A Study on the Dance Scenes in Western Pure Land SutraPaintings in the Dunhuang

• Main Authors: Tsai, E Ting, 蔡宜廷
• Other Authors: Cheng, A-Tsai
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2011
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/77284631170158219076

碩士 === 臺北巿立體育學院 === 舞蹈碩士班 === 99 === A Study on the Dance Scenes in Western Pure Land Sutra Paintings in the Dunhuang Abstract The purpose of this essay is to investigate different dance scene of the West pure land sutra paintings from various periods.The West pure land sutra paintings is founded the first dance scene paintings and with most quantities of the Dunhuang fresco, the paintings were presented on the wall from the early Tang Dynasty to the Song Dynasty. The “sutra paintings ” draws from the Buddhist literature, the West pure land sutra paintings is designed from《The Three Pure Land SutrasⅠ》and《The Three Pure Land SutrasⅡ》, describe the heavenly happiness of the Buddhist literature. The object of this essay is the dance scenes of different Dunhuang caverns from various periods, to describes, analysis, conclude, and discuss them not only stands the West pure land sutra paintings in the history, also discover the connections of the dance, the Buddhist literatures, and the times. The findings discovered: first, the dance scene of the West pure land sutra paintings duplicated dancing of the royal palace. Second, the main purpose of the Buddhist literatures to emphasis musical tones is to spread out the Buddhist doctrine, the dance scene makes audiences to associate happiness of the West pure land sutra paintings and the experiences of their life. Third, even without the historical record of the dance position which plays “pipa” (a plucked string instrument with a fretted fingerboard) upside down, can still find the so called “pipa dance” from the dancer’s skillful posturing, the space, the position and so on …of the West pure land sutra paintings, as well as from the discussions of the instruments holds by the dancers in the literature. The dance scene of West pure land sutra paintings refers the most magnificent luxury of royal palace to show the concrete image of the West pure land, and expect to attract the blasting fuse audiences to believe in Buddha and willing to go the West heavenly world after death by describing the most happiest things in lives. Key word: Dunhuang, the West pure land sutra paintings, the sutra paintings, the dance