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Overview of Liu Benzun tableau (Liu Benzun shilian ku 柳本尊十煉窟), Pilu dong (毗廬洞) Anderl, Christoph

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The Liu Benzun tableau (Liu Benzun shilian ku 柳本尊十煉窟) is located in Pilu cave (Pilu dong 毗盧洞), Anyue xian 安岳縣, Sichuan sheng 四川省. Dimensions: 14.10m(L)x5.65m(H). The main statue is of the Vairocana Buddha seated in the lotus position. Two mallas (Ch. lishi 力士) hold the lotus seat. The tableau is divided into four layers: upper, middle, lower and top wall. The lower three layers are statues depicting the process of Liu Benzun undergoing sufferings and the Bodhisattvas witnessing his practices. Each cluster includes an inscription elaborating on Liu Benzun's austerity. The left part (from the viewer's perspective) of the tableau contains the odd numbered austerities, and the right part contains the even numbered austerities. Photo [1] shows the modern introductory plaque. Metadata created by Longyu Zhang (May 31, 2022).

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Title
Overview of Liu Benzun tableau (Liu Benzun shilian ku 柳本尊十煉窟), Pilu dong (毗廬洞)
Creator
Anderl, Christoph
Contributor
From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued
2019-05-23
Description
The Liu Benzun tableau (Liu Benzun shilian ku 柳本尊十煉窟) is located in Pilu cave (Pilu dong 毗盧洞), Anyue xian 安岳縣, Sichuan sheng 四川省. Dimensions: 14.10m(L)x5.65m(H). The main statue is of the Vairocana Buddha seated in the lotus position. Two mallas (Ch. lishi 力士) hold the lotus seat. The tableau is divided into four layers: upper, middle, lower and top wall. The lower three layers are statues depicting the process of Liu Benzun undergoing sufferings and the Bodhisattvas witnessing his practices. Each cluster includes an inscription elaborating on Liu Benzun's austerity. The left part (from the viewer's perspective) of the tableau contains the odd numbered austerities, and the right part contains the even numbered austerities. Photo [1] shows the modern introductory plaque. Metadata created by Longyu Zhang (May 31, 2022).
Subject
Anyue Buddhist sites; Sichuan Buddhist art; Pilu Cave; Buddhism; Stone carving; Liu Benzun
Geographic Location
Sichuan Sheng (China); Anyue Xian (China); Yuanjue dong (China); 29.929444; 105.630976
Type
Still Image
Language
chi; eng
Notes
Author Affiliation: Ghent University
Series
Cluster 3.4: Typologies of Text-Image Relations
Date Available
2023-03-24
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0428587
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/84027
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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