Transcript Early Buddhist Sculpture

Early Buddhist Sculpture
The Caves of Yungang
http://www.hillmanwonders.com/china/yungang.htm
http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/43602.htm
• Located in the Shanxi
Province of China
• Represent early
Buddhist art in China.
• Carved 1500 years
ago
Who built the caves?
• Northern Wei Dynasty
(386-534)
• Under Guidance of
monk Tan Yao
• 453-493
http://www.paulnoll.com/China/Dynasty/dynasty-Three-Kingdoms.html
The Caves of Yungang
• Yungang consists of:
– 53 caves
– And over 51,000
carvings depicting
Buddha and his life
http://www.china.org.cn/english/kuaixun/75235.htm
Group #1
• Caves #1-4
• Cave #3
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http://www.travelchinaguide.com/pict
ure/shanxi/datong/yungang_grottoes/
0023394.htm
Group #2
•Caves #5-13
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Links
Cave#5
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http://www.chinavr.net/shanxi/datong/ygsk_e.
htm
Picture:
http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/datong/YUNGAN
G11.htm
cave 13
Yungang Caves
Entrance to Cave 7
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/picture/shanxi/datong/yungang_grottoes/0023428.htm
Group #3
• Caves #14-53
• Caves numbering 16 to Cave 20 are the oldest in
this complexes and each one symbolizes an
emperor from the Northern Wei Dynasty
• Emperor is the Buddha
• Caves #21 and up were built later on and not as
impressive.
Cave #20 (Sakyamuni)
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/picture/shanxi/datong/yungang_grottoes/0023537.htm
Longmen Caves
• 100,000 images of
Buddha
• 2345 caves
• Created during the
Northern Wei and Tang
dynasties
http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsname=Wikipedia+Images&dekey=Longmen-grottoes-longmen-mountain-from-a-distance.jpg&gwp=8
Where are they?
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/henan/
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/henan/luoyang/
Why were they Created?
• The northern Wei
Dynasty changed
capitals from Datong
to Luoyang.
• The Buddhists needed
a closer place to
worship.
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/henan/luoyang/longmen.htm
Fengxian Temple
• The core of the longmen
caves
• 672-675
• Also called the “eastern
Mona Lisa” or the
“Mother of China”
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/picture/henan/luoyang/longmen_grottoes/0005711.htm
Middle Binyang Cave
• Constructed during
Northern Wei Dynasty
• Constructed from 500523
http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=7ra9xvez8ni1?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Middle+Binyang+Cave&gwp=8&curtab=2222_1&sbid=lc02a
Lianhua Cave (Lotus Cave)
• Construction started
around 527
• The Buddha at the center
of the cave measures 15ft
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/henan/luoyang/longmen.htm
References
• http://www.chinaetravel.com/attraction/att25a.html
• http://www.hillmanwonders.com/china/yungang.htm
• http://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/shanxi/datong/yungang_
grottoes.htm
• http://www.china.org.cn/english/kuaixun/75235.htm
• http://www.chinavr.net/shanxi/datong/ygsk_e.htm
• http://www.chinaknowledge.de/Art/Grottoes/grottoes.html
• http://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/henan/luoyang/longmen.
htm