Shuanglin Temple Heavenly King Hall: Four Heavenly Kings - Dhrtarastra; H: 355 cm
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Shuanglin Temple Heavenly King Hall: Four Heavenly Kings - Virudhaka; H: 355 cm
Shuanglin Temple Heavenly King Hall: Four Heavenly Kings - Virupaksa; H: 355 cm
Shuanglin Temple Heavenly King Hall: Four Heavenly Kings - Virupaksa (detail)
Shuanglin Temple Heavenly King Hall: Four Heavenly Kings - Vaisravana; H: 355 cm
雙林寺四天王像
中國
位於天王殿南壁門兩側。據經典記載，四天王各住在須彌山腰的四方，守護天下，名護世天王。其中持國天王居東方，增長天王居南方，廣目天王居西方，多聞天王又作毗沙門天王，居北方。在中國佛寺中多設有四天王殿，以鎮守伽藍。
此四天王均呈坐姿，頭戴高冠，身形魁梧，身著鎧甲戰裙，胸前或結帶，或佩方、圓形飾物，腰繫革帶，著護腹、護腕，腹間飾盤龍紋，突顯天王威武氣勢，足蹬戰靴，靴上虎頭或閉目或睜目。東方持國天王高鼻細目，神情內斂，親切和善，眉毛及髮鬢以筆繪，髭鬚則繪塑並用。廣目、增長、多聞三尊天王均濃眉，眉棱隆起，雙目圓睜，額頭高凸，耳大鼻厚，神情勇猛豪邁。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, page 1077.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Shuanglin Temple Heavenly King Hall: Four Heavenly Kings." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, vol. 12, 2016, pp. 1077.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Shuanglin Temple Heavenly King Hall: Four Heavenly Kings" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr, 12:1077.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Shuanglin Temple Heavenly King Hall: Four Heavenly Kings. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture N-Sr (Vol. 12, pp. 1077).
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