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Chapter 548 Gilded Bronze Buddha Statue

The placement of these [-] Buddha statues looks messy, but after a closer look, you can feel that the placement of these Buddha statues seems to have a lot of meaning.

However, Yang Jing couldn't see what this placement represented. After all, he knew the knowledge of Taoism, but he didn't know much about some things of Buddhism. Superficial things, no matter how profound things are, are not clear.

So Yang Jing can only feel that the positions of these Buddha statues are very meaningful. If you let him say one, two, three, he will be completely finished.

These Buddha statues have different shapes, but they are all based on the shapes of Buddhist great powers such as Sakyamuni, Avalokitesvara, Manjusri, Samantabhadra, Heavenly King, and Mudu.The size ranges from a height of about twenty centimeters to nearly a meter high.

Yang Jing casually grabbed a Buddha statue with a height of nearly [-] centimeters on the outermost periphery. This Buddha statue was in the shape of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva.Yang Jing felt heavy as soon as he picked it up, and immediately understood that this Buddha statue was the most popular gilt-bronze Buddha statue in the Tang Dynasty.

Gilding is to synthesize gold amalgam with gold and mercury, apply it on the surface of copper ware, and then heat it to evaporate the mercury, so that the gold adheres to the surface of the ware and does not come off.As the oldest method of inlaying gold on metal objects in China, gilding has a long history of more than 2000 years and unique craftsmanship. It is one of the glorious achievements of ancient Chinese technology.

The Buddha statues cast in copper or bronze, gilded on the surface, and movable, are commonly known as "gilded bronze Buddha statues".In ancient China, this kind of Buddha statue was usually used by courts and temples.

Buddhism was introduced to China from the Han Dynasty. In the early days, it was only regarded as a kind of Taoism of the gods, and it was not widely popular.After the Western Jin Dynasty, the society was turbulent, wars continued, and the people were in dire straits. Therefore, the Buddhist belief of "surmounting life and death and suffering, cutting off all troubles, and obtaining ultimate liberation" was widely spread among the people.The Xiongnu, Xianbei, Jie, Di, Qiang and other ethnic minorities entered the Central Plains, and their cultural traditions and Buddhism from the Western Regions were more likely to recognize each other.Therefore, Buddhism grew rapidly during the Sixteen Kingdoms period and penetrated into all social strata.

During the period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, the first batch of eminent monks appeared in China, and they received strong support from the rulers of the Hu nationality.These eminent monks not only systematically translated a large number of Mahayana Kongzong Buddhist scriptures, but also trained a generation of outstanding scholars such as Seng Zhao and Zhu Daosheng to build Chinese Buddhism.It was the era when Chinese Buddhist art reached its most glorious era. Mogao Grottoes, Bingling Temple Grottoes, Maijishan Grottoes and other early cave temples were excavated in this era. Existing Buddhist statues were also first seen at this time. Gold Buddha statue crafts.

The earliest gilt-bronze Buddha statues were first seen in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and they were often called Jinren during the initial transmission of Buddhism.During the Sixteen Kingdoms period, it developed with the rise of Buddhist temples, and it was mostly kept in palaces or Buddhist temples, and it became more and more prosperous from the Northern and Southern Dynasties to the Tang Dynasty.

During the Han Dynasty and the Sixteen Kingdoms period, the Buddha statues had a square face, a peaceful face, straight hair, and a sitting posture.Most of the Buddhas in this period are single and small in size.

In the Northern Dynasties, that is, after the Northern Wei Dynasty, the head of the Buddha statue was in the shape of a bowl, with a long and thin face, a high nose and big ears, eyes closed and concentrated, a clear face, a high forehead in a spiral style, a cassock, and a right shoulder.Some sat cross-legged, and some sat cross-legged with their palms facing upwards.The seat of the Buddha is either a Xumi seat with a short waist or a square seat with four legs.Some of them have a nape light on their heads, and some have a backlight behind them, all pointed, with flame patterns around them.Another notable feature of the statues of the Northern Wei Dynasty is that there are often one or two Bodhisattvas on both sides of the main Buddha, mostly in standing postures.

Sui and Tang dynasties cast bronze statues with lotus crowns on their heads, round faces, fat cheeks, high foreheads, dressed in monk's clothes, cassocks, and pleated skirts under the loose clothes, hanging on the feet.There are double-layer four-legged high beds or single-layer four-legged beds under the seat, and the top or backlight is in the shape of a thick pointed lintel.

If you distinguish carefully, the style of gilded bronze Buddha statues in the Tang Dynasty is slightly different from that in the Sui Dynasty.

Most of the gilt-bronze Buddha statues of the Tang Dynasty have plump faces, with spiral or water-wave hairstyles on their heads. Compared with the Sui Dynasty, the meat buns are taller, with big ears drooping, and their expressions are solemn and kind.The body proportion is well-proportioned, the structure is reasonable, the body is plump and plump, the exposed pectoral muscles fluctuate and change, and the realism is strong.

Moreover, the gilded bronze Buddha statues of the Tang Dynasty stretch naturally and have a strong sense of movement.Clothes include open-shoulder style, bare-right-shoulder style and bobbin-style clothes, more of which are square-neck and drooping styles. The texture of the fabric is soft and light, and the clothes are smooth. .

Finally, the pedestals of the gilt-bronze Buddha statues of the Tang Dynasty are mostly of the waist type, with hexagonal, octagonal, round or flower-shaped bases.The most critical point is that most of the gilded bronze Buddha statues in the Tang Dynasty were gilded and reddish.

Just like the gilt-bronze Buddha statue of Samantabhadra Bodhisattva in his hand, the surface is slightly reddish, and the shape style is very in line with the characteristics of gilt-bronze Buddha statues in the Tang Dynasty.

The most important thing is that because this Buddha statue has been staying in this tomb, it is not like the gilt and bronze Buddha statues that are commonly seen on the market today. Therefore, the appearance of this Buddha statue is excellent.

If it weren't for the gilt-bronze Buddha statue found here, Yang Jing would have suspected that this Buddha statue was a new high imitation.

Judging from the current situation, most of the gilt-bronze Buddha statues are of extremely high value, especially the gilt-bronze Buddha statues from the Sui and Tang Dynasties, once they appear at auctions, they often become the finale.And the gilt bronze Buddha statue in my hand is so good, it was cast during the Wu Zhou period, once it is taken out, it will definitely cause a sensation.

And there are a total of [-] gilt-bronze Buddha statues like this Samantabhadra Bodhisattva here!

Undoubtedly, with these exquisite gilt-bronze Buddha statues, a Tang Dynasty gilt-bronze Buddha statue exhibition hall is absolutely indispensable after the opening of one's own private museum!So many gilt-bronze Buddha statues of the Tang Dynasty, although they all come from the Wu Zhou period, will definitely make those who love gilt-bronze Buddha statues linger and forget to return.

These are absolutely good things, nothing to say, take them all away!
Yang Jing is very clear that if there are no special circumstances, the things brought out from here must never be seen.

After all, according to the laws of China, all the things here belong to the state, and private individuals have no right to keep these treasures.Even entering here by oneself is a crime.

But Yang Jing is not worried, who let him have a big baby in his hand?
Yang Jing never thought of keeping the Chuan Guo Yuxi in his hands, and since the Chuan Guo Yuxi could not be kept, the country must agree to exchange this Chuan Guo Yuxi for the remaining treasures.After all, these treasures will not be taken abroad, but will remain in domestic museums for foreign exhibitions forever.

I have worked so hard to find the Jade Seal of the Chuan Kingdom for the country, and use these treasures as rewards. Presumably the country will not disagree.

(End of this chapter)