四川唐代道教造像的三个特征

Three Characteristics of Sichuan Taoist Statues in Tang Dynasty

从北魏至唐代,道教造像体系也渐渐有了南北之别。当北方还在承接周、隋之余续时,南方川蜀地区已经发展成为一个严格的造像体系。从现在的遗存来看,北方多为造像碑,单体造像虽有,但不成系统,而南方则继承了北齐、北周以来石刻造像的形态,并向大型化、系统化发展。就题材而言,北方多以老君为主,而南方的造像题材多以天尊为主。这些都说明了至唐代时道教因其自身的发展使得道教造像产生了地域特色。

From the Northern Wei Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, the system of Taoist statues also gradually appeared north-south difference. When the North was still undertaking the heritage of the Zhou Dynasty, Sui Dynasty, Southern Sichuan area had developed into a strict statue system. From the present remains,North was more statue tablet,although there existed monomer statue, did not form a system, While the South inherited the pattern of image creation by Stone-carving since the Northern Qi Dynasty,the Northern Zhou Dynasty, and developed in large-scale and systematic form. As to subject matter, North to Supreme Venerable Lord mainly,While the South of the statues of more than Primus. All these indicate that Taoism in the Tang Dynasty owe to its own development made the Taoist statues produced geographical features.