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The Hell Tableau (地獄變), Niche 20, Baodingshan Dafowan Rock Carvings (寶頂山大佛灣摩崖造像) Anderl, Christoph

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Baodingshan Dafowan Rock Carvings (寶頂山大佛灣摩崖造像) is situated in Baoding Town (寶頂鎮), Dazu District (大足區), Chongqing (重慶). The site contains 32 rock carving niches dated to the Southern Song 南宋 Dynasty (1127–1279 CE). This niche depicts a complex Hell Tableau (地獄變) illustration in four layers. The upper layer contains a line of ten Buddha images representing the Buddhas of the Ten Directions. The middle layer has Kṣitigarbha (Dizang Bodhisattva, 地藏菩薩) flanked by the Ten Kings (Shi wang, 十王), who are in charge of the Hells and their attendants. The bottom two layers depict the punishment scenes of the eighteen hells. Descriptions of the photos: Overview of the tableau [Image 01, Image 02]. Surrounding environment [Image 03, Image 04]. Close-up of the upper and middle layers of the tableau [Image 05, Image 06]. Metadata created by: Sau Ling Wendy Yu.

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Title
The Hell Tableau (地獄變), Niche 20, Baodingshan Dafowan Rock Carvings (寶頂山大佛灣摩崖造像)
Creator
Anderl, Christoph
Contributor
From the Ground Up: Buddhism & East Asian Religions (FROGBEAR Project)
Date Issued
2016-11-01
Description
Baodingshan Dafowan Rock Carvings (寶頂山大佛灣摩崖造像) is situated in Baoding Town (寶頂鎮), Dazu District (大足區), Chongqing (重慶). The site contains 32 rock carving niches dated to the Southern Song 南宋 Dynasty (1127–1279 CE). This niche depicts a complex Hell Tableau (地獄變) illustration in four layers. The upper layer contains a line of ten Buddha images representing the Buddhas of the Ten Directions. The middle layer has Kṣitigarbha (Dizang Bodhisattva, 地藏菩薩) flanked by the Ten Kings (Shi wang, 十王), who are in charge of the Hells and their attendants. The bottom two layers depict the punishment scenes of the eighteen hells. Descriptions of the photos: Overview of the tableau [Image 01, Image 02]. Surrounding environment [Image 03, Image 04]. Close-up of the upper and middle layers of the tableau [Image 05, Image 06]. Metadata created by: Sau Ling Wendy Yu.
Subject
Dazu; Baodingshan; Buddhist art; Rock carving; Buddha; Ksitigarbha; Dizang; Ten Kings; Hell
Geographic Location
Chongqing (China); Dazu Qu (Chongqing, China); 29.75437; 105.794074
Type
Still Image
Language
chi
Notes
Author Affiliation: Ghent University
Series
Cluster 3.4: Typologies of Text-Image Relations
Date Available
2024-03-01
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0440547
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/87501
Affiliation
Non UBC
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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