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Daoist-Buddhist statues in niche 23, Yuanjue dong 圓覺洞 Anderl, Christoph

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Niche 23 in Yuanjue dong 圓覺洞, Anyue xian 安岳縣, Sichuan sheng 四川省 shows a Daoist deity (Ch. Tianzun 天尊) at the center accompanied by shoe-clad jade-maidens (Ch. yunü 玉女), perfect beings (Ch. zhenren 真人), and eight divine characters in the background [1]. On the left wall, Laozi (Ch. Laojun 老君) carrying a fan and two disciples of him are also portrayed [2]. On the right wall, Buddha Śākyamuni is holding an alms bowl while making the meditation mudra [3]. References: Liu, Yang, 1997. "Cliff Sculpture: Iconographic Innovations of Tang Daoist Art in Sichuan Province." in Orientations 28(8), pp. 85-92. Wu, Wenhe, 2016: Bashu fojiao diaoke yishushi 巴蜀佛教雕刻藝術史. Chengdu: Bashu shushe, p.77. Metadata created by: Yalin Du, Sijia Li, Clara Ma, Jie Zhang.

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Title
Daoist-Buddhist statues in niche 23, Yuanjue dong 圓覺洞
Creator
Anderl, Christoph
Contributor
From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued
2019-05-22
Description
Niche 23 in Yuanjue dong 圓覺洞, Anyue xian 安岳縣, Sichuan sheng 四川省 shows a Daoist deity (Ch. Tianzun 天尊) at the center accompanied by shoe-clad jade-maidens (Ch. yunü 玉女), perfect beings (Ch. zhenren 真人), and eight divine characters in the background [1]. On the left wall, Laozi (Ch. Laojun 老君) carrying a fan and two disciples of him are also portrayed [2]. On the right wall, Buddha Śākyamuni is holding an alms bowl while making the meditation mudra [3]. References: Liu, Yang, 1997. "Cliff Sculpture: Iconographic Innovations of Tang Daoist Art in Sichuan Province." in Orientations 28(8), pp. 85-92. Wu, Wenhe, 2016: Bashu fojiao diaoke yishushi 巴蜀佛教雕刻藝術史. Chengdu: Bashu shushe, p.77. Metadata created by: Yalin Du, Sijia Li, Clara Ma, Jie Zhang.
Subject
Anyue Buddhist site; Sichuan Buddhist Art; Yuanjue Dong; Buddhism; Stone Carving; Daoism
Geographic Location
Sichuan Sheng (China); Anyue Xian (China); Yuanjue dong (China); 30.090897705; 105.3448909
Type
Still Image
Language
zxx
Notes
Author Affiliation: Ghent University
Series
Cluster 3.4: Typologies of Text-Image Relations
Date Available
2023-03-23
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
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Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0428579
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/84020
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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