四川内江新发现摩崖浮雕观音救难图像考察

A Study on the Images of Avalokitesvara’s Rescue among the Cliff Carvings of Neijiang, Sichuan Province

文章阐述了笔者在内江新发现的两铺晚唐五代前后摩崖浮雕观音救难图像,认为普陀岩救难图像主尊两侧场面的内容与形式呈现左右对应的规律,而圣水寺救难图像则依据《观世音菩萨普门品》重说偈叙述次序顺时针环绕主尊排列,各具独特性。两铺图像选择的经文情节、艺术表现与当时汉文化地区流行的同类图像相近,其中圣水寺救难图像较完整地表现了重说偈内容,为目前所仅见。

This paper describes two images of Avalokitesvara’s Rescue that were recently found by the author among cliff carvings from the Late Tang and Five Dynasties in Neijiang,Sichuan province.In the Putuoyan Cave,the images depicting the rescue scene on the two sides of a central statue of Avalokitesvara are symmetrical,while in the Shengshui Temple,similar images are arranged clockwise around the central statue,the sequence of which accords with the narrative order from the repeated verses in The Universal Gate of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva.Research on the two images from Neijiang reveals that each image has its own characteristics,and that the plots and specific representations are remarkably similar in theme to the contemporary popular Chinese culture of the area.The images in Shengshui Temple more completely embody the content of the repeated verses and are more uniquely Chinese in their style of depiction.