Grade 9 - Adding Some Sparkle to Chinese

Author: Wu Yueming
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Publishing Date: 2006-03-01
Features: Buddhism in China is also known as "Image Teaching." It was first introduced to China and relied largely on its scriptures, but to a great extent, it depended on its art, Buddha statues, and images that explained Buddhist doctrines. This book selects one hundred and thirty-six exquisite scrolls of Buddha statues painted on silk after their Sinicization, which are easy to preserve and worship. The scrolls are arranged in order of Buddha, Bodhisattva, Mahākārya, Arhat, and Dharma Protector. These precious images are now preserved in major museums across China. Many of them are being displayed to the public for the first time, possessing extremely high cultural relic, artistic, and historical value. At this moment when the World Buddhist Forum is held in Zhejiang, China, Xiling Press has specially compiled and published this book to let the world appreciate the treasures of ancient Chinese Buddhist sculpture art, a truly meritorious act.