四川安岳新发现千手观音经变造像调查研究

Research on the Newly Discovered Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara Sutra Illustration in Anyue, Sichuan Province

在四川省石窟寺专项调查过程中,四川大学调查队于四川安岳新发现一例宋初千手观音经变龛。该龛经变由浅浮雕“十五善生”与高浮雕千手观音及其眷属构成,千手观音居中,“十五善生”居两侧。该类型千手观音经变为川渝地区首次发现,丰富了川渝地区千手观音造像资料,反映了川渝、敦煌的佛教文化联系。

While investigating a group of cave temples in Anyue, Sichuan province, an investigation team from Sichuan University found a new painting of the Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara(Guanyin) sutra illustration dating from the early Song dynasty. The illustration depicts the “fifteen good beings” in bas relief and a Thousand-Armed Guanyin surrounded by attendants in high relief. This is the first time that this type of Guanyin sutra illustration has been discovered in Sichuan and Chongqing,which enriches the current collection of Guanyin statues in the region and reflects the Buddhist cultural connection between Dunhuang, Sichuan, and Chongqing.