Pilu Temple

Pilu temple is located in the northwest of Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, east of Shangjing village, Xinhua District, 10 kilometers away from the city center. Founded in Tang Tianbao years, it is the only ancient Buddhist temple with a long history in the city. Pilu temple covers an area of 28 mu. It is famous for its exquisite religious murals of the Ming Dynasty, and has preserved a number of precious historical relics such as stone carvings and statues of the Western Han Dynasty. It is a national key cultural relic protection unit.

The murals of Pilu temple, covering more than 200 square meters, are distributed in the Sakya hall and Pilu hall. The frescoes of Pilu temple are the most wonderful. There are 122 square meters of murals in Pilu hall. There are 122 groups of paintings and 508 deities in each group. It is divided into upper, middle and lower layers. The lower statue is the whole body, about 1.2-1.5 meters high. The level is right to the line of sight, the characters are symmetrical to the examples, and the interpretation is correct. They are all excellent works. Its arrangement is well conceived. 3、 The five people form a small picture with their own subjects and followers, various changes and different contents. Between layers and groups, auspicious clouds are used to separate them to form the whole picture. The layout is ingenious and natural, the combination is in order, the level is clear, and the arrangement is well arranged. It has the grand momentum and effect of integration and magnificence.

Compared with other murals in China, Pilu hall murals have three unique characteristics: first, the content of murals is very rich and comprehensive. In addition to the gods of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, there are also some social custom paintings and ancient figures. Each shenpilu temple is located in the northwest of Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, east of Shangjing village, Xinhua District, 10 kilometers away from the city center. Founded in Tang Tianbao years, it is the only ancient Buddhist temple with a long history in the city. Pilu temple covers an area of 28 mu. It is famous for its exquisite religious murals of the Ming Dynasty, and has preserved a number of precious historical relics such as stone carvings and statues of the Western Han Dynasty. It is a national key cultural relic protection unit.

The murals of Pilu temple, covering more than 200 square meters, are distributed in the Sakya hall and Pilu hall. The frescoes of Pilu temple are the most wonderful. There are 122 square meters of murals in Pilu hall. There are 122 groups of paintings and 508 deities in each group. It is divided into upper, middle and lower layers. The lower statue is the whole body, about 1.2-1.5 meters high. The level is right to the line of sight, the characters are symmetrical to the examples, and the interpretation is correct. They are all excellent works. Its arrangement is well conceived. 3、 The five people form a small picture with their own subjects and followers, various changes and different contents. Between layers and groups, auspicious clouds are used to separate them to form the whole picture. The layout is ingenious and natural, the combination is in order, the level is clear, and the arrangement is well arranged. It has the grand momentum and effect of integration and magnificence.

Compared with other murals in China, Pilu hall murals have three unique characteristics: first, the content of murals is very rich and comprehensive. In addition to the gods of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism, there are also some social custom paintings and ancient figures. Every God and character is full of moral or has a myth and legend. It fully embodies the rich and colorful, broad and profound Chinese tradition of thousands of years. Second, the painting technique is exquisite, the style is rich, the line type is complete. All kinds of characters through the painting of different lines, waving ribbon, when the wind pleats, flowing clouds around, rich and vivid expression, distinct and different personality. It makes the picture full of wind and vivid. It has reached a very high artistic realm of moving in stillness, moving in stillness, ready to come out, and flying for immortality. Thirdly, the painting figures use the technique of asphalt powder and gilding in a large area. The work is exquisite, and the characters have a strong three-dimensional sense, achieving the artistic effect of both spirit and form, vivid and lifelike.

Pilu temple mural is a treasure house of Chinese traditional culture and a pearl of mural art. They are comparable with Dunhuang in Gansu, Fahai Temple in Beijing and Yongle Palace in Shanxi. The exquisite murals attract famous experts, scholars and celebrities from all walks of life to visit. They marvel at the exquisite murals and exquisite painting skills, and give high evaluation. And characters are full of allegory or have a myth and legend. It fully embodies the rich and colorful, broad and profound Chinese tradition of thousands of years. Second, the painting technique is exquisite, the style is rich, the line type is complete. All kinds of characters through the painting of different lines, waving ribbon, when the wind pleats, flowing clouds around, rich and vivid expression, distinct and different personality. It makes the picture full of wind and vivid. It has reached a very high artistic realm of moving in stillness, moving in stillness, ready to come out, and flying for immortality. Thirdly, the painting figures use the technique of asphalt powder and gilding in a large area. The work is exquisite, and the characters have a strong three-dimensional sense, achieving the artistic effect of both spirit and form, vivid and lifelike.

Pilu temple mural is a treasure house of Chinese traditional culture and a pearl of mural art. They are comparable with Dunhuang in Gansu, Fahai Temple in Beijing and Yongle Palace in Shanxi. The exquisite murals attract famous experts, scholars and celebrities from all walks of life to visit. They marvel at the exquisite murals and exquisite painting skills, and give high evaluation.

