Tag: Portraits of Zen Patriarchs
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Analysis of the Conception and Appearance of the Group Portraits of the Twenty-nine Patriarchs in Kanjingsi Cave of Longmen Grottoes
The portraits of the twenty-nine patriarchs in Kanjingsi Cave of Longmen Grottoes are the largest existing statues of the patriarchs in the Chinese grottoes. Kanjingsi Cave belongs to the design of Zen grottoes influenced by square worship grottoes and has the dual nature of meditation and worship, and the group of twenty-nine patriarchs was first…
