Zhaohua Temple Great Hero Hall: Water and Land Dharma Service Murals - Vajrapanibalin (south wall door, left side)
Zhaohua Temple Great Hero Hall: Water and Land Dharma Service Murals - Vajrapanibalin (detail) (south wall door, left side)
Zhaohua Temple Great Hero Hall: Water and Land Dharma Service Murals - Vajrapanibalin (south wall door, right side)
Zhaohua Temple Great Hero Hall: Water and Land Dharma Service Murals - Vajrapanibalin (detail) (south wall door, right side)
昭化寺金剛像
中國
位於大雄寶殿南壁東西二側，為殿內水陸畫其中之二幅。金剛為佛教重要的護法神。據《大寶積經》卷九載，往昔轉輪聖王勇郡有千子及法意、法念二王子。法意曾誓言，若千位太子成佛時，當為金剛力士，親近於佛，聞諸佛祕要密迹之事。當時千位王子即賢劫中之千佛，法意王子即金剛力士。據經典只有一金剛，然為因應安置於寺門兩側，而有二金剛。
壁畫中二金剛像各占據南面兩梢間整堵牆面。西梢間金剛為一將軍形象，戴兜鍪，頂部攢紅纓，前額飾獸頭；雙手合掌，肘上置一金剛寶杵。東梢間金剛戴鶴冠，前嵌紅光鏡，後繫紅絲帶，雙耳飾環，大嘴緊閉，絡腮長髯飄垂及胸；左手上舉，右手橫握寶劍。
二金剛均濃眉上揚，雙目圓睜，肩披繡五彩雲披肩，身著鎧甲，甲下著紅色戰袍，獸面護腹，飄帶飛揚，有吳帶當風之勢。頭光四周火焰熾烈。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, page 1070.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Zhaohua Temple Great Hero Hall: Water and Land Dharma Service Murals - Vajrapanibalins." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, vol. 16, 2016, pp. 1070.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Zhaohua Temple Great Hero Hall: Water and Land Dharma Service Murals - Vajrapanibalins" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, 16:1070.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Zhaohua Temple Great Hero Hall: Water and Land Dharma Service Murals - Vajrapanibalins. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z (Vol. 16, pp. 1070).
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