The position of these one hundred and eight Buddha statues looks messy, but when you look closely, you can feel that the position of these Buddha statues seems to have a deep meaning.However, Yang Jing can't see what this position represents, after all, he understands Taoist knowledge, but he doesn't know much about some things in Buddhism, and for Buddhism, he only understands some relatively superficial things, and no matter how profound things are, they are not clear.Therefore, Yang Jing can only feel that the position of these Buddha statues has a deep meaning, if you let him say one, two, three, he will be completely finished.These Buddha statues have different shapes, but they are all based on the shapes of Buddhist powers such as Shakyamuni, Guanyin, Manjushri, Puxian, Heavenly King, and Mother.The size ranges from about 20 centimeters in height to nearly a meter in height.Yang Jing casually grabbed a Buddha statue with a height of nearly 60 centimeters in the outermost periphery, and the shape of this Buddha statue was Fuxian Bodhisattva.As soon as he started, Yang Jing felt heavy, and immediately understood that this Buddha statue was the most popular gilded bronze Buddha statue in the Tang Dynasty.Gilding is to synthesize gold and mercury into gold mercury, apply it to the surface of the copper, and then heat it to evaporate the mercury, and the gold is attached to the surface of the copper.As the oldest method of gold inlay for metal objects in China, gilt has a long history of more than 2,000 years and unique craftsmanship, and is one of the glorious achievements of ancient Chinese technology.The Buddha statue cast in copper or bronze with a gilded and movable surface is commonly known as a "gilded bronze Buddha statue".This kind of Buddha statue was usually used by the court and temples in ancient China.Buddhism was introduced to China from the Han Dynasty, and was only regarded as a kind of immortal Taoism in the early days, and it was not widely popular.After the Western Jin Dynasty, the society was turbulent, the war continued, and the people were struggling to make a living, so the belief of Buddhism "transcending life and death and suffering, cutting off all troubles, and obtaining ultimate liberation" was widely spread among the people.The Xiongnu, Xianbei, Xia, Di, Qiang and other ethnic minorities entered the Central Plains, and their cultural traditions and Buddhism from the Western Regions were more easily mutually identifiable.As a result, Buddhism was able to grow rapidly during the Sixteen Kingdoms period and permeated all levels of society.During the period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, the first group of eminent monks appeared in China, and they received strong support from the Hu rulers.These eminent monks not only systematically translated a large number of Mahayana Buddhist scriptures, but also cultivated a generation of outstanding scholars such as Seng Zhao and Zhu Daosheng who built Chinese Buddhism.Make Chinese Buddhist art reach the most glorious era, Mogao Grottoes, Bingling Temple Grottoes, Maijishan Grottoes and other early cave temples are excavated in this era, the existing Buddhist statues also began to appear at this time, but also a large number of bronze gilt Buddha handicrafts.The earliest gilded bronze Buddha statues were first seen in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, and they were mostly called golden people in the early transmission period of Buddhism.During the period of the Sixteen Kingdoms, it developed with the rise of Buddhist temples, and most of them were offered in palaces or Buddhist temples, and they flourished from the Northern and Southern Dynasties to the Tang Dynasty.During the Han Dynasty and the Sixteen Kingdoms period, the Buddha statue had a square face, a peaceful face, and straight hair, and was seated.The Buddhas of this period were mostly single and small in size.In the Northern Dynasty, that is, after the Northern Wei Dynasty, the head of the Buddha statue was a bowl-type, with a long face and a thin face, a high nose and big ears, closed eyes and concentrating, a clear face, a high bun, a spiral type, a robe, and a right shoulder.Some sit cross-legged, some sit cross-legged with their palms facing up.The Buddha seat is either a Sumeru seat with a short waist or a four-legged square seat.Some of them have their heads and some of them are backlit, all of them are pointed, and they are surrounded by flame patterns.Another significant feature of the statue of the Northern Wei Dynasty is that the main Buddha is often flanked by one or two Bodhisattvas, mostly in a standing posture.In the Sui and Tang dynasties, the bronze statue was tied with a lotus crown on his head, his face was round, his cheeks were fat, his forehead was high, he was dressed in a monk's branch, he was draped in a robe, and he wore a pleated skirt under his wide coat, hanging down on his feet.Under the seat there is a double-layered four-legged high bed or a single-layer four-legged bed, and the neck or backlight is thicker and pointed.If you carefully distinguish between them, the style of gilded bronze Buddha statues in the Tang Dynasty is slightly different from that of the Sui Dynasty.Most of the gilded bronze Buddha statues of the Tang Dynasty have plump faces, the head is a spiral or water wave hairstyle, the meat bun is relatively tall compared to the Sui Dynasty, the big ears are drooping, and the expression is solemn and kind.The body is well-proportioned, the structure is reasonable, the body is plump, full, and the exposed pectoral muscles are undulating and changing, and the realism is strong.Moreover, the gilded bronze Buddha statues of the Tang Dynasty are naturally stretched and have a strong sense of dynamics.The clothing is decorated with a shoulder type, a right shoulder type and a praising cloth belt type, more of a square neck drooping type, the texture of the clothing is soft and light, the clothing pattern is smooth, and the lower body folds are suspended in front of the seat like a tablecloth, which has the characteristics of the times.Finally, the pedestals of the gilded bronze Buddha statues of the Tang Dynasty are mostly girdle-style, with hexagonal, octagonal, round or flower-shaped bottom edges.The most important point is that most of the gilded bronze Buddha statues in the Tang Dynasty are gilded and red.Just like the gilded bronze Buddha statue of the Bodhisattva in his hand, the surface is slightly red, and the modeling style is very consistent with the characteristics of the gilded bronze Buddha statue in the Tang Dynasty.The most important thing is that this Buddha statue has been staying in this tomb, unlike those gilded bronze Buddha statues that are commonly found on the market, it has long been unknown how many years it has been circulated outside and how many people's hands have passed, so this Buddha statue is in excellent condition.If it weren't for the gilded bronze Buddha statue found here, Yang Jing would have suspected that this Buddha statue was a new work of high imitation.From the current point of view, the value of gilded bronze Buddha statues is extremely high, especially the gilded bronze Buddha statues in the Sui and Tang dynasties, once they appear at auction, they often become the finale.And the gilded bronze Buddha statue in his hand is in such good condition, it was still cast during the Wu Zhou period, once it is taken out, it will definitely cause a sensation.And like this gilded bronze Buddha statue of the same quality as this Puxian Bodhisattva, there are a full one hundred and seven here!
There is no doubt that with these exquisite gilded bronze Buddha statues, after the opening of their own private museum, a Tang Dynasty gilded bronze Buddha statue exhibition hall is absolutely indispensable!
There are so many gilded bronze Buddha statues in the Tang Dynasty, although they are all from the Wu and Zhou periods, but they will definitely make those who love gilded bronze Buddha statues linger.These are all absolutely good things, if you don't say anything, take them all!
Yang Jing knew very well that the things brought out from here, if there were no special circumstances, would never see the light.After all, according to the laws of Huaxia, everything here belongs to the state, and private individuals have no right to leave these treasures.Even entering here by yourself is a crime.But Yang Jing is not worried, who let himself have a big treasure in his hands?
Yang Jing never thought of keeping the jade seal of the country in his hands, and since the jade seal of the country could not be kept, then the country must be able to agree to use this jade seal of the country to exchange for the remaining treasure.After all, these treasures will not be taken out of the country, but will remain in the domestic museum forever for external exhibition.I worked hard to find the jade seal of the country for the country, and used these treasures as a reward, presumably the country would not disagree.