This paper compares the wall-painting of Mani with the statue of Mani as the Buddha of Light of Yuan Dynasty The wall-painting was discovered in Tufan in the beginning of 20 th century, and the statue was located in Q...This paper compares the wall-painting of Mani with the statue of Mani as the Buddha of Light of Yuan Dynasty The wall-painting was discovered in Tufan in the beginning of 20 th century, and the statue was located in Quanzhou in1950’s The author believes that Mani’s statue in Quanzhou backed by a halo,sits in Buddha-like pose and adopts the appearance of a Taoist That is to say, Manichaeism has been combined with Buddhism and Taosim However,the portrait of Mani in Tufan preserves original Manichacan features in central Asia, showing the appearance of non-Han Mani wears a nimbus composed of moon-crescent and sun It gives Prominence to the tall cap which is symbolic in Manichaeism The distinct divergence between these two images illustrates that a religion will steady Change in ‘alien god localized’fashion in different展开更多
文摘This paper compares the wall-painting of Mani with the statue of Mani as the Buddha of Light of Yuan Dynasty The wall-painting was discovered in Tufan in the beginning of 20 th century, and the statue was located in Quanzhou in1950’s The author believes that Mani’s statue in Quanzhou backed by a halo,sits in Buddha-like pose and adopts the appearance of a Taoist That is to say, Manichaeism has been combined with Buddhism and Taosim However,the portrait of Mani in Tufan preserves original Manichacan features in central Asia, showing the appearance of non-Han Mani wears a nimbus composed of moon-crescent and sun It gives Prominence to the tall cap which is symbolic in Manichaeism The distinct divergence between these two images illustrates that a religion will steady Change in ‘alien god localized’fashion in different
