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Shalu Monastery Central Hall Murals: Circumambulation Passage - Teaching by Naga King (west wall)

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Shalu Monastery Central Hall Murals: Prajnaparamita Shrine South Corridor - Bodhisattva Making an Offering (north wall, left side)

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Shalu Monastery Central Hall Murals: Prajnaparamita Shrine East Corridor - Miracle at Sravasti (east wall)

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Shalu Monastery Central Hall Murals: Circumambulation Passage - Teaching by Naga King (detail) (west wall)

夏魯寺壁畫

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位於西藏自治區日喀則市夏魯寺(zhwa lu dgon pa)夏魯拉康。夏魯拉康坐西朝東,高三層。第一層集會殿周圍有佛殿,最外圍有轉經廊。第二層中間為天井,天井四周建有四座歇山式佛殿。第三層為佛殿。
 該寺壁畫大致分為兩個時期。第一期為北宋元祐二年(1087)孜尊西饒迥乃(lce btsun shes rab 'byung gnas)初創時的壁畫,分布於第一層前殿護法神殿、第二層前殿般若佛母殿與馬頭金剛殿,其中護法神殿保存最多。第二期為元延祐七年(1320)布頓仁欽珠(bu ston rin chen grub)擴建時所繪,分布於第一層護法神殿、集會大殿、甘珠爾殿、轉經廊以及第二層般若佛母殿、羅漢殿與第三層無量宮殿等。現存壁畫大多為第二期時所繪。
 壁畫面積最大的是集會殿,大部分繪於十四世紀。其南配殿甘珠爾殿和北配殿三門佛殿皆繪有五方佛像,三門佛殿西壁北側並繪有孜尊西饒迥乃像。周圍轉經廊外壁繪佛傳故事、佛本生故事與因緣故事等,西壁繪有舞蹈圖,構圖鮮明,人物極富動感;另龍尊王說法圖周圍呈現人民受持佛法得善果之景象。轉經廊內南北兩端各連接一內佛殿,光線昏暗,其中南北兩壁存有六字大明曼荼羅、六字明王及馬頭明王像。
 通往般若佛母殿的大門周圍繪有一幅幅佛說法圖,構圖繁複,繪畫細膩。般若佛母殿迴廊外側東、南、北壁上的繪畫題材有須摩提女因緣及佛經中的譬喻故事,構圖宏大,每幅通高200公分。南側迴廊南壁的須摩提女因緣圖長達1,100公分,東側迴廊東壁北側舍衛城神變圖則長525公分。護法神殿中,護法神祇的剛勁勇猛、菩薩的端嚴妙相與聞法弟子的虔敬恭謹等,各盡其態;二十八星宿的繪畫題材更為西藏天文星象的藝術寶庫。
 該寺壁畫揉合印度、尼泊爾、元代(1271~1368)中原等地的藝術風格。第一期壁畫群主要體現外來元素;第二期壁畫作品呈現漢地風貌,如佛傳故事中的人物裝束與亭台樓閣,護法神殿的祥龍瑞鳳等。壁畫題材豐富,設色絢麗,為藏傳佛教寺院壁畫中,現存較為完整的一處。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, page 809.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Shalu Monastery Central Hall Murals." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, vol. 16, 2016, pp. 809.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Shalu Monastery Central Hall Murals" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, 16:809.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Shalu Monastery Central Hall Murals. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z (Vol. 16, pp. 809).
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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 P-Z},
pages = 809,
title = {{Shalu Monastery Central Hall Murals}},
volume = 16,
year = {2016}}


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