How much do you know about stone mountain carving and its classification

stone mountain carving is a kind of carving art, and it is also the longest-spread. It can be seen in every temple, large and small. FRP stone sculpture are generally welded, which is relatively firm, that is, the skeleton of the stone carving itself is welded with the embedded iron on the base, and the steel bars are welded under the embedded iron. The length of the steel bars and the size of the embedded iron are determined according to the size of the Stone Carving. For the sake of beauty, usually, after the stone carving is installed, the base will be pasted with marble or granite slabs. Stainless steel stone carving is a common urban stone carving. Stainless steel is resistant to weak corrosive media such as air, steam, water, and chemically corrosive media such as acid, alkali, and salt. Because stainless steel stone sculpture have many advantages, many urban stone sculpture use stainless steel as materials. The emergence of Buddhist art was first in the first and second centuries AD, and it was influenced by the products of ancient Greek culture, Indian culture, Western Region culture and Chandra culture.

Buddha is a category with the largest number of statues. The earliest stone sculpture were common stone sculpture. Later, copper and stone mountain carvings began to appear. The main copper Buddha body is small and delicate. It will be worshiped in temples and faithful families. Shrines, or hidden in sodium Among the pagodas and underground palaces, they have been handed down since ancient times and have high collection value.
In temples, many kinds of stone sculpture are often enshrined. Because of their different identities, the images, materials and types of stone sculpture are also different. According to their own production and materials, different companies can generally be divided into: copper Buddha statues, golden Buddha statues, The development of stone Buddha statues, jade Buddha statues, fiberglass Buddha statues, etc. According to their identity, the general content can be divided into four types with the following analysis:
1. Statue of Buddha
Buddha, in a narrow sense, refers to the meaning of Sakyamuni Buddha, but with the development of Buddhist teachings, the concept of Buddha is divided into Dharma, retribution, should be three bodies, colorless and invisible Buddha, full of the silence of the universe, known as Dharma The Buddha; the Buddha body is revealed to save all living beings after long-term accumulated work and accumulated virtues. The names of the Buddhas are recorded in the classics, such as Lucena Buddha, Great Sun Buddha, Sakyamuni Buddha, Amitabha Buddha, Medicine Buddha and so on. The Buddha is sometimes called Tathagata, which is the meaning of the Sanskrit Dotuo Agu.
2. Statue of Bodhisattva
The word Bodhisattva is the abbreviation of Bodhisattva in Sanskrit, and it has also been translated into human heart, big, high, sense, etc. There are Manjusri, Samantabhadra, Maitreya, Sunlight, Moonlight, Kongzang, Zangzang, and 25 Bodhisattvas accompanying Amitabha, Guanyin, etc. Among them, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva is particularly famous.
3. The Holy Statue of King Ming
Ming kings, most of them belong to the Esoteric Buddhism, there are Fudo Ming Wang, Jiang III, Gundali, Dawei De, Vajra Yasha, etc., collectively referred to as the five Ming kings of society. King Ming supported the Three Jewels, protected the country, and protected the people. Sometimes the wrathful body of the Buddha, subdued by the wisdom before the light is all for the demons and obstacles, looks extremely majestic and terrifying.
4. Statues of Heaven, Man and God
There are many gods of heaven and man, and the images are more powerful, such as the four heavenly kings, Brahma, Indra, etc.; there are more gentle and discerning talents, such as auspicious days, technical heavens, etc., and there are also the so-called eight dragons, twelve heavens, and twelve gods of pharmacists. , Prajna sixteen good gods, Avalokitesvara twenty-eight etc. Among them, the men hold swords and halberds, wear armor, and are brave and extraordinary; the women are beautiful and personable, just like fairies descending to earth.