A Case Study Of The Frescoes In The Chang'an Buddhist Temple In Tang Dynasty

Tang Dynasty Buddhism Development Peak,Chang'an area Buddhist temple,when there are Daozi,Yang Tingguang,Shing monks and other famous Buddhist artists in the temple painting Wall traces,these Buddhist temple murals for posterity to carry out research has important significance.However,nowadays,it is impossible to see the whole picture of the Buddhist temple in Chang'an area.Fortunately,in this Dunhuang grottoes still retain a large number of intact Buddhist murals in the Tang Dynasty,in addition to Dunhuang unearthed documents in the Tang Dynasty Chang ' an Buddhist temple records.In this paper,the author tries to study the problems of individual Buddhist temples and murals found in the process of comparison between the literature and the history of painting by studying the relevant literature and the history of the paintings,supplemented by the murals and the texts of the relevant grottoes in Dunhuang area.Through the "New Tang book","Chang'an Zhi","the Tang two Jing Jing" and other documents collated and compared to the "famous paintings in the past","Temple tower," such as the record of the history of the records,you can understand the Chang'an area of the Tang Dynasty Buddhist temple and mural prosperity of the general situation,Chang ' an Buddhist temple mural is quite historical Through the Dunhuang documents recorded in Dunhuang Monks Wu really into Changan,combined with "Tang will want" and other related literature records,can be found in Chang ' an temple before and after the Chang ' an Buddhist monastery,the destruction of the period,some of the Chang'an temple in accordance with the requirements of the ruling class temple change,appeared the same name different temples,different names with the temple.In addition,after Wu really returned to Dunhuang,the murals in Dunhuang this period also found a reflection of the Chang'an Buddhist temple.Through the "Hell Change" and "Pure Land Change" mural popular in Chang'an Buddhist temple,but"hell change" rare in Dunhuang area of the reasons for the occurrence of the analysis,can be found in the Tang Dynasty popular in Chang ' An and Dunhuang different Buddhist ideas.By studying the history of painting,the most common "ghost" and"God" theme in the murals of Chang ' an temple are recorded.And the "Wu Jia-like"works in the "Ghost" "God" image,can be found in the Tang Dynasty Chang ' an temple mural "ghost" "God" of the specific image should be to clear out the devil and Tianlong eight gods,this kind of "ghost" "God" The image is also supported by the Dunhuang murals.The full text is divided into four parts:The first chapter summarizes some basic conditions of the murals of Chang ' an temple in Tang Dynasty,including the scale and distribution of the monasteries,and the Buddhist murals and their compositions.The second chapter,the analysis of the truth into Chang ' An,the Tang Chang ' an Buddhist temple,Huichang destroyed before and after the Buddha temple ruins and change temple amount of the problem,Wu really from Chang ' an back to Dunhuang,Dunhuang Ling map Temple grottoes Murals in the reflection of Changan Buddhist temple.The third chapter,analysis of "Pure Land change" popular in the Chang ' an Buddhist temple and Dunhuang area,"Hell change" is only prevalent in Chang ' an Buddhist temple and rare in Dunhuang area reasons.In the fourth chapter,by analyzing the image of "ghost" and "God" in "Wu Jia-sample" works,this paper probes into the most common "ghost" and "God" image in the murals of Chang' an temple in Tang Dynasty.