Research On The Pishamen Son Of Heaven Statue In Sichuan Area

There leaves behind a lot of rock cave art in Sichuan area, which is the most important distribution area of south China in the rock caves. It is hold an important space in our country' s rock cave art. It has already researched to a more thorough stage of the Sichuan area Buddhism statue in recent years. Mainly is concentrates in the image of Buddha' s style, source and category to makes certain combing with the research. It has the preliminary research in the form and reason of statue. But the research in Pishamen Son of Heaven has just reach to simple Basic documents, and incomplete. The Son of Heaven as a protection god, generally appears in Buddha's side, but is alone appears in Sichuan area. It is studies few in the reason of a main body appearance, with relations for the area south of Yellow River and statue itself characteristic. Not only have the system combing, but also have the thorough research. So this article make the alone appearens Of Pishamen Son of Heaven as cuts into the spot, at present, many basic situations for the Pishamen Son of Heaven Statue in Sichuan area is not all clear. So this article is trying to reorganization in many basic situations for the Pishamen Son of Heaven Statue in Sichuan area, and compared the images with Dunhuang and south of Yellow River area. Using each discipline know ledges to analyze and performs the understanding, and make more thorough researches from each aspects. Such research only then has the foundation and the significance.This article using the method of fine arts archaeology and iconology, conducts the research of the Pishamen Son of Heaven Statue in Sichuan area. Using historical literature and archaeology to attention the Pishamen Son of Heaven Statue where have the same statue. At last, union history literature and archaeology report to reorganize and textual research in Pishamen Son of Heaven Statue in Sichuan area.The article approximately divides into four chapters. In part I, the author summarizes the concept of Pishamen Son of Heaven, and record for Pishamen Son of Heaven in classics. In part II the author Reorganize and collect the basic situation of Pishamen Son of Heaven Statue in Sichuan area, and divide into the region to introduce them. In part III, Through Compared with the images with Dunhuang and south of Yellow River area, do some research in the image characteristic and source. Think there was not Pishamen Son of Heaven Statue in Yungang rock cave. It appears in Longmen rock caves. The Pishamen Son of Heaven Statue in Sichuan area concentrates in the center and late Tang period. There are a lot of murals about Pishamen Son of Heaven in Dunhuang, which have little rock caves. It was influenced from the western region and area south of Yellow River in early time. In part IV, mainly about the reason of widely popular for Pishamen Son of Heaven Statue in Sichuan area. The reason is the war in Sichuan .And then talk about the deification in Pishamen Son of Heaven.The mainly achievement of this article is to reorganize exhaustively in the Pishamen Son of Heaven Statue in Sichuan area. The conclusion that Pishamen Son of Heaven Statue in Sichuan area is influenced from the area south of Yellow River and the western region at the beginning. But afterwards gradually formed own characteristic. As a result of history and geography transportation, culture and so on, The Sichuan area all has the relation in the Tang Dynasty and the area south of Yellow River and the western region. But the cultural exchange and the dissemination also is extremely frequent. At that time, The Pishamen Son of Heaven Statue in Sichuan area is correlated about the social condition such as politics, economy, and military.