Figures
1 The Four Great Famous Mountains (Sida mingshan
2 Huacheng Monastery 34
3 The exterior of the Dizang Pagoda 44
4 An earthenware vat was spotted in an open field close to the Jiuzi Monastery
5 A pottery vat exhibited at Yungang Grottoes Museum
6 The interior of the Dizang Pagoda 61
7 A copy of a talisman for granting male offspring 125
8 A physical copy of a talisman for granting male offspring issued by the Changsheng Chapel. Printed ink on paper. 43 × 19 cm 126
9 A copy of a protective talisman from the Tiantai Peak on Mount Jiuhua 128
10 A copy of a luck-bearing talisman 129
11 A picture of the underworld pass woodblock. 90 × 70 cm 133
12 “Pass from the Dizang Chan Monastery at Great Mount Jiuhua.” 21.5 × 30 cm. Preserved in the Shanghai Library 136
13 Pilgrimage to Mount Jiuhua depicted in the Dianshizhai Pictorial 139
Tables
1 Local sources for Jin Dizang’s story on Mount Jiuhua 32
2 The evolution of the three elements in history 37