Intermingling and Mutual Appreciation:A Study on the Donors'Portraits of Monks in Cave 20 of Bezeklik
Cave 20 of Bezeklik is a cave as in honor of the early royal aristocracy of the Gaochang Uighur.There are two types of mural in the cave,including religious and secular,and the secular mural also includes two groups,namely,the members of the Royal family and monks.The Hu and Han monks in cave 20 have witnessed the popularity of Tocharian Buddhism and Han Buddhism in the Gaochang Uighur,and presented the Buddhist worship of the rulers of the Gaochang Uighur.Meanwhile,the status of Hu monks was higher than that of Han monks from the various phenomena inside the cave.The reason for this situation may be related to the eastward movement of the monks of the Sarvāstivāda and the worship of primitive Buddhism by the rulers of the Gaochang Uighur.In addition,the Hu and Han monks have dressed in respective Kasaya to distinguish their different sectarian identities,and we can find the shadow of cultural exchange from the purple and field pattern on the Han monks'Kasaya or the yellow and Right Shoulder Partly-Draped on the Hu monks'Kasaya.The Hu and Han monks,dressing Kasaya influenced by different cultural backgrounds and appearing in the same cave,not only reflect the cultural attitude of rivers run into sea,but also a micro-cosm of the integration of different nations in the Gaochang Uighur.
Bezeklik Cave 20Donors'Portraits of MonksKasayaCultural ExchangeNational Integration
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