Project Summary
In 2008, the third Yale Silk Road Seminar focused primarily on the Liao and Jin cultures and included visits to many sites with surviving period pagodas, towers, temples and statuaries. At several sites, the group also saw well-preserved Yuan Dynasty Buddhist mural paintings. Browse images from this seminar here.
Sites visited:
*The Yale Silk Road Database is an ongoing project; currently, some sites are not represented.
Yonglegong 永乐宫: Ruicheng County, Shanxi Province
Guangshengsi 广胜寺: Hongdong County, Shanxi Province
Shuanglinsi 双林寺: Pingyao County, Shanxi Province
Zhengguosi 镇国寺: Pingyao County, Shanxi Province
Tianlongshan 天龙山: Taiyuan, Shanxi Province
Jincisi 晋祠寺: Taiyuan, Shanxi Province
Shanxi Provincial Museum 山西省博物馆: Taiyuan, Shanxi Province
Foguangsi 佛光寺: Wutai County, Shanxi Province
Jingtusi 净土寺: Ying County, Shanxi Province
Fogongsi 佛宫寺: Ying County, Shanxi Province
Chongfusi 崇福寺: Shuozhou, Shanxi Province
Huayansi 华严寺: Datong, Shanxi Province
Shanhuasi 善化寺: Datong, Shanxi Province
Yungang Caves云冈石窟: Datong, Shanxi Province
Huayanjing pagoda 华严经塔: Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Inner Mongolia Museum 内蒙古博物馆: Hohhot, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Daming Pagoda 大明塔: Ningcheng County, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Shangjing Ruins 上京遗址: Lindong, Balinzuoqi, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Liao Taizu Mausoleum 辽太祖陵: Lindong, Balinzuoqi, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Aohan Museum 敖汉文化馆: Chifeng, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Chifeng Museum 赤峰博物馆: Chifeng, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region
Shenyang Palace 沈阳故宫: Shenyang, Liaoning Province
Liaoning Provincial Museum 辽宁省博物馆: Shenyang, Liaoning Province
Jingguang Relic Pagoda 净光舍利塔: Shenyang, Liaoning Province
Yemaotai Liao Tomb 叶茂台辽墓: near Shenyang, Liaoning Province
Fengguosi 奉国寺: Jinzhou, Liaoning Province
Chongxingsi 崇兴寺: Jinzhou, Liaoning Province
Daguangjisi Pagoda 大广济寺塔: Jinzhou, Liaoning Province
Chaoyang North Pagoda 朝阳北塔: Chaoyang, Liaoning Province
Yunjiesi 云接寺: Chaoyang, Liaoning Province
Juyongguan 居庸关: Beijing
Jietaisi 戒台寺: Beijing
Tanzhesi 潭柘寺: Beijing
Selection of Images
Huashan, Shaanxi Province, Yale Silk Road Seminar 2008, © Mimi Hall Yiengpruksawan.
Yemaotai Liao Dynasty Tomb, Faku County, Liaoning Province. Yale Silk Road Seminar 2008, © Mimi Hall Yiengpruksawan.
Yonglegong, Yuncheng City, Ruicheng County, Shanxi Province. Yale Silk Road Seminar 2008, © Mimi Hall Yiengpruksawan.
Hall of the Three Saints, Shanhuasi, Datong City, Shanxi Province. Yale Silk Road Seminar 2008, © Mimi Hall Yiengpruksawan.
Buddha Amitabha, Yungang Cave 20, Datong, Shanxi Province. Yale Silk Road Seminar 2008, © Mimi Hall Yiengpruksawan.
Wanbu Huayanjing Pagoda, Hohhot City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Yale Silk Road Seminar 2008, © Mimi Hall Yiengpruksawan.
Yuntai (Cloud Terrace) at Juyongguan, Beijing Municipality. Yale Silk Road Seminar 2008, © Koichi Shinohara.Permission to publish any image from this collection in print or on the Web is granted at the discretion of the relevant copyright holder and requests may be forwarded to the Council on East Asian Studies, Yale University. Site technical questions and comments may be e-mailed to the Visual Resources Collection, Yale University.
Qianfodian, Chongfusi, Shanxi Province, Yale Silk Road Seminar 2008,© Mimi Hall Yiengpruksawan. 
Famensi, Baoji City, Fufeng County, Shaanxi Province. Yale Silk Road Seminar 2008, © Mimi Hall Yiengpruksawan. 
Lokapala, Shuanglinsi, Pingyao County, Shanxi Province. Yale Silk Road Seminar 2008, © Mimi Hall Yiengpruksawan.