Wan Dechan, whose real name is Xue An [ān], 1975, is from Qixian County, Shanxi Province. 199 1 entered Shanxi Culture and Art School, 1992 became a monk in Chongshan Temple, 1996 entered China Academy of Fine Arts, and began to study calligraphy and seal cutting in 2000.
Among the exhibits, the largest is the Huayan Sutra of Dafang Guangfo, which was drawn in blood and ink. Height18m, width 4.6m, 602,460 words. It is written in fine print, and the characters form a spectacular pagoda, with dense eaves. The decorations are complete, and the wind chimes on the eaves are lifelike. It is not only a scripture, but also a calligraphy work. The design is unique. However, people without persistence and determination can't do it.
Buddhism has a tradition of writing scriptures by pricking blood. There are many incidents of pricking blood in the original story of the Buddha, such as "Prince Satay gave his life to feed the tiger", and writing "Pricking Blood Sutra" can be found in many classics. The Sanskrit scripture says, "Skinning is paper, pricking blood is ink, marrow is water, cutting bones is a pen, and writing Buddhist teachings." Hua Yan Jing also said: "Peeling is paper, broken bones are pens, pricking blood is ink, and writing classics." The act of writing blood meridians contains three meanings: merit, asceticism and sacrifice.
According to the literature, the earliest writings on blood classics in China were recorded in the Liang Wudi period of the Southern Dynasties, and both the History of the South and the Biography of Continued Eminent Monks.
The earliest material object of the Blood Classic comes from the Dunhuang Tibetan Classic Cave, which is the Blood Classic of the Tang Dynasty. Guanyin Jing was written in Dunhuang in the north. It was written by Sanwei Zen Master, a monk, in the second year of Tianzheng (AD 902).
At present, there are many blood meridians in the National Library, including the above picture, the northern picture and various temples. Huayan Classic is the most widely circulated classic of blood in past dynasties. Temple in Xiyuan, Suzhou, Jiangsu Province has Hua Yan Jing, which has been written for more than 20 years. The Jiuhuashan History Museum in Anhui Province has the Hua Yan Jing written by the flawless Zen master in Ming Dynasty after 28 years. The library of Shandong Province has Hua Yan Jing written by pricking blood in Qing Dynasty.
There are many steps to write classics by pricking blood. Blood comes from tongue, heart, fingers, arms and legs, including pure blood, ink, water, vermicelli and gold. Before blood drawing, you need to eat light food and reduce the intake of spices such as salt and aniseed, which is said to affect the color of the font of blood books. If you don't keep the precepts, the words are black; if you keep the precepts, the words are light golden yellow. This paper must be boiled with alum. The font is solemn regular script.
The calligraphy works in the exhibition inherited the route of "Two Kings", including sketches, banners, couplets, banners, fans and other forms, mainly running script. One of the sketches is about a poem written by Master Hongyi before his death (a poem written by a monk containing Buddhism), and the cloud:
"A friend of a gentleman is as light as water.
Hold the image and ask for it, thousands of miles away.
Stone asked, but forgot to say anything.
Man Chun of flowers, full moon of heart. "
There is also a cursive heart sutra.
The general "four gentlemen" in painting is Mei Jushi, while Zen people like painting Mei He, and lotus is more closely related to Buddhism.
The painting method is relatively simple. Zen painting pursues inner peace and emptiness, so it is simple, and some works can see Zhang Daqian's shadow.
At the exit of the exhibition, there are four scrolls with inscriptions on them, namely, Nothing, Bird Road, Implication and Dream. Finally, this Zen master is a Japanese monk, who is well known to the audience in China because of the cartoon "Smart Rest".
Wande Zen people often communicate with others in the exhibition hall. I asked the meaning of these four Zen paintings, and he said he wanted to experience them himself. I remember that I once carved a seal of the Qing Dynasty, and the content was a couplet: "Where is Confucius?" Buddha cloud has nothing to say. "The first part comes from The Analects of Confucius. What should Confucius say? The second part is from the Diamond Sutra, and the Buddha said that there is nothing to say.
There is a saying in Zen Buddhism: "Point to people's hearts, regard nature as Buddha, make no statements, and make no announcements." My understanding is that the true meaning of Zen cannot be conveyed through written language, because as long as it is written language, there is ambiguity, and only through inner understanding can enlightenment be enlightenment.
With the exhibition, Shanxi Museum held many free painting and calligraphy activities, which were very interesting. First explain in the exhibition hall, then tell the history of calligraphy or flower-and-bird painting in the educational space, and then carry out practical activities. The museum has prepared brushes and calligraphy and painting materials, which can copy the works of Wan Dechang people or create their own works. I thank the museum staff for their hard work.
Borrowing a sentence from the Buddha Wind Exhibition Hall of Shanxi Museum, we can draw the conclusion that religion is illusory, but art is real, and truth, goodness and beauty are the eternal pursuit of mankind.