A Study On The Eleven-Faced Avalokitesvara Jingbian In The Dunhuang Grottoes

The Eleven-Faced Avalokitesvara JingBian is one of the most revered buddhist tantrism is numerous tantra Avalokitesvara in dunhuang area first. Period of the tang dynasty as the spread of tantra in dunhuang area, until the xixia period, a super JingBian image remains as a kind of popular with people guanyin image appears in the dunhuang grottoes, including art, in the Chinese buddhist art history has important research value.Dunhuang grottoes Eleven-Faced Avalokitesvara JingBian image is not static, gradually emerged from tang dynasty to the xixia, the modelling of Lord Buddha, image composition and space layout in the grottoes had a process of evolution. With the flourish of tantrism, related classic interpretation and painters experience very much.As the earliest introduced into dunhuang grottoes tantra Avalokitesvara image, a super JingBian taught to show the evolution of Avalokitesvara JingBian and later introduced tantra Avalokitesvara JingBian such as ruyilun thousand-arm Avalokitesvara, popular at that time Bukongjuansuo Avalokitesvara image has a significant influence. This kind of influence and the rise of the tantra and the close integration of religious background form echo. Public characteristics of religious belief in dunhuang is the main reason of this effect. Shift in thinking at the same time period in grottoes and the change of image function under the trend of expression.