Tay Phuong Temple: Sixteen Arhats - Arhats
Lacquered wood
Tay Phuong Temple: Sixteen Arhats - Parshva (right)
Tay Phuong Temple: Sixteen Arhats - Arhat
Tay Phuong Temple: Sixteen Arhats - Arhat
Tay Phuong Temple: Sixteen Arhats - Upagupta
Tay Phuong Temple: Sixteen Arhats - Arhats (detail)
西方寺十六羅漢像
越南
位於越南河內市石室縣西方寺。該寺為越南著名古老寺院之一，此組十六羅漢造像為當地著名群雕。越南詩人輝近曾於一九六○年親臨造訪西方寺並欣賞此組羅漢像，作詩讚譽其生動而饒富趣味的風采。
羅漢有殺賊、應供、無生之意，造像因無具體的經典依據，故多隨各時代或各地區的匠師任意創作表現。通常呈出家比丘像，姿態不受規範，反映現實中修行者的智慧與清淨梵行。
此組羅漢或胖或瘦，或坐或立，或搔背或拄杖，或屈腿盤坐，或倚樹而立。有正在張口論辯，也有閉目沉思，凝神專注。造型各異其趣，神情生動豐富。有著敞領僧衣，或右衽交領服，衣紋轉折流利，色彩豔麗。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, page 1201.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Tay Phuong Temple: Sixteen Arhats." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, vol. 13, 2016, pp. 1201.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Yann Lovelock, Yuan Chou, Susan Huntington, Gary Edson, and Robert Neather. 2016. "Tay Phuong Temple: Sixteen Arhats" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z, 13:1201.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Lovelock, Y., Chou, Y., Huntington, S., Edson, G., & Neather, R.. (2016). Tay Phuong Temple: Sixteen Arhats. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Sculpture St-Z (Vol. 13, pp. 1201).
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