The Seated Buddha statue of the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Second Year of Peace, with a height of 65.5 cm and a width of 38 cm. The Buddha statue favors the right shoulder, wavy hair bun, both earlobe shoulders, both hands are damaged, like a knot meditation seal, the face is plump, the eyes are slightly open, quiet and serene, and the knot sits on the square seat with a corset. The engraving of the cloth pattern is delicate and dense. It is followed by a beautifully carved boat-shaped backlight, and the fine and elaborate backlight ornamentation contrasts sharply with the concise condensation of the main figure, which further reflects the calm and tranquility of the Buddha.
On the back of the statue are bas-relief comic strips of Buddha Bunsen and Buddha Honxing, including 1) a diagram of a bodhisattva, 2) a dreaming image entering the womb, 3) listening to the Dharma Heavenly Man, 4) Azuta Zhanxiang, 5) a prince bathing in kowloon, 6) a seven-step declaration, 7) a prince being born; 8) covering the mud and burning a lamp to give a note; 9) a statue of an eight-person brahmin begging; 10) a brahmin riding on an elephant. Among them, the story of Buddha Bunsen, "Brahman Eight Begging Statues", is a rare content on other individual statues. The layout of the picture is orderly, harmonious and vivid.
The statue of Emperor Xing of the Northern Wei Dynasty is about 87 centimeters high and 55 centimeters wide. The statue is carved in relief, with a circular statue of Maitreya on the front, sitting on a two-tier pedestal carved with flying skies and offerings. Maitreya wears a shoulder-length robe, swirling hair in a bun, earlobes and shoulders, a plump face, and a slight smile. The lines of the statue are double-prismatic bumps, arranged in parallel, and the hands are stacked forward on the chest, reflecting the image of the Buddha's great compassion and universal beings. The backlight is pointed and arched, the outer edge is flame pattern, the inner edge is a small Buddha, and the head is photocut lotus petal pattern. Next to the throne are carved two lions.
The back of the statue depicts the Buddhist Bunsen story with a low-level carving technique, and its image is divided into seven layers, each layer is divided into two to three grids, in addition to the four celestial figures at the lowest level, there are a total of 15 pictures, the content is: 1) Maitreya was born in Kowloon Empowerment. 2) Thinking under the tree. 3) Maitreya was born. 4) Ask someone to make a statue of Maitreya. 5) Ride an elephant into the tire. 6) 9) Li Maitreya Buddha. 7) Seven Treasures. 8) The meaning is not clear. 10) 11) 13) The three pictures are basically the same. 12) A kind of seven gains. 14) The King of The Servant consulted with the Second Minister to become a monk. 15) Maitreya to mount Jain.
Northern Wei Buddha seated statue, northern Wei Xiaowen Emperor to implement the policy of Sinicization, the form of Buddhist statues turned to the direction of the southern dynasty cultural aesthetic style, prevailing in the shape of "show bones and clear phases". At this time, the Buddha's appearance is slightly long and beautiful, the eyebrows are kind, the corners of the mouth are raised and smiling; the figure is slender, the shoulders are slightly shaved, the robes are worn in a belt style, and the posture is slightly thin and ethereal, like a literati who has insight into the philosophy of life and is intelligent and compassionate. The sculpture technique of this Buddha statue is skillful and elegant, the charm is vivid, gentle and elegant, and it has the cultural, artistic and aesthetic ideas of the Southern Dynasty.
In the 20th year of Taihe, the statue of the Buddha of the Hu clan was carved in the Shrine, and the statue of Shakya Buddha was carved with a high flesh bun, a plump face, dressed in a shoulder-length coat, sitting on his knees, and performing meditation seals with his hands. There are inscriptions on either side of the niches. There are 9 small Buddha statues above the shrine and an offering statue below, each with the name of the offering person next to each statue. The so-called provider refers to a devout believer who, because of his belief in a certain religion, promotes the teachings by providing funds, goods or labor to make icons, excavate grottoes, build religious sites, etc.
