Yongzuo Temple Great Hero Hall: Child-Granting Avalokitesvara
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Yongzuo Temple Great Hero Hall: Child-Granting Avalokitesvara
CHINA, Shanxi, Taiyuan; Ming dynasty
The “Universal Gateway of Avalokitesvara” in the Lotus Sutra lists, among the other benefits, that any women wishing for a child should pray to the Bodhisattva, a practice perpetuated in China to this day. The statue was moved to its present location in 1985. The Bodhisattva is not depicted wearing the usual headdress but the head is covered with a shawl. The figure sits on a throne with legs pendent and crossed at the ankles. An infant is cradled in the crook of the right arm and attendants stand on either side with their hands raised in reverence.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1423.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Yongzuo Temple Great Hero Hall: Child-Granting Avalokitesvara." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1423.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Yongzuo Temple Great Hero Hall: Child-Granting Avalokitesvara" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1423.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Yongzuo Temple Great Hero Hall: Child-Granting Avalokitesvara. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1423).
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