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Zhaohua Temple Great Hero Hall: Water and Land Dharma Service Murals - Illustration of the Ulka Mukha Preta Sutra (detail)

昭化寺起教大士面然鬼王圖

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位於大雄寶殿東壁下層。據《釋門正統》卷四載,梁武帝(502~549在位)夜夢神僧教設水陸齋,普濟六道四生群靈,而後帝披覽經論,依阿難遇面然鬼王一事,建立平等斛食之意,製作儀文,修水陸齋於金山寺。阿難見面然餓鬼一事據《佛說救面然餓鬼陀羅尼神咒經》,昔時阿難尊者於林中習定,夜半三更見面然餓鬼遍身火燃。面然告訴阿難,三日後你將命終墮入餓鬼道,然你若能以飲食施予六道群靈,並為之供養三寶,即可增福延壽。阿難將此事稟白佛陀,於是佛為其誦陀羅尼咒、說施食法。此圖即描繪阿難施食的情景。
 此幅榜題稱「起教大士面然鬼王依草附木」。畫面共繪二十人,除了阿難,十九位均是餓鬼。阿難身著袈裟立於畫幅左側,雙手合掌,口持咒施食。眾餓鬼均瘦骨嶙峋,毛髮上揚,面目猙獰,口吐火焰,腹大如甕;或裸上身,腰間繫布,或以花木蔽體,或身著短布衫;或奔前爭食,或合掌乞食,或拄杖而立。畫幅前面著紅裙,繞帛帶,身軀巨大者即面然鬼王。

For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, page 1067.

Cite this article:

Hsingyun, et al. "Zhaohua Temple Great Hero Hall: Water and Land Dharma Service Murals - Illustration of the Ulka Mukha Preta Sutra." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, vol. 16, 2016, pp. 1067.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Zhaohua Temple Great Hero Hall: Water and Land Dharma Service Murals - Illustration of the Ulka Mukha Preta Sutra" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, 16:1067.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Zhaohua Temple Great Hero Hall: Water and Land Dharma Service Murals - Illustration of the Ulka Mukha Preta Sutra. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z (Vol. 16, pp. 1067).
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pages = 1067,
title = {{Zhaohua Temple Great Hero Hall: Water and Land Dharma Service Murals - Illustration of the Ulka Mukha Preta Sutra}},
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