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- Title
MUSIC REFERENCES IN THE PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE NANZHAO KINGDOM.
- Authors
WANG LING
- Abstract
The painted scroll Pictorial History of the Nanzhao Kingdom (Nanzhao Guo Shi Tuzhuan) - preserved in a copy at the Fujii Sai- seikai Yurinkan Museum of Art in Kyoto-was produced in the Nanzhao Kingdom in southwestern China in the second year (899) of the Zhongxing reign period (898-902) of King Shun Huazhen (877-902), which corresponds with the second year of the Guanghua reign period (898-901) of Emperor Zhaozong (867-904) of the Tang dynasty (618-907). It illustrates the legend about the introduction of Buddhism to the Nanzhao people, and the help and revelation which they received from the Bodhisattva Guanyin, the Buddhist Goddess of Mercy, in establishing their kingdom in the area of the West Er River (Erhai Lake in the present-day Dali Bai Nationality Autonomous Prefecture in western Ywman) during the middle period of the Tang dynasty. There are three musical references included in the painted scroll. One is showing heavenly music ensemble consisting of a konghou with the head of a phoenix, a curved-neck pipa, a flute with the head of a phoenix, a bili, a gong, and clappers. The second comes at the end of the first part of the narrative showing Guanyin's sixth miraculous transformation, with the bronze drum being beaten. The third image with music reference comes from the scene showing Guanyin's seventh transformation, where in front of the lotus throne, on which is standing Acuoye Guanyin, a bronze drum is casually thrown sideways on the ground.
- Subjects
NANZHAO (Kingdom); TANG dynasty, China, 618-907; MUSIC; RELIGION; CHINESE Buddhism; DRUMS (Musical instruments); CHINESE musical instruments
- Publication
Music in Art: International Journal for Music Iconography, 2013, Vol 38, Issue 1/2, p191
- ISSN
1522-7464
- Publication type
Article