Mt. Omei: Wannian Temple, Buddha's Tooth

Title: Mt. Omei: Wannian Temple, Buddha's Tooth
Caption: Elephant’s tooth seen in a Buddhist temple on the way down from Golden Summit of Mount Omei. To the Chinese, this is Buddha’s tooth, 1911
Identifier: AEJ_055
Alternative Identifier: 154
Description: Two men presenting "Buddha's Tooth". The men's head and shoulders are cut off in the framing of the photo. From the clothing, the man on the right is a priest (note extra long sleeves of gown) and the man on the right is a laborer (note short jacket and trousers). The relic is enclosed in a glass case and sits on carved wooden a chair.
Creator: Johns, Alfred
Date Created: 1911-08
Location: Wannian Temple, Mt. Emei, Sichuan
Geonames: https://www.geonames.org/12495741/wannian-temple.html
Event: 1911 Johns' Mt. Omei Trek
Original Format: photographic print
Source: Ken Johns
Provenance: Johns Family Archives
Access Rights: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Publisher: SIUE
Record Date: 2023-08-08
Contributor: Nicholas Fowler; Ken Johns; Cory Willmott
Type: Still Image