Floral Rain: Buddhism and Literature and Art

Author: Luo Weiguo
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Publish Date: 2003-08-01
Features: Buddhism not only has an extensive body of scriptures and teachings but also penetrates into various cultural fields in China and even the Eastern world with its strong vitality. This book extensively cites representative works to introduce the relationship between Buddhism and cultural arts from ten aspects, including poems and incantations, ballads, couplets, narrative poems, novels, operas, music, dance, calligraphy, painting, and sculpture. From this book, one can see that Buddhism has had a profound impact on Chinese literature and arts, while traditional Chinese culture has also played a significant role in the process of sinicization of Buddhism.