In the third year of the Northern Wei Jingming Dynasty, Liu Baosheng made the Amitabha Buddha statue, which is 108 cm high and 54 cm wide. This image is commonly known as Maitreya. Buddha is a swirling hairstyle, large earlobe shoulders, plump face, pearlescent forehead, straight nose, long eyebrows, solemn and smiling posture under the corners of the mouth, fat neck, covered shoulders, two hands right front left back on the chest for fixed printing, cross-foot sitting, parallel and dense fold lines. The statue of Maitreya was built in the Northern Wei Dynasty and was rare after the Sui Dynasty.
The backlight of the lotus flower behind the head is surrounded by seven seated Buddha round belts, the edges are decorated with flame belts, the two guards are held in a vertical shape, the boat-shaped jewel is backlit, the treasure shape is carved under the seat, and the reliefs on both sides are Liu Baosheng and his wife holding a slow belt, the stem lotus offering statue, and the inscription "Qingxin Scholar Liu Baosheng, Qingxin Queen Meimei, for the three daughters Yingluo Jingshi stone Maitreya statue and have a 30-character inscription" inscription.
Liu Baosheng and his wife made a statue of Maitreya, and the middle of the statue was carved with Maitreya Buddha, with a solemn and dignified expression, and the two sides were carved with two bodhisattvas, with a soft and handsome face, and a protector lion carved next to it. Maitreya has a backlit behind his head, flanked by a squire and a boy carved in an oblique arc, with the sitting Buddha's hands crossed, his right palm forward, his legs crossed downwards, and his clothing and cushion lines are densely packed. In the middle of the statue, a relief sculpture holding a lotus bud is inscribed on both sides: "Qingxin Liu Baosheng and Queen Qingxin Meijiang made a stone Maitreya statue for the deceased daughter Yingluo and had a □." ”
The seated statue of the Northern Wei Buddha was excavated in 1973 in Shatuo Village, a southern suburb of Xi'an. The Buddha's face is long and round, the head is raised into a bun, the forehead is broad and flat, the eyebrows are kind, the corners of the mouth are slightly raised, the smile is kind, the look is handsome and kind, the folds of the clothes are naturally rotated and smooth, and the posture is elegant and calm sitting on the Throne of Meru.
In the first year of the Northern Wei Dynasty, yongxing made statues on all four sides, this kind of small statues, statue monuments, and niches flourished during the Northern Dynasty (386-581), and the Sui Dynasty declined day by day, and was only occasionally found in the Tang Dynasty. Its theme and modeling style are close to the grottoes of the same period, and can be considered to be a shrunken grotto, but its carving is mainly high relief, and the carving is more refined.
Statue of Maitreya Bodhisattva at the foot of the Northern Wei Dynasty, 38 cm high and 30 cm wide. According to the literature, it is inferred that its land should belong to the scope of the Leshanni Temple in Jinchengfang, Chang'an City. The buddha shrine as a whole is pointed arched, the front niche is made of statues, the main Maitreya wears a crown of hair, the treasure is short and slightly upturned, the face is square, the eyebrows are slender, the eyes are slightly open, the corners of the mouth are upturned, and there is a slight smile. The back of the niche is beautifully embossed with a picture of the story of Buddha Bunsen and Buddha Hon hang. From this point of view, the style and theme of the shrine reflect the artistic characteristics of more early Northern Wei Buddha statues.
Statue of the Northern Wei Buddha, excavated in 2003 at Liucun Fort in Weiyang District, Xi'an City.
The statue of the Northern Wei Buddha was excavated in 1973 in Shatuo Village, a southern suburb of Xi'an.
Western Wei Buddha statues, archaeological excavations in the Xi'an area excavated stone carvings from the Western Wei period, Buddha and Bodhisattva present maternal and intellectual, most of the shapes are regular, fine carving, which is related to the local capital at that time and the high standard of the temple. However, the Western Wei Dynasty was relatively short, only twenty-two years, so the entire Buddhist statue was not much different from the late Northern Wei Dynasty, but the degree of exquisiteness was not as early as that of the Northern Wei Dynasty.