甘肃馆藏造像碑塔舍身饲虎本生图像考

On the Carving Image of Feeing Himself to Tiger on the Stele and Pagoda Collected by Gansu Museum

本生故事是佛教艺术表现的重要内容,舍身饲虎本生以牺牲、奉献为主题思想,在北朝时期较为常见且具有一定代表性,新疆、甘肃、河南、山西等地的石窟中保存有一定数量的该本生故事壁画和雕刻。佛教造像碑、塔是与石窟一脉相承的佛教艺术表现形式,其龛像、铭文及其他佛教内容往往相互印证,形成一个系统的整体,表达一定的主题。甘肃馆藏的两件刻有舍身饲虎本生图像的碑塔是这一时期的代表,其内容、构图、思想内涵等相关问题需要深入探讨和研究。

Feeding himself to tiger is an important story in the Jataka story, in the Northern Dynasty this story was very popular in the grotto of Xinjing, Gansu, Henna, Shanxi and other areas, many murals and carvings were preserved. The Buddhism stele of carving, pagoda carving Buddha and grotto were different Buddhism artistic expression, the Buddha carving, inscription and Buddhism story were the consistent and systematic whole. Two stele pagodas carving feeding himself to tiger collected by Gansu museum need to research deeply in the content, composition , idea and other related problems.