Liao Dynasty Statues Chilbulbong Research

The Liao Dynasty be known as Worship of Buddhism. The prosperity of Buddhism had a profound impact on the political、economic、cultural and social aspects of Liao Dynasty, even related to the rise and fall of the dynasty. In the history of Liao dynasty, Esoteric Buddhism had a rapid development, thus formed the " Esoteric Buddhism revival, and the combination of Exotoric Buddhism and Esoteric Buddhism".The seven Buddha’s belief originated in India, it content already existing as early as in basic classic India primitive Buddhism. The seven Buddha contained successively Vipasyin、Sikhin、Visvabhu、Krakucchanda、Kanakamuni、Kasyapa and Sakyamuni. In the process of the development of Buddhism, they are the common object of worship Sakyamuni’s belief and Maitreya’s belief.In the development of Buddhism art, the images about seven Buddha with a long history, formed and developed gradually with the seven Buddha’s belief propagation. The Fengguo temple founded inl020in Yi Country Liaoning province. The Daxiong hall is the temple’s main hall and is the Fengguo Temple kept only Liao’s building. It contains architecture of Liao Dynasty, sculpture about Buddha, architectural painting remains three in one. The seven Buddha as the long-term popularity theme of Buddhism art, most existing remains in pagoda and caves, like Fengguo Temple housed in a wooden building and grand scale is in the rare and has important research value. A series of pagoda of Liao Dynasty also contained the seven Buddha’s image,, due to the deep religious factors and it is also necessary to in-depth study and discussion on its.This paper started from the "Fengguo Temple in Yi Country" and discussed the symmetric structure and one-way sequence structure about the seven Buddha’s images of Liao Dynasty. Discussed the classic and the images about the seven Buddha’s belief of Liao Dynasty. Combined with the pagoda of Liao dynasty, compared with the previous seven Buddha’s image in many cases. Pointed out in the history of Liao dynasty. Esoteric Buddhism had a profound impact on the Liao’s seven Buddha’s images and discussed the relations between the seven Buddha’s belief and Incantation of Tuo Ronnie. In order to reveal the seven Buddha’s belief of Liao Dynasty function and practical utility, and thus demonstrate the reality of the many ethnic and religious thought and art exchange of Liao dynasty.Although there are books and papers about" Fengguo Temple in Yi Country", but the most scholars discussed architecture history and style from the point of view of architecture, or to study its statues style from the perspective of Buddhist’s relics. This paper is based on the research of the predecessors and starting from the perspective of Buddhism art, combination of the first hand data after investigation、the literature and the image data. Discussed it from many angles, expand the scope of the Buddhism art in Liao Dynasty and to enrich the research contents so as to draw the attention of related scholars’attention to some issues and then benefits further the art research of Liao Dynasty.