Shuilu Temple Water and Land Hall: Five Hundred Arhats Crossing the Sea
Shuilu Temple Water and Land Hall: Five Hundred Arhats Crossing the Sea
CHINA, Shaanxi, Xi’an; Ming dynasty
These figures are located on the lower section of the north and south walls of the temple. The Five Hundred Arhats are dynamically arranged in a strip along walls crowded with other subjects. The Arhats are grouped in small boats in the marine scene pictured here. Dragons and other mythical creatures, along with dwarves and the two guardians of the underworld, Ox-Head and Horse-Face accompany them among the waves. The Arhats are a calm contrast amid the swirling activity.
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 1088.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Shuilu Temple Water and Land Hall: Five Hundred Arhats Crossing the Sea." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 1088.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Shuilu Temple Water and Land Hall: Five Hundred Arhats Crossing the Sea" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:1088.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Shuilu Temple Water and Land Hall: Five Hundred Arhats Crossing the Sea. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 1088).
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