Searching for the Aesthetic Traces of Asagye Guanyin
-- The Song Silver and Gold Backlit Guanyin Statue in Yunnan Provincial Museum as an Example
Keywords:
Aesthetic Perspectives; Asagaya Kannon; Jingruo Zen Zun.Abstract
The Nanzhao Tuzhuan gives the name "Asagye," which is also referred to as "Guanyin." Asaye Guanyin is the most representative and revered Buddhist deity of the Nanzhao Dali Kingdom. The Yunnan Provincial Museum's Song Dynasty Nanzhao Dali silver and gold Asaye Guanyin statue is examined from an aesthetics standpoint in the article, which also notes that the statue is known as "the true body of Guanyin" from a Buddhist point of view and contains "emptiness and tranquillity," "prajna," and "Zen respect" as well as aesthetic appreciation.
Downloads
References
Li Kunsheng. Yunnan Art History [M]. Yunnan Education Publishing House. 2001:203-204.
Yang Liqi. A Different Lotus Flower Blossoms in a Different Way - The Guanyin Statue of Asagaya in the Land of Myriad Fragrant Buddhas[J]. Art Market,2008,(10):90-93.
Huang Yiming. Buddhist "Emptiness" and "Empty View" Thought and the "Empty Spirit" Realm of Chinese Literature and Art[J]. Chinese Aesthetics Research,2022,(02):89-105.
Shi Jun et al. Selected Materials on Chinese Buddhist Thought [M]. (10):173.
[U.S.] Capra, The "Tao" of Physics: Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism, Zhu Yunsheng, Central Compilation and Translation Press, 2012, p. 97.
Guo Jimin. Buddhist wisdom and prajna[J]. Dharma Voice,2021,(08):59-61.
Song Wei. The Life Wisdom of Zen Aesthetics: The Completion of Universe, Life, and Art[J]. Social Science in Chinese Colleges and Universities,2023, (01):114-122+160.
Zong Baihua. Zong Baihua Lectures on Aesthetics [M]. Chengdu: Sichuan Fine Arts Publishing House.2019.
Downloads
Published
Conference Proceedings Volume
Section
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.
