A Study of Cave 136 at Beishan, Dazu

• Main Authors: Po-Han Hsu, 徐柏涵
• Other Authors: Yu-Min Lee
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2016
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/99469255094708138940

碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 藝術史研究所 === 104 === The religious sculpture of Dazu area, dating from Tang to Song dynasty, has been increasingly recognized as a representative example of the late part of Chinese Buddhist cave art. This thesis focuses on one of the most important and beautiful caves of Dazu, cave 136 at Fowan site, Beishian, also known as the wheel repository Cave, dated by inscriptions to 1142 to 1148. With various images and a central pillar carved as a replicate of a large wooden bookcase, or Zunanlun Jingzang 轉輪經藏, a popular sutra repository in Song Buddhist temple, cave 136 is a significant example of both Song and Sichuan Buddhist culture. This thesis reveals how donors of cave 136, basing on their wishes and own understandings of Buddhism, combine the back wall, wheel repository central pillar and several Avalokiteśvara images on the side walls together. Also, this thesis analyzes the style of sculptures in cave 136, and sheds light on style of 10th to 12th century Chinese Buddhist sculpture.