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Paradise Of Bhaisajyaguru
''Paradise of Bhaisajyaguru'' (薬師佛) or ''Pure Land of Bhaisajyaguru'' is a painting created during China's Yuan dynasty. This painting was originally housed in Guangsheng Temple, Guangsheng Lower Monastery (Guangsheng Si), Zhaocheng County, Shanxi. The painting, which was at the eastern gable wall of the Main Hall of the monastery, was purchased by Arthur M. Sackler and later was given to Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York, United States in 1954.Metropolitan Museum of Art''Buddha of Medicine Bhaishajyaguru (Yaoshi fo)''/ref> This painting features the Bhaisajyaguru Buddha and two Bodhisattvas, Avalokitesvara and Cintāmaṇicakra, Cintamanicakra in the centre. Traditionally Bhaisajyaguru Buddha (''Yaoshi fo'') is considered as the Buddha of medicine (both physically and spiritually) in Mahayana Buddhism.Metropolitan Museum of ArtAnning Jing, ''The Yuan Buddhist Mural of the Paradise of Bhaisajyaguru'' ''Metropolitan Museum Journal, 26, 147-166'', 1991 Compos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuan Dynasty
The Yuan dynasty (), officially the Great Yuan (; xng, , , literally "Great Yuan State"), was a Mongol-led imperial dynasty of China and a successor state to the Mongol Empire after its division. It was established by Kublai, the fifth khagan-emperor of the Mongol Empire from the Borjigin clan, and lasted from 1271 to 1368. In orthodox Chinese historiography, the Yuan dynasty followed the Song dynasty and preceded the Ming dynasty. Although Genghis Khan had been enthroned with the Han-style title of Emperor in 1206 and the Mongol Empire had ruled territories including modern-day northern China for decades, it was not until 1271 that Kublai Khan officially proclaimed the dynasty in the traditional Han style, and the conquest was not complete until 1279 when the Southern Song dynasty was defeated in the Battle of Yamen. His realm was, by this point, isolated from the other Mongol-led khanates and controlled most of modern-day China and its surrounding areas, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
