Water Moon Guanyin Statues

Buddhism spread to China, from Qin's secret to develop to the third century missionary faith with great fanfare in the country, has been two thousand years of history, faith Guanyin from the third century, the image of their art illustrations, creed achievement flourish, countless believers, saying:"every Guanyin, every household, Amitabha." Resulted in no small folk influence. Belief in the initial stage of Guanyin, generally can be divided into the Pure Land Buddhist, granted three types of mind and France and China, France and China ranks third highest category, "Universal Door Goddess of Mercy" is the Chinese Goddess of Mercy believe the most important development in the history of a classic. Guanyin from the nature of belief points, can be divided into exoteric Guanyin, Goddess of Mercy and the esoteric three categories of Guanyin in China, the total of its rich content, unique.Water Moon Guanyin is "dwarfed world view in the water of the Goddess of Mercy', is one of the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy 33. Water, month, and in the Buddhist canon is a" metaphor "of a symbol." Flower Adornment Sutra "(Taisho Chih) After the second 79:"Observation of the five aggregates are illusory thing, sector, such as Green Snake, a fine, such as air together. All dharmas, accommodation, restaurants, such as flame, water in the month, a dream, such as video. Such as ring, such as like. (Da Zheng Zang Volume 10, P307 page). Water Moon Guanyin image generation, first seen in art history books, "ancient paintings in mind" records:Zhou Fang "wonderful record of the body of Moon Water," VolumeⅢcontains:"Sheng-ji, a tower southeast hospital, Zhou Fang painting Moon Water View Bodhisattva cover barrier, Buddha and bamboo circle of light and purity Liu whole." Break in the yellow complex of "Yi Chau paintings record", the records follow the trend of many artists painted concept of audio and video from the moon in the water, such as:Zuo Quan, Sediments were Tsz Temple in Chengdu, Sichuan Story and Shengshou Temple painting "Moon Water view video." Water Moon Guanyin statue of the popular and beliefs, and the Dunhuang area, the Central Plains region and for the broader line of succession, influential art form of expression since the late Tang Dynasty over a thousand years from the time the rich and constantly developing. In Korea, Japan, temple monks there, "Moon Water Guanyin" paintings, and well preserved. Dunhuang Grottoes "Moon Water Guanyin," statues of the worship of the scale of relatively hot, so we can see from the numbers, Moon Water began Zhou Fang Kuan Yin created the "new kind of model", in the Five Dynasties, Song, Xia frescoes in Dunhuang has with 27, was found in the Dunhuang Library Cave of paper painted handscroll there are five, this 32 painting the same subject matter, similar works cent surviving more than half, we put it referred to as Dunhuang Moon Water Guanyin imaging.2004-2006, Academy of the Yulin Grottoes of Dunhuang Cave 29 Cave rescue replication of the entire copy. I joined the bear Dongbi "Moon Water Goddess of Mercy" mural on the copying and use of work order copy the practices of the existing bleak one, Overwhelming unclear cave paintings, "Moon Water Guanyin map" to a complete re out to complete the task the better by peers and scholars at home. During the copying process, also discovered and produced a study of the problem of the image, in the 29th Hole "Moon Water Guanyin map" into a pond, but also decorated with dragons and crocodiles strange, then under the banner scroll painting type characters, content unknown, resulting in different intent, the author would like to explore the "Moon Water View Video" and create French and Textual content, whether the Department is of interest to this paper, therefore, I study on this subject produced a renewal of interest in the study are combined with my copy of "Moon Water Goddess of Mercy" in the process of understanding and experience of the image produced by a broad study of social factors in order to start a discussion, please Fang teach.