Tsai Tien-Min
蔡天民
台灣台南。民俗雕塑匠師
生於一九三○年。雕塑匠師。祖籍福建泉州，清代（1644～1911）先祖蔡德利移居臺灣臺南。曾祖父蔡義培開設店號「佛西國」，祖父蔡心另立門戶，創設店號「西佛國」，從事宗教尊像雕刻，世代相傳。
西佛國多以樟木或檀香木雕刻尊像，並研發特殊的黏土塑作，造型較大，多於寺廟中進行。
蔡天民十五歲起隨其祖父蔡心、父蔡南山學習妝佛技法，並至臺灣各地塑造大型佛像，曾至臺東金光寺塑造西方三聖像。其作品尚有高雄大崗山龍嚴精舍西方接引阿彌陀佛像和觀音菩薩像、大崗山超峰寺西方三聖殿達摩像、臺南開華禪寺十八臂準提觀音像等。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People, page 267.
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Hsingyun, et al. "Tsai Tien-Min." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People , vol. 19, 2016, pp. 267.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Stefanie Pokorski, Yichao, Mankuang, and Miaohsi. 2016. "Tsai Tien-Min" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People , 19:267.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Pokorski, S., Yichao, Mankuang, & Miaohsi.. (2016). Tsai Tien-Min. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: People (Vol. 19, pp. 267).
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