Broken Statues at Shabaozhai Temple

Item

Title
Broken Statues at Shabaozhai Temple
Caption
Hell Razed by Revolution, Shi Bao Chaia Temple
Identifier
SEFA_063
Alternative Identifier
Simpson Album p14
Description
The camera looks down a cavity behind a tall wooden fence with open slats. There are numerous broken statues on the ground in the cavity. In the foreground, one statue is standing, but its head has been broken off. The caption implies that it was revolutionary rebels who perpetrated this damage.
Commentary
Shabaozhai Buddhist Temple is at the top of a pagoda that is famously carved into the mountainside. The pagoda was built in the Qing Dynasty to facilitate access to the temple on top. The temple was also expanded then to honor Manjusri, one of Buddhism's most important deities. In 2008, the Three Gorges Dam raised the water level so it now sits upon an island, but not so in 1913.
Date Created
1913
Location
Shabaozhai, Chongqing
Geonames
https://www.geonames.org/12522718/shabaozhai.html
Event
1913 Dr. E. Kyle Simpson's First Yangtze River Voyage
Original Format
Photographic print
Relation
Precious Stone Buddhist Temple on the Yangtze
Is Part Of
Simpson-Estabrook Photo Album
Source
Courtesy of Kyle Jolliffe
Provenance
E. Kyle Simpson photos curated by Alice Estabrook Simpson - captions written by her. In the care of Kyle Jolliffe.
Access Rights
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.en
Publisher
SIUE
Record Date
2026-09-29
Contributor
Cory Willmott; Kyle Jolliffe
Type
Still Image
Item sets
Simpson-Estabrook Family Archives
Media
SEFA_063_Simpson Album p14 Hell Razed by Revolution Shi Bao Chain Temple.jpg

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