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Bayon Temple: Heads of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva

巴戎寺觀音菩薩頭像

柬埔寨

位於柬埔寨暹粒省暹粒市吳哥城(Angkor Thom, Siem Reap)巴戎寺(Bayon Temple)。該寺為大乘佛教寺院,始建於十一世紀,十二世紀末至十三世紀初由闍耶跋摩七世(Jayavarman VII,1181~約1220在位)重建。主寺門為東塔門,亦作四面觀音;第二層台基建有五十四座石塔,中央主塔高約45公尺,每座塔身以巨石壘疊而成,層層陡峭,猶如群山起伏;石塔上層的四面雕刻觀音臉孔,法相莊嚴,共有兩百餘面,其笑容被世人稱為「吳哥的微笑」。
 觀音頭戴寶冠,髮際飾有華麗冠帶,額方面圓,耳配環飾;雙目浮凸,嘴唇飽滿,鼻翼寬厚。雙眼微微下視,靜寂含笑,面容隨著光線而千變萬化,自然流露出無限的慈悲。此觀音面像在巴戎寺處處可見,雕工精緻圓熟,承繼印度建築藝術的風格,融合高棉(今柬埔寨)吉蔑族(Khmer)獨特的創造力,實為建築、宗教、藝術史上雄偉之作。
 闍耶跋摩七世篤信大乘佛教,尤其尊崇觀世音菩薩,據傳菩薩的聖容即依其面貌而造,以建築表現佛像,不僅具有宗教意涵,亦為宣示王威。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, page 125.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Bayon Temple: Heads of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, vol. 10, 2016, pp. 125.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Bayon Temple: Heads of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F, 10:125.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Bayon Temple: Heads of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F (Vol. 10, pp. 125).
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author = Hsingyun and Youheng and Lovelock, Yann and Chou, Yuan and Huntington, Susan and Edson, Gary and Neather, Robert,
booktitle = {Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture A-F},
pages = 125,
title = {{Bayon Temple: Heads of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva}},
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year = {2016}}


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