Shaolin Temple First Patriarch Temple: Dharma Protectors
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Shaolin Temple First Patriarch Temple: Dharma Protectors
Shaolin Temple First Patriarch Temple: Dharma Protectors
Shaolin Temple First Patriarch Temple: Dharma Protectors
Shaolin Temple First Patriarch Temple: Dharma Protectors
舍利石函線刻
河南省鄭州市登封市少林寺初祖庵發現
河南省鄭州市登封市少林寺初祖庵發現。石函蓋頂菱花形框內刻蟠龍圖案，龍昂首挺胸，矯健威猛，身軀沿菱花形邊框呈團狀，身側有雲紋圍繞。蟠龍圖案周側飾纏枝寶相花紋，其中一側刻有發願文。
石函四周刻護法神像，每面均刻兩尊護法，相對而坐，畫面中間有假山石台座，上置鼎、爐、盆花等物。
護法皆束髮戴冠，面相威嚴，身軀魁梧，身披盔甲，腳蹬戰靴，手持劍、鞭等兵器，威風凜凜。每尊護法神側皆有一侍者，或作夜叉形，或為仕女，或著天王裝束。
此石函線刻蓋頂蟠龍、纏枝寶相花紋用線工整流暢；護法像的線條表現更顯簡勁豪放，衣飾有風動之感，足見刻工之純熟。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, page 823.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Shaolin Temple First Patriarch Temple: Dharma Protectors." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, vol. 16, 2016, pp. 823.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Shaolin Temple First Patriarch Temple: Dharma Protectors" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, 16:823.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Shaolin Temple First Patriarch Temple: Dharma Protectors. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z (Vol. 16, pp. 823).
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