Relation
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AEJ_054
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Source
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Whitman College and Northwest Archives
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Provenance
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Jean Graham Brown and Dorothy Graham Edson, daughers of DCG, and Chris Hoogendyk, grandson of DCG.
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Publisher
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SIUE
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Record Date
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2024-10-09
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Contributor
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Cory Willmott
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Type
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Still Image
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References
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Graham, David Crockett. 1926-1929. A collecting trip to Washan and Mount Omei. Journal of the West China Border Research Society 3: 30-33.
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Published In
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Graham, David Crockett. 1928. Religion in Szechuan Province, China. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 80(4): Plate 15.
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Subject
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priest
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abstract
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"The Buddhist abbot at Hua Lien Ssu, or Lotus Flower Monastery, on Mt. Omei. The stone is thought to be a petrified lotus flower." (Published in Graham, David Crockett. 1928. Religion in Szechuan Province, China. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections 80(4): Plate 15)
