Ancient "Dunhuang art" originated from the Chinese which sects

Ancient "Dunhuang art" originated from Chinese Buddhism

Attached to the value of Dunhuang art

First, the value of Buddhism

The history of the eastward spread of Buddhism in the solemn and grandiose, affecting the countries of China, Japan, Korea and other countries. From the edges of Dunhuang mural paintings can be found in which there is a rich reflection of many works is a record of the history of the spread of Buddhism to the east of a specific image. In China, Buddhist philosophy blended with traditional Chinese Confucianism and Taoism, transforming Indian-style Buddhist art into authentic Chinese Buddhist art. Thus the image of the unity of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism implicit in Dunhuang art is expressed in the mural paintings. Of course, Dunhuang murals are a form of art that expresses Buddhist ideas and classics in figurative graphics, in which the depiction of Buddha's life and the promotion of Buddhist spirit occupy the core of Dunhuang art. There are many beautiful Indian folktales and legends in the murals, which are expressed in Chinese aesthetics and are the crystallization of Chinese culture. In addition, Tantra, Tantra into China, Chinese Buddhism has also had a great impact on the Han and Tibetan secret, from the Tibetan secret after the introduction of the gradual decline of the Han secret, and the uniqueness of the Tibetan secret way of preaching, so that the information in this area is very little, and in the Tantra (mainly Han secret) prevalent in Dunhuang mural paintings have a certain performance, and therefore, Dunhuang paintings have to survive in the precious Han secret information.

Social value

The art of Dunhuang is also well represented in terms of social value. First of all, the murals mainly depict people, so there are a large number of dress and textile graphics, not only different historical styles, but also many ethnic minorities and foreign dress patterns. This fully reflects the former glory of Dunhuang, the town on the ancient Silk Road, which now has a unique research value for our study of ancient costumes. In Dunhuang murals, but also expressed all aspects of society throughout the ages. Such as: the ancient Silk Road transportation and trade; military and sports precious images and historical materials; is also a reflection of ancient Chinese life; the ancient Chinese history of science and technology records and so on. In addition, Dunhuang can also be said to be a museum of folklore history. 1000 years of ancient Chinese folklore in mural paintings, including not only the phenomenon of the invisible, but also the folklore of today's folklore. As paper and silk paintings are not easy to preserve, there are no authentic folklore paintings from before the Song Dynasty, and the Dunhuang murals are a precious record.

Three, artistic value

□ Anything that comes from the heart has its value.

□ Dunhuang art is the creative masterpiece of painters through the ages. Among the murals, there is nothing exactly the same, and even for the art works depicting the same sutra changes, the painters have created completely different works according to their creativity and imagination.

□ Dunhuang's works of art have been preserved to this day and still look vivid because the painters created them with their hearts and souls.

□ Flying is probably the dream of mankind since ancient times, and Chinese flying and European angels are the beautiful artistic expressions driven by this ancient dream. Dunhuang's Flying Sky does not rely on feathers, with the sash floating up, auspicious clouds to emphasize its lightness, and become an important artistic image of Dunhuang, although Flying Sky is also a Buddhist god and goddess, but more and more beautiful, and worthy of separate appreciation.

□ True works of art, even after thousands of years, still give people a strong infectious force, because these works have a very strong vitality.

□ Since the Tang and Song dynasties, landscape painting has become an important type of Chinese painting, which has enabled Chinese art to establish its characteristics and gain world status. Dunhuang mural paintings in the space of religious art, landscape painting is still outstanding performance, and because of Dunhuang grottoes continue for a long time, from the style of NPC in the mountain to the mature green landscape, have been preserved, greatly contributing to the exploration of the history of Chinese landscape painting.

□ From the Northern Liang (397--439) to the Yuan Dynasty (1271--1368), it took thousands of years to create, and it was based on a wide variety of cultures, so the murals from different eras reflect their different characteristics. This is where the value of Dunhuang murals lies.

□ Dunhuang Grottoes is a building, painting, statue of one, to fully appreciate the art of Dunhuang, can not pay attention to the Dunhuang grottoes building, not to mention the grottoes in front of the wooden eaves arch, etc., there are few surviving remnants of the Tang and Song dynasties. As for the murals on the building is all-encompassing, including Western houses.

□ Vertical more than a thousand years of years, horizontal India, Tibet, Western countries, the Central Plains and other vast space. From the point of long time and vast space, even from the point of view of the history of Buddhist art, Dunhuang art has a very high cultural value.

□ Dunhuang's animal paintings are called by Chinese aestheticians as having a divine and magical nature, and the splashy expressions of strange birds and beasts penetrate into the primitive realm of life. The imagery and fluidity of the animal paintings of the Northern Dynasties at Dunhuang are indeed eye-opening, while those of the Tang Dynasty are in the same spirit as the copies of Tang paintings that we see today, and all of them are treasures, which are an important part of the history of Chinese painting.

□ The objects of Huang art are the Buddha, Bodhisattvas, and Buddhist sutras, and these works, compared with art that captures the beauty of natural landscapes and human nature, can be called art that is born out of reverence and prayer for something immediate and permanent.

□ Figure painting has an important place in Chinese painting, and Dunhuang's figure paintings are extremely rich, with more than 8,000 figures of feeders alone, and even more figures in the sutra paintings, showing the colorful aspects of the merger of the introduction of Kendra art and figure painting in China.

□ The art of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas created by painters has a sense of majesty and is full of love and gentleness. This technique was absolutely dominant, and in the Pure Land, all their imagination was used to depict works of great luxury, solemnity and grandeur, and the art of Dunhuang is said to have arisen out of this imagination, and the representations of ideal beings and places were accomplished by the painters. At the same time, the images of the feeders are also very realistic, realistic portrayals, which are very valuable as a source of information about people's clothing and their living conditions under the social conditions of the time. This kind of art, which uses imagination and realism, the imaginary world and the real life expression, and the two are combined into one, full of human feelings, is one of the characteristics of Dunhuang art.

□ The source of creation of Dunhuang art should be said to be religion, most painters are believers or have faith in their hearts, if they don't believe in Buddhism in their hearts, they will never be able to create such brilliant works as Dunhuang frescoes.

□ The artists of Dunhuang were born with artistic talent or modeling talent, and they were engaged in creative activities out of their belief in Buddhism, tapping the source of creation from the depth of their hearts, so it is inevitable that these works of art can keep eternal vitality.