Baoning Temple: Water and Land Dharma Service Collection - Wisdom Kings - Vajrahasa
Ink and color on silk
Baoning Temple: Water and Land Dharma Service Collection - Wisdom Kings - Padanaksipa
Baoning Temple: Water and Land Dharma Service Collection - Wisdom Kings - Mahabala
Baoning Temple: Water and Land Dharma Service Collection - Wisdom Kings - Aparajitah
Baoning Temple: Water and Land Dharma Service Collection - Wisdom Kings - Trailokyavijaya
寶寧寺明王像
原山西省右玉縣寶寧寺
為寶寧寺水陸畫其中十幅，有大笑、步擲、大力、不動尊、無能勝、馬首及降三世明王等。明王係佛為教化難調之眾生，而顯現的忿怒相。按密宗教義，佛可顯化為三身，即自性輪身、正法輪身和教令輪身。明王係指三種輪身中，由佛大智所現之教令輪身。
此組明王像，每幅上端繪一趺坐菩薩，下繪明王。明王均呈忿怒相，或三頭六臂，或三頭八臂，或騎白象，或坐麒麟，手執法器，裙、帶飛舞，於烈焰升騰之中。整體畫面氣勢恢弘，充滿熾烈的氣氛。明王體態雄健，逆髮張目，威風凜凜。明王足下或畫妖女，或畫小鬼，其體型很小，神態驚恐，愈益襯托出明王降伏眾魔的威猛氣勢。
畫面勾線以鐵線描及蘭葉描為主，行筆抑揚頓挫，線條遒勁挺拔。鬚眉毫髮刻劃入微，衣紋細勁流暢，恍若行雲流水，筆筆圓轉，富有節奏。敷色以正紅、石青、石綠為主，略作渲染，表現有立體感。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, page 98.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Baoning Temple: Water and Land Dharma Service Collection - Wisdom Kings." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, vol. 14, 2016, pp. 98.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Baoning Temple: Water and Land Dharma Service Collection - Wisdom Kings" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H, 14:98.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Baoning Temple: Water and Land Dharma Service Collection - Wisdom Kings. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting A-H (Vol. 14, pp. 98).
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