Wutaishan Shuxiang Temple Manjusri Hall: Manjusri Bodhisattva
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殊像寺文殊菩薩像
中國
又稱蕎麵頭文殊菩薩。位於山西省忻州市五台縣五台山殊像寺文殊殿，為五台山台懷鎮諸寺中尺寸最高的文殊菩薩塑像。
文殊頭戴化佛寶冠，坐於狻猊背上，盤右腿，舒左腳踏蓮花。通體貼金，在龍鳳、牡丹、火焰紋背光的襯托下，更顯得光彩絢麗。
狻猊臉部、腰間、腿部呈藍底白斑，胸佩紅色穗纓，四蹄蹬地，張口豎耳，神氣揚揚。
相傳當時匠師塑造此像時，苦於未能畢盡菩薩容貌，後於製作蕎麵時感得文殊菩薩在空中顯現，匠師即隨手以蕎麵塑出頭面造型，因而傳為佳話。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1359.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Wutaishan Shuxiang Temple Manjusri Hall: Manjusri Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1359.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Wutaishan Shuxiang Temple Manjusri Hall: Manjusri Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1359.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Wutaishan Shuxiang Temple Manjusri Hall: Manjusri Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1359).
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pages = 1359,
title = {{Wutaishan Shuxiang Temple Manjusri Hall: Manjusri Bodhisattva}},
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Lovelock, Yann and Chou, Yuan and Huntington, Susan and Edson, Gary and Neather, Robert,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z},
pages = 1359,
title = {{Wutaishan Shuxiang Temple Manjusri Hall: Manjusri Bodhisattva}},
volume = 13,
year = {2016}}