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Exploring the Fangshan Stone Scriptures

Name: Exploring the Fangshan Stone Scriptures
Description: Generations of monks who carved scriptures · The carving and preservation of the Fangshan stone scriptures · From the Sui and Tang periods onward · Shijingshan, Fangshan · Understanding the transmission of Buddhist texts through stone inscriptions · Tracing the story of scripture slabs stored in mountain caves

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撩開房山石經的神秘面紗「國寶背後的故事(第11集)」【陽光衛視20週年經典展播】

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Who: Generations of monks who carved scriptures
What: The carving and preservation of the Fangshan stone scriptures
When: From the Sui and Tang periods onward
Where: Shijingshan, Fangshan
Why: Understanding the transmission of Buddhist texts through stone inscriptions
How: Tracing the story of scripture slabs stored in mountain caves

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