Research On Land-And-Water Painting Which Found In Pilu Temple In Shijiazhuang

The land-and-water drawing in the Pilu Temple, which located in Shijiazhuang, is the excellent work of the Chinese religious drawings that drawn in the early stage of the Ming Dynasty. It was drawn by folk painters and served in the Buddhist religious rites that held in the temple. On it there painted Buddha, different bodhisattvas and gods, figures of different social ranks and jobs, which contained the thoughts of Confucianism, Buddhism and Daoism. Through its fine and delicate brush-drill, skilled technique of setting contours and colors as well as its vivid images, it has reflected the advanced and excellent technique and art of folk religious drawing of the Ming Dynasty. By studying the religious and cultural background of the land-and-water drawing in the Pilu Temple and its painting arts, we can find out that the thought of merging the 3 religions permeated in Chinese society in the early stage of the Ming Dynasty and became the organic composition of Chinese traditional culture through its combination with folk beliefs, folkway and folk custom; and moreover, we can find out the real development of Chinese land-and-water drawing in the Ming Dynasty at the same time. The land-and-water drawing is religious drawing as well as the cultural relic of folk custom. By creating lifelike artistic images on religious subject, the folk painters manifested their own aesthetic ideas, taste and pursuit, and demonstrated the folk art and the trend of secular culture of their age. The land-and-water drawing in the Pilu Temple inherited the tradition of figure drawing in the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty. Therefore, it has deep and rich cultural background as well as more extensive scope of subject. It has not only formed the style that suits both refined and popular tastes but also broadened the creation channel of figure drawings so that it has exerted a significant influence on the development of figure drawing. The land-and-water drawing in the Pilu Temple provides important information and material for the study of the Buddhist history, the merging history of Confucianism, Buddhism and Daoism as well as the study of the beliefs and folk custom, the ancient Chinese dress and the history of Chinese art.