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The sculpture technique of Guanyin with a thousand hands in Dazu Shengshuiyan also appeared in Dazu Beishan stone carving. Beishan stone carving has the reputation of Guanyin sculpture exhibition hall, among which there are many Guanyin statues with a thousand hands, and the earliest work is No.9 Guanyin with a thousand hands. Then, let's come to the Buddha to learn about the history of Guanyin in Dazu stone carving.

History

Among the grotto statues in Sichuan and Chongqing, there are quite a few well-preserved Guanyin statues. Luohan Cave in Fushun, Chonglong Mountain in Zizhong, Wofo Gully and Qianfo Village in Anyue, Qianfo Rock in Jiajiang, and the stone sculptures of Guanyin with a thousand hands in Dazu Shengshui Rock, Baoding Mountain and Beishan Mountain in Chongqing are all outstanding works. Among them, Dazu Baoding Mountain (where avalokitesvara is located) and Beishan Mountain are the most famous, and avalokitesvara is the most dazzling.

Goddess of Mercy with Thousand Hands in Dazu Shengshuiyan

The earliest Goddess of Mercy with Thousand Hands in Dazu Stone Carving is the Goddess of Mercy with Thousand Hands in Dazu Shengshuiyan, which has 4 embossed hands and more than 1 engraved hands. This kind of statue has been preserved in Dunhuang and the art of cave temples in Bashu area. After coming to Dazu, it gradually evolved and enriched with the history of Dazu stone carvings, and even reached its peak.

Goddess of Mercy in Dazu Beishan Stone Carver

The sculpting techniques of Goddess of Mercy in Dazu Shengshuiyan also appeared in Dazu Beishan Stone Carving. Beishan Stone Carving has the reputation of Guanyin Sculpture Exhibition Hall, among which there are many statues of Goddess of Mercy with Thousand Hands. The earliest work is Goddess of Mercy with Nine Hands. In addition, in the Beishan Stone Carving Corridor, there are some avalokitesvara statues in the Five Dynasties and the early Song Dynasty, such as the niches numbered 218, 235, 243 and 273, which are all traditional and simple avalokitesvara statues. However, the number of subordinates of avalokitesvara has decreased, and the scale has also shrunk. For example, avalokitesvara in the No.273 niche in the Five Dynasties has only two waiters and Feitian.

The Goddess of Mercy with Thousand Hands in Cave 9 of Beishan Stone Carving is dressed in heavenly clothes, stepping on lotus with two feet, and sitting on a square diamond seat with plain face. Hold the Buddha with your hands on your shoulders at the top of the crown, put your hands together on your chest, put your hands under your abdomen a little bit, put your hands under your knees and apply meditation seal. The rest of your hands (with many disabilities) hold bottles, bells, wheels, mirrors, bows, pestles and shields respectively. Wearing a corolla, two beams of light shine from the top, hovering around the top of the niche for two days. There is a round head light and a peach-shaped body light behind him, and the outer decoration is engraved with flame patterns, and many arms are engraved inside to show thousands of hands.

The left and right walls of the niche are correspondingly carved with ten statues of Buddha, Manjusri and Pu Xian. On the right side of the seat, a bony old man kneels as a beggar, and on the left side, a hungry ghost with a bowl in his hands, indicating that Guanyin will give alms when he meets them.

avalokitesvara statue with thousands of hands in Baoding Mountain, Dazu

A avalokitesvara statue with 83 hands on the cliff at No.8 in Nanyan, Buddha Bay, Baoding Mountain, Dazu, has a history of more than 8 years, and people call her the best in the world!

avalokitesvara with a thousand hands was carved in Baoding Mountain in the middle and late Southern Song Dynasty. On an 88-square-meter cliff, the statue is carved with 83 hands and eyes (the number that was always rumored before 29 was 17), which integrates sculpture, painting and gilding, and looks like proud as a peacock. Since it was built more than 8 years ago, the statue of Guanyin with Thousand Hands has been restored many times due to erosion by weathering and other "diseases". The last large-scale gold subsidy was in the 15th year of Guangxu in Qing Dynasty, which has been more than 1 years.

The Goddess of Mercy with 83 hands and eyes, created by ancient artists in China, is worthy of the name, and is known as "the wonder of the world". Statues are criss-crossed, overlapping from top to bottom, inheriting from opposite sides, and deeply involved in strewn at random layout. These 83 hands are carved on a stone cliff of 88 square meters. The statue niche is 7.7 meters high and 12.5 meters wide.