Pilu Temple

Located in the east of Shangjing village, Dubei street, Xinhua District, Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, the Pilu Temple Museum of Shijiazhuang city was built in the Tianbao period of Tang Dynasty (742-756). It is adjacent to Jiulong Lake in the East, Shijin irrigation canal and Shiyan highway in the southwest and farmland in the North.

The temple covers an area of 23 Mu and has 12 buildings, which are in turn: Shanmen, Zhaobi, Sakyamuni hall, bell tower, Drum Tower, Pilu hall, cultural relics exhibition room, cultural relics storehouse, etc. both Sakyamuni hall and Pilu hall are painted with Ming Dynasty Murals.

In 1996, the Pilu Temple Museum in Shijiazhuang was announced by the State Council of the people's Republic of China as the fourth batch of national key cultural relics protection units.

Basic introduction

Pilu temple is located in Shangjing village, the western suburb of Shijiazhuang City, the capital of Hebei Province. It is an ancient temple of Chinese Buddhism and is famous for its exquisite ancient murals. According to the collection of Fangyu and the existing steles in the temple, Pilu temple was founded in Tianbao period of Tang Dynasty, and rebuilt in song, yuan and Ming Dynasties. Originally, it had a large scale and many buildings, but now there are only Sakya Hall (front hall) and Pilu Hall (back hall).

The central platform of Pilu hall is dedicated to the Buddha, piluzana (in Hindi, meaning bright light), so the temple is called Pilu temple. There are murals in the two halls, covering an area of more than 200 square meters. It is one of the most well preserved murals of Ming Dynasty in China.

Architectural features

The front hall is the hall of Sakyamuni, which is three rooms wide and three rooms deep. The small buwa is suspended on the top of the mountain, and there is a Baoxia in front of it. There is a statue of Sakyamuni sitting on the front of the hall, with murals of 83 square meters painted on the four walls. The content is Chinese Buddhist stories and folk myths. The painting level is not as good as that of the back hall, and the preservation is not complete.

The back hall, namely Pilu hall, is also the main hall of the temple. It is built on a 1-meter-high platform, with three rooms in width and three rooms in depth. There are Baoxia in front and back, and the plane is in the shape of a cross.

At both ends of the ridge, there is a kiss from the head and the tail of the Phoenix. The eaves are far-reaching and the slope of tile roof is gentle, so the appearance is comfortable and the shape is special. It is commonly known as the five flowers and eight corners hall. There are 120 square meters of heavy color murals in the hall, among which the murals on the four walls are the most wonderful.

There are more than 500 statues of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism in three rows, including heaven, hell, human world, arhat, Bodhisattva, City God, land, loyal officials and good generals. They are divided into more than 120 small groups, and each group is accompanied by a title list, forming the artistic characteristics of the three religions. The north wall is 2.8 meters high and 3.95 meters wide. The content of the mural is mainly Buddhist. There are more than 120 Taoist and Buddhist figures, such as the ten Ming kings and Emperor Shi, Fantian, Tianlong Babu, the four heavenly kings and the Jade Emperor. The East and west walls are 2.8 meters high and 7.6 meters wide. The murals are mainly Taoist.

On the east wall are painted more than 130 bodies, including the Antarctic Immortal Emperor, Fusang emperor, Xuantian emperor, dizang King Bodhisattva and Guizi mother. There are more than 140 murals in the west, such as the great emperor Ziwei of the Arctic, the great Banna, the Dragon God of the five lakes, and the true king Huguo of Chongning.

The south wall is the same in height and width as the east wall and the west wall. The murals are mainly secular figures. On the east side, there are more than 80 people, including Bodhisattvas who lead the way, martyrs who have sacrificed their lives for the country, and all the markets of jiuliubaijia. On both sides of the screen ran ghost king, City God land and many other people, ancient virtuous women and martyrs, concubines, palace women officials, etc., a total of more than 60 bodies.

Although these paintings are religious themes, through the religious curtain, we can still see the shadow of real life, and some directly depict the image of the working people.

The painting style inherits the traditional painting method of ancient murals in China, with skillful techniques, natural and unrestrained lines, gorgeous colors, vivid characters, clear primary and secondary, and well-organized.

The color of mural is based on the tone of stone green and vermilion, which achieves harmony from the strong contrast, and the color is rich and harmonious. The pigments used are mainly minerals. These pigments have good stability and long storage time. Although they have gone through hundreds of spring, summer, autumn and winter, their colors are still very bright. The mural also uses a large number of asphalt powder and gold. The whole mural looks gorgeous, magnificent and dazzling.

Ink line is a major feature of Chinese painting. The murals of Pilu temple are rich in line depiction, and the types of "line" are relatively complete and applied properly. On the basis of inheriting the excellent tradition of line drawing in Tang and Song Dynasties, it has a new development.

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