A Preliminary Study of a Newly Discovered Southern Song Dynasty Cave with"Ten-Avalokitesvara"Statues at Liujia Monastery in Rongchang,Chongqing
A newly discovered cave with several"Ten-Avalokitesvara"(Guanyin)statues at Liujia Monastery in Rongchang,Chongqing,is currently the only known cave to contain such a theme outside of the Dazu area.The cave was carved during the Shaoxing era of the Southern Song dynasty.Although the draft used to create these statues originated from Dazu,which was the center of Song dynasty cave art in the Bashu region,it was not a direct imitation of the blueprint.Instead,local artisans in Rongchang infused elements of their artistic practices into the design to create a group of Guanyin statues rich in the unique regional characteristics of the Changzhou region during the Song dynasty.These statues are a vivid manifestation of the Sinicization,popularization and regionalization of Buddhism that began in the Five Dynasties period,and which was greatly accelerated by belief in Guanyin.
Rongchang Grottoes in ChongqingSouthern Song dynastyTen-GuanyinDazu Rock Carvings
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