Do you know why there are so many Buddhist themes in jade carving?

Chinese jade carving culture has been passed down for thousands of years, and has been seen from ancient times to the present.

In the field of jade carving, the subject matter can be said to be very extensive numerous,

Birds and flowers, fish and insects, birds and animals, dragons and phoenixes, people and landscapes, and so on and so forth,

But friends have not found that, in fact, in the jade carving in a large portion of the subject matter is related to the Buddhist,

This is in the end, why, here today we have to say to you! The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on some of the best jade carvings in the world!

First from the introduction and spread of Buddhism!

In fact, the flow of Buddhism into China, or from ancient India,

That is the first large-scale foreign cultural input in the history of Chinese and foreign culture!

Of course, we have to realize that our traditional religion in ancient China is dominated by Confucianism and Taoism, which are orthodox cultures,

When Buddhism flowed into China, it was definitely subject to the rejection of Taoism and Confucianism.

It was the impact and rejection of the local Chinese sects that

has greatly stimulated the development of Buddhism and accelerated the process of its prevalence in China.

Buddhism's flexible sense of self-adjustment, and its adaptability to the beliefs and habits of thought of the Chinese people,

Seizing these characteristics, the spread of Buddhism greatly accelerated the process!

After the Wei and Jin Dynasties, Buddhism was prevalent in China, and the ruling class began to build temples and sculpt statues all over the country.

This time, Hetian Jade played a role in the process,

Because the Chinese people have always had a strong appreciation for jade.

So they took the jade and began to carve Buddhist references. Lotus Shengzi, lotus boy and other religious figures,

so that in the jade statue of the trend throughout the Northern Wei Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, more than four hundred years,

Jade Buddha of the wind was prevalent down!

Buddhism was introduced to China in the prevalence of the dynasty, the wind can be said to be very strong,

Buddhist faith in Buddha plus the ancient reverence for jade, these Buddhist themes of jade carvings began to be handed down,

During the period of the dynasty's ruling class carved a lot of large-scale Jade Buddha, used in temples for worship.

People in the private sector also worshipped the Jade Buddha with incense burners and began to wear jade-carved pendants and strings with Buddhist themes

as a carrier of people's emotions, aspirations, and beliefs conveyed to the Gods and Buddhas.

Buddhist elements have been fully utilized in Hetian jade carvings,

If you want to say that Buddha and Guanyin are the two most widely used subjects,

So now in jade carving, there has been a saying that "men wear Guanyin, women wear Buddha"

The meaning is actually the harmonic meaning of the word "Guanyin".

The meaning of the phrase "male wear Guanyin, female wear Buddha"

is that it expresses people's desire for a better life and a spiritual trust!

The Essence of Buddhist Jade Carving

Buddhist jade carving, the most common is Guanyin. Guanyin is a soft-hearted and dignified figure, who has a clear understanding of world affairs, who is always at peace, who eliminates calamities, who keeps away from evils, and who is the embodiment of great kindness and great compassion for all sentient beings, and is the embodiment of salvation from sufferings and hardships. It is said in The Great Buddha's Dome Shurangama Sutra Myriad Heart Speech that all of the Guanyin appearances in the world are the incarnations of Guanyin, not her original form. There are thirty-two and thirty-three incarnations of Guanyin. Although Guanyin has 32 phases, no matter which type of jade carving Guanyin is, it should conform to the important characteristics of Guanyin in people's mind, that is, dignified and kind.

Buddha modeling in jade carving creation should pay attention to the sense of beauty. However, this sense of beauty is the beauty of transcendence, looking at the solemnity, compassion, people's hearts are happy. This is the essence of the art of Buddha jade carving.