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Avalokitesvara (觀音菩薩) and Mahasthamaprapta (大勢至菩薩), Niche 2, Mingshan si (茗山寺) Anderl, Christoph

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Niche 2 is located in Mingshan Temple (茗山寺), situated in Dingxin Town (頂新鄉), Anyue County (安岳縣), Ziyang City (資陽巿), Sichuan. The site contains twelve rock carving niches, mostly dating from the late Northern Song Dynasty 北宋 (960–1127) to the early Southern Song Dynasty 南宋 (1127–1279). The niche depicts two giant seated bodhisattva statues, Avalokiteśvara (Guanyin pusa 觀音菩薩) on the left and Mahāsthāmaprāpta (Dashizhi pusa 大勢至菩薩) on the right. Both bodhisattvas are seated with crossed legs on lotus thrones. They wear tall floral crowns, necklaces and double-collar drooping cassocks. The crown of Avalokiteśvara has a small standing Buddha figure in the middle, while that of Mahāsthāmaprāpta contains a seven-layered pagoda with a seated Buddha image in the bottom layer. Avalokiteśvara holds a scripture with both hands, and Mahāsthāmaprāpta carries a bowl. Descriptions of the photos: Overview of the niche [Image 01, Image 02, Image 03, Image 04]. Close-up of Avalokiteśvara [ Image 05, Image 06, Image 07, Image 08]. Close-up of Mahāsthāmaprāpta [Image 09, Image 10, Image 11, Image 12]. Inscriptions below the Avalokiteśvara statue. Since it contains simple Chinese characters, was likey written more recently [Image 13]. Metadata created by: Sau Ling Wendy Yu.

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Title
Avalokitesvara (觀音菩薩) and Mahasthamaprapta (大勢至菩薩), Niche 2, Mingshan si (茗山寺)
Creator
Anderl, Christoph
Contributor
From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued
2019-05-23
Description
Niche 2 is located in Mingshan Temple (茗山寺), situated in Dingxin Town (頂新鄉), Anyue County (安岳縣), Ziyang City (資陽巿), Sichuan. The site contains twelve rock carving niches, mostly dating from the late Northern Song Dynasty 北宋 (960–1127) to the early Southern Song Dynasty 南宋 (1127–1279). The niche depicts two giant seated bodhisattva statues, Avalokiteśvara (Guanyin pusa 觀音菩薩) on the left and Mahāsthāmaprāpta (Dashizhi pusa 大勢至菩薩) on the right. Both bodhisattvas are seated with crossed legs on lotus thrones. They wear tall floral crowns, necklaces and double-collar drooping cassocks. The crown of Avalokiteśvara has a small standing Buddha figure in the middle, while that of Mahāsthāmaprāpta contains a seven-layered pagoda with a seated Buddha image in the bottom layer. Avalokiteśvara holds a scripture with both hands, and Mahāsthāmaprāpta carries a bowl. Descriptions of the photos: Overview of the niche [Image 01, Image 02, Image 03, Image 04]. Close-up of Avalokiteśvara [ Image 05, Image 06, Image 07, Image 08]. Close-up of Mahāsthāmaprāpta [Image 09, Image 10, Image 11, Image 12]. Inscriptions below the Avalokiteśvara statue. Since it contains simple Chinese characters, was likey written more recently [Image 13]. Metadata created by: Sau Ling Wendy Yu.
Subject
Anyue Buddhist sites; Yuanjue Cave; Buddhist art; Rock carving; Bodhisattva; Avalokitesvara; Guanyin; Mahasthamaprapta; Dashizhi
Geographic Location
Anyue (China); Sichuan (China); 30.06192; 105.56822
Type
Still Image
Language
chi
Notes
Author Affiliation: Ghent University
Series
Cluster 3.4: Typologies of Text-Image Relations
Date Available
2024-01-09
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0438584
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/87166
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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