四川安岳南薰偏菩萨北宋摩崖造像调查与分析

A Survey and Analysis into the Northern-Song Pianpusa Cliff-Niched Bodhisattva Sculptures in Nanxun,Anyue,Sichuan Province

安岳南薰偏菩萨摩崖造像共有四龛,其中2号龛开凿于北宋大中祥符六年(1013),雕刻千手观音与僧伽变相,反映观音以千手护持众生、以化身救苦济难的信仰观念,这种造像组合形式前所未见,也是所知唯一北宋僧伽变相实例。3号龛开凿于北宋熙宁二年(1069),系施主曹氏为完成亡祖亡父心愿而造,雕刻有上下五代家族供养人像,是宋人重视孝道与家族观念的产物,此龛像是川东文氏石匠早期造像遗存。

Of the four Pianpusa cliff-niched Bodhisattva sculptures in Nanxun,Anyue County of Sichuan Province,No.2 Niche with one Thousand-Armed Avalokitesvara(Guanyin)and Sengjia was carved in the 6l year of the Dazhong Xiangfu(1013 AD)of the Northern-Song Dynasty,which stands for the belief of the Avalokitesvara protecting all beings with one thousand hands and saving them from suffering with incarnated figures.The assembled-shaped sculpture is unprecedented and the figure of Sangha is the only model ever found of the Northern-Song Dynasty.No.3 Niche housing the images of a clan of five generations as donors of the deities was engraved by a patron surnamed Cao in the 2nd year of the Xining(1o69 AD)of the Northern-Song Dynasty,who expected to fulfill the wishes of his deceased ancestors,which represents the people's philosophy of filial piety and family in a high priority in the Song Dynasty.It remains as the early Buddha sculptures made by Stonemason Wen family of the eastern Sichuan.