Land Northern The Amphibious Painting Art

A group of temples was discovered in the North Shaanxi province, in which many wall paintings called Water and Land painting were gathered together. The wall paintings all have been painted in Ming and Qing Dynasty. All the temples are located in Yulin City and Jiaxian County and Shenmu County, assembled in a place not surpassed over70kilometres. These group have12temples.These thesis studied these wall paintings, discussed the years of the wall paintings, shared many detail of the culture of the North Shaanxi Province. All the temple's constructions and wall paintings were introduced to you, at same time, I paid more attention to inscription on a memorial tablet from these temples. The ancient times inscriptions in all are24stones. The most important stone was The Tiandi Mingyang Water and Land Gods's Inscriptions. When I was investigated in the area, I always talked with the location residents and collected some oral history about the North Shaanxi Province and water and land paintings.The group of temple in the North Shaanxi Province is the heritage of the war and disasters. In the times of Ming and Qing Dynasty, so many water and land paintings were created in this area, indicating the Shui Lu Zhai Rite was very popular in the area.I believe behind of the water and land wall paintings, it was the bless for all the living people and the dead. The arts tell us that the great power comes from the organinations of the temple. When they met with disasters, these temples served as the locations of Shui Lu Zhai Rite. They encouraged all people to have the holp of the future and the spirit to live.