Coexistence of Divinity and Custom: The Song Dynasty Shanxi Gaoping Kaihua Temple Murals Secularization Reason Analysis

Yue Wu; Zhekai Wu; Tianyi Zhou; Shan Guo; Zheng Ding

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Coexistence of Divinity and Custom: The Song Dynasty Shanxi Gaoping Kaihua Temple Murals Secularization Reason Analysis

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Yue Wu¹, Zhekai Wu¹, Tianyi Zhou¹, Shan Guo¹, Zheng Ding¹^{, *}

¹College of Landscape Architecture and Art, Fujian Architecture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China

^*Corresponding author. Email: 2624124424@qq.com

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Zheng Ding

Available Online 30 December 2022.

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Keywords: Song Dynasty; Gaoping KaiHua Temple; temple murals; secularization
Abstract: Mural is the early form of Chinese painting, and its rich image information has important historical value for the study of connotation. During the Song Dynasty, the production of Shanxi murals reached its peak, especially with a large number of Buddhist themes in temple murals. These mural images have typical functional and narrative characteristics. This paper deeply analyzes the composition and content of the temple mural image of Gaoping Kaihua Temple, and uses the narrative law to analyze the secularization tendency retained on the image style, trying to restore its influence in local life. Exploring the Causes of the Necessity of Mural Secularization from the Buddhist cultural heritage, the spiritual needs of the people, the political needs of the Imperial Court and demand for painters and monks.
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Volume Title: Proceedings of the 2022 5th International Conference on Humanities Education and Social Sciences (ICHESS 2022)
Series: Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date: 30 December 2022
ISBN: 10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_308
ISSN: 2352-5398
DOI: 10.2991/978-2-494069-89-3_308 How to use a DOI?
Open Access: Open Access This chapter is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits any noncommercial use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license and indicate if changes were made.

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