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- Title
REFLEXOS DO SINCRETISMO RELIGIOSO CHINÊS NA ICONOGRAFIA TANG – OS LOKAPALAS E A ADAPTAÇÃO DO BUDISMO À CULTURA CHINESA.
- Authors
FIALHO, FAUSTO
- Abstract
Mahāyāna Buddhism’s mythology and iconography were transformed on their land journey along the Silk Road, from India to China. Buddhism acquired religious and artistic traits from other contexts. Lokapalas are reflective of these changes. These deities always retained original attributes. But in India, their transition from Brahmanism to Buddhism granted them a protective aura of Siddhartha Gautama and the Buddhist faith, whereas in Central Asia and later in China, they were militarized. Other transformations occurred due to the centripetal force of Chinese culture and religious sensitivities. This article explores these syncretic processes, by analyzing the religious and artistic transformations that these figures underwent on the Silk Road toward Tang China. Keywords: Religious Syncretism; Terrestrial Silk Road; Mahāyana
- Subjects
CHINA; SYNCRETISM (Religion); RELIGIOUS idols; SYMBOLISM in art; BUDDHISM
- Publication
Biblos: Revista da Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Coimbra, 2022, Issue 8, p145
- ISSN
0870-4112
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.14195/0870-4112_3-8_7