The Hell Tableau (地獄變), Niche 20, Baodingshan Dafowan Rock Carvings (寶頂山大佛灣摩崖造像) – Depictions that warn against alcohol

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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) – Depictions that warn against alcohol Anderl, Christoph; Yu, Sau Ling Wendy

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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 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. The bottom layer of the tableau consists of eight punishment scenes that represent the eight hells. These hells are based on the texts in the Verses of the Transformation Tableau of the Hell (Diyu bian jingwen ji song, 地獄變經文偈頌). In addition, there are depictions that warn against alcohol. The depictions show the harmful effects of alcohol, including (1) a father not recognizing his son, (2) a husband not recognizing his wife, (3) the drunk man not recognizing his brother, (4) the drunk woman not recognizing her sister, (5) the drunk who kills his father, (6) the drunk who violates his mother. Additionally, a scene depicts a monk being offered wine and two figures falling into hell below. Descriptions of the photos: Key to the scenes [Image 01]. Overview of the scenes [Image 02 to Image 06]. Father not recognizing his son [Image 07]. Drunk man not recognizing his brother and the drunk woman not recognizing her sister [Image 08]. Inscriptions [Image 09, Image 10]. Figure falling into hell [Image 11, Image 12]. 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) – Depictions that warn against alcohol
Creator	Anderl, Christoph; Yu, Sau Ling Wendy
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 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. The bottom layer of the tableau consists of eight punishment scenes that represent the eight hells. These hells are based on the texts in the Verses of the Transformation Tableau of the Hell (Diyu bian jingwen ji song, 地獄變經文偈頌). In addition, there are depictions that warn against alcohol. The depictions show the harmful effects of alcohol, including (1) a father not recognizing his son, (2) a husband not recognizing his wife, (3) the drunk man not recognizing his brother, (4) the drunk woman not recognizing her sister, (5) the drunk who kills his father, (6) the drunk who violates his mother. Additionally, a scene depicts a monk being offered wine and two figures falling into hell below. Descriptions of the photos: Key to the scenes [Image 01]. Overview of the scenes [Image 02 to Image 06]. Father not recognizing his son [Image 07]. Drunk man not recognizing his brother and the drunk woman not recognizing her sister [Image 08]. Inscriptions [Image 09, Image 10]. Figure falling into hell [Image 11, Image 12]. 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; 105.794066
Type	Still Image
Language	chi
Notes	Author Affiliation: Ghent University, University of Hong Kong
Series	Cluster 3.4: Typologies of Text-Image Relations
Date Available	2024-04-23
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0441479
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/87938
Affiliation	Non UBC
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Faculty
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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