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Early Buddhist Sculpture

Early Buddhist Sculpture. The Caves of Yungang. Located in the Shanxi Province of China Represent early Buddhist art in China. Carved 1500 years ago . http://www.hillmanwonders.com/china/yungang.htm. http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/43602.htm. Who built the caves?.

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Early Buddhist Sculpture

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  1. Early Buddhist Sculpture

  2. The Caves of Yungang • Located in the Shanxi Province of China • Represent early Buddhist art in China. • Carved 1500 years ago http://www.hillmanwonders.com/china/yungang.htm http://www.china.org.cn/english/features/43602.htm

  3. Who built the caves? • Northern Wei Dynasty (386-534) • Under Guidance of monk Tan Yao • 453-493 http://www.paulnoll.com/China/Dynasty/dynasty-Three-Kingdoms.html

  4. The Caves of Yungang • Yungang consists of: • 53 caves • And over 51,000 carvings depicting Buddha and his life http://www.china.org.cn/english/kuaixun/75235.htm

  5. Caves #1-4 Cave #3 http://www.travelchinaguide.com/picture/shanxi/datong/yungang_grottoes/0023394.htm Group #1

  6. Group #2 • Caves #5-13 • Links • Cave#5 • http://www.chinavr.net/shanxi/datong/ygsk_e.htm • Picture: • http://www.orientalarchitecture.com/datong/YUNGANG11.htm • cave 13

  7. Yungang CavesEntrance to Cave 7 http://www.travelchinaguide.com/picture/shanxi/datong/yungang_grottoes/0023428.htm

  8. Group #3 • Caves #14-53 • Caves numbering 16 to Cave 20 are the oldest in this complexes and each one symbolizes an emperor from the Northern Wei Dynasty • Emperor is the Buddha • Caves #21 and up were built later on and not as impressive.

  9. Cave #20 (Sakyamuni) http://www.travelchinaguide.com/picture/shanxi/datong/yungang_grottoes/0023537.htm

  10. Longmen Caves • 100,000 images of Buddha • 2345 caves • Created during the Northern Wei and Tang dynasties http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery?method=4&dsname=Wikipedia+Images&dekey=Longmen-grottoes-longmen-mountain-from-a-distance.jpg&gwp=8

  11. Where are they? http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/henan/ http://www.travelchinaguide.com/cityguides/henan/luoyang/

  12. Why were they Created? • The northern Wei Dynasty changed capitals from Datong to Luoyang. • The Buddhists needed a closer place to worship. http://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/henan/luoyang/longmen.htm

  13. Fengxian Temple • The core of the longmen caves • 672-675 • Also called the “eastern Mona Lisa” or the “Mother of China” http://www.travelchinaguide.com/picture/henan/luoyang/longmen_grottoes/0005711.htm

  14. Middle Binyang Cave • Constructed during Northern Wei Dynasty • Constructed from 500-523 http://www.answers.com/main/ntquery;jsessionid=7ra9xvez8ni1?method=4&dsid=2222&dekey=Middle+Binyang+Cave&gwp=8&curtab=2222_1&sbid=lc02a

  15. Lianhua Cave (Lotus Cave) • Construction started around 527 • The Buddha at the center of the cave measures 15ft http://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/henan/luoyang/longmen.htm

  16. References • http://www.chinaetravel.com/attraction/att25a.html • http://www.hillmanwonders.com/china/yungang.htm • http://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/shanxi/datong/yungang_grottoes.htm • http://www.china.org.cn/english/kuaixun/75235.htm • http://www.chinavr.net/shanxi/datong/ygsk_e.htm • http://www.chinaknowledge.de/Art/Grottoes/grottoes.html • http://www.travelchinaguide.com/attraction/henan/luoyang/longmen.htm

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