Biyun Temple Arhat Hall: Five Hundred Arhats
Wood
Biyun Temple Arhat Hall: Five Hundred Arhats
Biyun Temple Arhat Hall: Five Hundred Arhats
Biyun Temple Arhat Hall: Five Hundred Arhats
CHINA, Beijing; Qing dynasty
There is a total of 508 Arhat statues housed within the Arhat Hall, which was built in 1748 during the Qing dynasty. The statues are made of wood and gilded. Each figure is life-size and all of them are in slightly different sitting postures. Each statue is individualized with different facial features and expressions, some performing hand gestures and other holding instruments. A name plaque is placed before each figure.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 158.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Biyun Temple Arhat Hall: Five Hundred Arhats." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 158.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Biyun Temple Arhat Hall: Five Hundred Arhats" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:158.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Biyun Temple Arhat Hall: Five Hundred Arhats. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 158).
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