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Murals from Rural North China, 1500-2018
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People’s Republic 中華人民共和國 (1949-Present)
Temple to Lord Guan at North Tower Valley-Mouth Fort 北樓口堡老爺廟 — (Ying County 應縣, 1608 [?], partially repainted [?] in 2008)
Unnamed Dragon King Temple 08 無名龍王廟 – (Yu County 蔚縣, 1730)
The Water-and-Land Hall, Kṣitigarbha Hall, Ghost-King Hall, and Hall to the Gods of the Earth and Mountains at Xinglong Monastery 興隆寺水陸殿、地藏殿、鬼王殿、山神土地殿 — (Jia County 佳縣, 1882 [??])
Unnamed Dragon King Temple and Opera Stage 無名龍王廟、戲台 – (Zuoyun County 左雲縣, 1882 and late 20th century)
Unnamed Opera Stage 03 無名戲台 — (Yu County 蔚縣, 19th or early 20th century)
Unnamed Opera Stage 07 無名戲台 – (Yu County 蔚縣, 19th and early 20th century)
Temple to King Wuling of Zhao and Opera Stage at Zhao Village 趙村趙武靈王廟,戲台 — (Dai County 代縣, late 19th century, graffiti from 20th century)
Grandfathers’ House Pantheon Scrolls in Household Shrine 家中神龕爺爺家百神卷軸畫 — (Wutai County 五台縣, 19th or early 20th century)
The Opera Stage at East Great-Peace Village 東太平村戲台 — (Yu County 蔚縣, early 20th century)
Various Paintings from Fu Village 富村分散圖畫 — (Dai County 代縣, early 20th century)
Kang-Liner Pictures and Śākya Monastery at Autumn-Grove Village 秋林村炕圍子、釋迦寺 – (Yanggao County 陽高縣, 1970s-90s)
Kang-Liner Pictures from Great Gorge-Mouth Village 大峪口村炕圍子 – (Yanggao County 陽高縣, 1970s-90s)
Palace of the Mother of Waters at Ever-Abundant Fort 永豐堡水母宮 – (Qiaoxi District 橋西區, 1982)
Temple to the Three Emperors at Li Family Gulch 李家坬三皇廟 — (Jia County 佳縣, 1992)
Shrine of the Water God 水神堂 – (Guangling County Seat 廣靈縣城, 1993)
Temple to Lord Guan, the Black Dragon King, and the Water-Gaze Boddhisattva at Hemp Earth Slope 麻地塄關公、黑龍王、水觀菩薩廟 — (Shenmu County 神木縣, 1993)
Village Screen Wall in South Xiji Village 南洗冀村口影壁 – (Yu County 蔚縣, late 20th century)
Temples to the Horse King and the Dragon Kings at Xiang Family Rise 項家塔馬王廟、龍王廟 — (Shenmu County 神木縣, 1990s)
Various Temples of Building-Peace Fort 建安堡各個廟宇 — (Yuyang District 榆陽區, 1990s)
Golden Buddha Monastery 金佛寺 — (Jia County 佳縣, 1994)
Grandfather’s House Scroll, depicting Dragon Kings and the Mother of Waters, by Unknown Contemporary Painter 爺爺家捲軸,供奉水母及五海龍王,不詳名當代畫家繪 — (Wutai County 五台縣, late 20th, 21st century)
Temple to Lord Guan at South Jia [Family] Fort 南賈寨關公廟 — (Ying County, 2002)
Tower of the Jade Emperor at Washing-Horses Grove Fort 西馬林堡玉皇閣 – (Wanquan County 萬全縣, 2007, possibly painted over earlier images)
Dragon-Phoenix Monastery 龍鳳寺 — (Datong County 大同縣, 2000s)
Temple to the God of Walls and Moats at Holds-the-Gate Fort 鎮門堡城隍廟 – (Yanggao County 陽高縣, 2016)
Various Village Screens 各個村口影壁 – (Yunzhou District 雲州區, 2010s)
Grandfathers’ House Pantheon Scrolls by Artist Yao Ganghuan 姚鋼環繪爺爺家百神捲軸畫 — (Wutai County 五台縣, 21st century)
Grandfathers’ House Pantheon Scrolls by Bian Changgen of Dongye Town 東冶鎮邊長根先生繪爺爺家百神卷軸畫 — (Wutai County 五台縣, 2010s)