Hebei Longxing Temple Mani Mural Studies

Long Xingsi positive mani temple mural is the Ming Dynasty Chenghua years drawn from the folk painter. Its content is the performance of the Buddha is "Western scenery" and "Oriental net world of glass", as well as Buddhism "twenty-four heavens" theme. In addition, as well as the Buddha Buddha origins of life "". The picture content rich amazing. Since ancient times, the Buddhist painting is an important topic in the China art history. In ancient times, legend has it that there are murals, decorative indoor, in addition,"adult education, improve human relations" is a great role in fresco. To the Xia, Shang, Zhou Dynasty, heavy dignity grade, mural art because of its unique style, so that the ruler was emphasized. This is Chinese early mural art. By the year67, in the promotion of Emperor Mingdi of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Buddhism was introduced into china. There are China characteristics emerge as the times require Buddhist murals. Through these on to the mortal world picture, can make listeners feel in the worldly life and the trend of the times. One of the earliest Buddhist murals are drawn in the White Horse Temple "thousands of horses for riding around the tower three turns of plot". Then, just like bamboo shoots after a spring rain as rapid development, even to the point of madness.Then the whole nation has many temples, with Buddhist painting as decoration. Its content is constantly changing, the formation of new situation of rich and colorful. Ming period, because the rulers of the respected, mural painting flourished, and more content and the custom stories are linked, and the former is different, the literati painters painted frescoes scenario has not seen. The court painter to draw only occasionally,"painting plastic line" professional folk painter apprentice. Although these powder by this, but will also join the then popular, suitable for the taste of the mass content. The fine picture rigorous, uses the single outline, flat, halo, Lek powder paste techniques, the accumulation of experience with the former, completed. The Ming Dynasty Buddhist murals are precious wealth Chinese art, in Chinese mural history shine. Longxing Temple mani temple murals are also precisely because of these reasons is worth studying.Since yuan, for the prosperity of Tibetan Buddhism, there are many temples of Tibetan Buddhist art, but the Longxing Temple mani temple murals were not affected; in the Ming Dynasty temple murals, there appear with characteristics of the times of the boutique, murals and Beijing Fahai Temple murals painted mani temple is in the same period and different regions of the murals, the style change large; an art form that exists in the world, can not be separated from the other factors exist. Fresco is the same, from the picture, the conclusion can be obtained, in addition to the content, aesthetic factors is one aspect that affects the mural style, also has a great relationship with the social factors such as position, painter. In addition, Mani temple murals "Buddhist Origin" part of the Buddhist story is strong, comprehensive content, compared with other caves, or the Temple Buddhist stories are more abundant, but also has its own unique. These problems, this paper try to gradually resolve to demonstrate the method of example, the mural research consists of content and form, through the analysis, to explore the reasons behind, and points out what part fresco influenced. Because the literature rarely seen these contents, this paper will combine the existing research results, through the introduction of Longxing Temple, temple history appearance, Mani temple murals and drawing style, comparison of style and Beijing Fahai Temple murals, to clarify the factors one by one temple murals, preliminary study of contemporary aesthetic culture, thereby mining Ming period wall painting style. To enrich the previous studies on the mani temple murals, the Ming Dynasty Buddhist murals for the inheritance of culture and Buddhist murals provide a little reference.