This page groups sacred sites by whether their sacred status is still actively maintained. Wikipedia notes that Mircea Eliade "argues that while the concept of a sacred space is often associated with religious traditions, it is not exclusive to them," since secular societies can keep treating a place as significant too. Browsing this way lets a visitor tell a site with living religious observance apart from one preserved mainly for its history.
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Overview
What Defines This GroupingMountain monasteries of Chan, the Chinese meditation school that is the parent of Japanese Zen and Korean Seon. What collects them is the school's lineage of transmission rather than an event in the Buddha's life: a Chan site is a seat where the practice and its succession were kept. 2 Learn More
Chan Buddhist sacred sites
This small group holds a sacred site of Chan Buddhism, the Chinese meditation tradition (the parent of Japanese Zen), whose mountain monasteries were centres of the practice and transmission of the school.
The browser will find the site the atlas classes here. The entry describes its history and significance within the Chan tradition.
Standing, but maintained as a museum or heritage monument
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Sources
1. Divinity Atlas Directory Taxonomy, First Edition Category Tree
2. Pilgrims and Sacred Sites in China
Susan Naquin and Chun-fang Yu (eds), University of California Press, 1992
Divinity Atlas Directory Prose, First Edition Category Descriptions
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