古蜀华彩 梵相遗珍——四川新津观音寺《香山全堂》明代壁画考论

Research on the Mural of Xiangshanquantang in Guanyin Temple in Xinjin County,Sichuan Province

新津观音寺《香山全堂》壁画绘制于明成化四年(1468年),与宫廷艺术渊源深厚,再现了观音菩萨凡身妙善公主一生化现的主要事迹,为我国明代寺观壁画的精品之作。本文在考释壁画内容基础上,对其空间布局、艺术风格做初步探讨,并从观音信仰的素材表现、三教融合的时代表现、榜题内容的祈愿表现及佛教艺术的价值表现等做一综合分析,认为该壁画为妙善公主故事图像表达的代表性例证(或为最早的妙善故事壁画表现),为考察明代观音文化、佛教壁画艺术、三教融合发展等提供了重要研究标本。

The mural of Xiangshanquantang was painted in the 4 th year of Chenghua Reign(1468)in Ming Dynasty,which is located in the Pilu hall of Guanyin Temple.The mural represents the life story of the thousand-armed Guanyin.Its artistic style has a deep relationship with the court art of Ming Dynasty with a highly historic and artistic value.The author studies the mural’s content,discusses its layout and artistic style,and analyzes how the mural performing Guanyin belief,as well as the fusion of Confucianism,Buddhism and Taoism in Ming Dynasty.In addition,the mural probably is the existing earliest one that shows the complete life story of the thousand-armed Guanyin,and it provides valuable information on the study of Guanyin belief,Buddhist art and the religious culture in Ming Dynasty.