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Fahai Temple Great Hero Hall: Four Heavenly Kings - Dhrtarastra (north wall, right mural)

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Fahai Temple Great Hero Hall: Four Heavenly Kings - Virudhaka (north wall, right mural)

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Fahai Temple Great Hero Hall: Four Heavenly Kings - Virupaksa and Vaisravana (north wall, left mural)

法海寺四天王像

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位於大雄寶殿北壁東西兩側,為二十諸天之一。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。
 圖中持國天王面作青綠色,細目,神情內斂,手持琵琶,作彈奏狀。增長天王面亦青色,雙目圓睜,右手持寶劍。廣目天王身紅色,眉宇緊鎖,虯髯滿腮,左手拈寶珠,右手握蛇。多聞天王身金色,眉弓隆起,雙目圓睜,左手托塔,右手持寶幢。天王面部表情傳神,身披鎧甲,帔帛飛揚,有吳帶當風之勢,突顯天王豪邁凜然的氣勢。其動態強烈,在回首顧盼、神態威武中展現天王守護道場的威勢。
 此圖巧妙地運用佛教儀軌所制定的天王面色,加以誇張處理,並與表情相結合,加強了對天王性格的刻劃。畫中人物表情傳神,造型生動。畫面重視色彩的運用,細節裝飾刻劃入微,並運用多種表現手法填滿空白,使畫面極具戲劇化的效果。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, page 233.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Fahai Temple Great Hero Hall: Four Heavenly Kings." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, vol. 14, 2016, pp. 233.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Fahai Temple Great Hero Hall: Four Heavenly Kings" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, 14:233.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Fahai Temple Great Hero Hall: Four Heavenly Kings. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H (Vol. 14, pp. 233).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Youlu and Wilson, Graham and Manho and Mankuang and Huntington, Susan,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H},
pages = 233,
title = {{Fahai Temple Great Hero Hall: Four Heavenly Kings}},
volume = 14,
year = {2016}}


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