Thoughts Triggered By The Artistic Characteristics Of Buddha Statues In The Cellars Of Longxing Temple In Qingzhou

The site of the Buddha statue in longxing temple is located in qingzhou,shandong province,which began in the northern wei dynasty and ended in the holy period of the northern song dynasty.Different periods of sculpture style differences,in the "Chinese style","localization" bodhisattva sculpture statues in the process of gradually abandoned early heavy Indian gupta provender Tu sculpture style,into the "dragon spit lotus","tsao water" and other Chinese plastic arts characteristics,integrating with the Indian buddhist art style,sui generis.Compared with other areas of Buddha statues,the regional characteristics of longxing temple in qingzhou are more prominent and distinct,and they are regarded as "qingzhou style".In addition to the exquisite modeling,the sculptor also endowed the longxing temple with a unique spiritual connotation and aesthetic significance.Qingzhou Buddhism has a long history,high position,is in addition to two Beijing,office,the only state with the ordination platform of northern China.As the largest temple in qingzhou,longxing temple is very prosperous and very large.More than 400 statues were unearthed at the site of the Buddha statue in longxing temple.According to the statistics: excavate bodhisattva’s head 51,the Buddha head like 153 and the statue remnant body 200.This batch of buddhist statues are mainly composed of Chinese white jade,limestone,granite and so on.Also by cleaning up to a few wooden statues and clay statues,statues in the land of the two species because of limited materials,extrusion damage more serious,and failure to retain the complete statue specimens.Most of the limestone statues are well preserved,the carving techniques are exquisite,and the Buddha statues are in the style of the "bao bao belt",and the pleats are elegant and elegant.The bodhisattva is like the "cao yi" style,beautiful and refined.Because of the long time buried in the ground,the Buddha’s surface painted veneer is relatively intact,and the Buddha face is pale and smiling,with a gentle grace.The author in the process of thinking is a combination of the social aesthetic culture influence personal subjective creation and sculptors.From the Angle of Chinese traditional aesthetics,the Angle of artistic language and its religious significance,the reasons and characteristics of the statue of longxing temple are analyzed in different time stages.Based on the author’s multi-textual research and field investigation,the artistic features of the buddhist statues in longxing temple in qingzhou were reinterpreted on the basis of previous studies.