Northern Song Dynasty Haiqing Temple Ashoka Pagoda Silver Letter, Level 1
北宋海清寺阿育王塔银函,一级
The shape resembles the real coffin, with a wide and narrow front, which is used to bury the relics. At the beginning of the letter there is a statue of the King of Heaven with two weapons, the cover of the letter is a statue of Buddha Nirvana, on both sides are the ten major disciples crying statues, the bottom is a moulded tangled branch, the lower part is full of mustaches, the surrounding is a hollow moiré, and the back of the letter Engraved with the donor's name and year's payment in seven lines and ninety-four characters. The use of coffin-shaped containers to bury the relics is an important manifestation of the combination of Buddhism and traditional Chinese funeral ideas since the Tang Dynasty.
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"Seventh Year of Xining" in the Northern Song Dynasty
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Western Han Dynasty Longevity Embroidery
Residual length 170.5 × width 55 cm Unearthed in 1993 from Tomb No. 2 of Yinwan Han Tomb, Wenquan Town, Donghai County, Lianyungang City
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Northern Song Dynasty Haiqing Temple Ashoka Pagoda Stone Letter, Level 1
Front height 60, rear height 53.5, length 89, width 41 cm
The core pillar of the Ashoka Pagoda in Haiqing Temple, Lianyungang City, was unearthed in 1974