Silk Road Lecture Series – Two Special Presentations by Pominent Chinese Scholars

Silk Road Lecture Series -- Two Special Presentations by Pominent Chinese Scholars

Monday, April 3, 2006 - 4:00pm to 5:30pm
Room 103, Henry R. Luce Hall See map
34 Hillhouse Avenue
New Haven, CT 6511

Buddhist Images in Baozhong, Sichuan
Dr. Lei Yuhua - Associate Researcher, Chengdu Institute of Archaeology

Issues Related to the Baoding Grottoes in Dazu, Sichuan
Mr. Li Fangyin - Director, Art Museum of Dazu Stone Carvings

These lectures will be given in Mandarin Chinese with translation provided.

CHINESE ABSTRACTS AND BIOS

巴中佛教摩崖石刻造像研究提要
雷玉华

中国南部的佛教石窟和摩崖造像主要集中在四川地区,四川是一个盆地,四面环山,石窟和摩崖造像就分布在周围的山区,巴中是中国西南部四川省的一个县。四川的石窟和摩崖造像主要由中原北方地区传入,其传入的通道有二,一是由金牛古道经广元传入,一是由米仓古道经巴中传入。广元和巴中是石窟及摩崖造像进入四川的重要通道。对四川其它地区的同类造像产生了巨大影响。为研究中国南方石窟必须涉及的区域。巴中地区的造像还没有人对它们作过考古学的分期研究,本人于2000年至2001年在巴中进行了多次调查,在此基础上对巴中摩崖造像进行了较为全面分析研究。现存的龛像据其龛形和造像特征的变化,结合造像铭文,将其分为四期,各期的变化与当时的历史背景紧密相关,尤其是唐与西南民族关系的变化。巴中摩崖石刻造像的开凿与联系中原的古道“米仓道”的繁荣存在密切相关,造像的因素如造像风格、造像组合、主要造像题材,甚至开龛造像的人物等都主要来自于长安地区。

Dr. Lei Yuhua is Associate Researcher at the Archaeological Institute of Chengdu. She is an expert on cave temple sites in the Chengdu area and in northern Sichuan. After receiving her Ph.D. from Sichuan University, she has co-authored several books on these topics, including Cave Temples of Guangyuan/Guangyuan shiku (Chengdu, 2002), and Cave Temples of Bazhong/Bazhong shiku (Chengdu, 2003). Her numerous articles are published in Wenwu, Sichuan and other major archaeological journals in China. Since 2002, she has been collaborating with Professor Hida Romi of Waseda University on a publication project that investigates and digitally reconstructs cave sites at Pujiang and Qionglai (Central Sichuan).

關於大足寶頂山石窟有關建造問題的探討
黎方銀
(中國重慶大足石刻藝術博物館研究員)

大足寶頂山石窟是中國佛教遺産中一座宏偉的藝術殿堂,它既蘊含著巨大的歷史、藝術、文化價值,又充分展示出藝術創造中的科技才能。因此,從石窟地形的科學選擇、環崖雕刻的開放式佈局空間、石窟造像與自然環境的天然融合、巧妙而又完備的排水系統,以及建築力學、透視學、採光在石窟建造中的充分運用等方面,深入探討大足寶頂山石窟在建造過程中借助於科技、融科技於藝術之中的有關問題具有十分積極的意義。事實上,在今天看來,寶頂山石窟之所以歷經千年而保存較好,正是得益於當年的雕刻家們在建造過程中高度重視藝術與科學的巧妙融合,也正因如此,才使寶頂山石窟不僅在題材內容、雕刻技巧、藝術形式、審美情趣等諸多方面有異於中國其他石窟,也在石窟建造方面呈現出自身獨到的特點,爲中國其他石窟所罕見。因此,寶頂山石窟融科學於藝術創作之中,在藝術創作中大膽運用科技的實例,值得我們今人借鑒和讚賞。

Mr. Li Fangyin is Director of the Art Museum of Dazu Stone Carvings in Chongqing. A researcher at the Dazu Museum for the past two decades, Mr. Li has co-authored and co-edited several major publications with his colleagues there, including Dazu Stone Carvings/Dazu Shike (Chongqing, 1994), Collected Essays on Dazu Stone Carvings, Vols 1 & 2/Dazu shike lunwenji di 1, 2 bian (Chongqing, 1997), A Record of Inscriptions from Dazu Stone Carvings/Dazu shike mingwen lu (Chongqing, 1999) and The Complete Edition of Dazu Stone Carvings: The Beishan Volume/Dazu shike diaosu quanji: Beishan bian (Chongqing, 1999). His own publications include: The Art of Dazu Stone Carvings/Dazu shike yishu (Chongqing, 1994), Donor Inscriptions from Beishan Caves of Dazu/Dazu Beishan shiku gongyangren tiji (Chongqing,1996), and The Art of Dazu Stone Carvings: A Wolrd Heritage Site/ Dazu shike yishu: shijie wenhua yichan (Chongqing, 2001). Mr. Li was a member of the executive committee which was responsible for successfully nominating Dazu to be listed in the Catalog of World Heritage in 1999.

Made possible by the generous support from The Silkroad Foundation
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