Wuliang Light Buddha Thangka

[Amitabha Thangka]

Amitabha Thangka, 18th century, Tibet, cloth, color, 155 cm high, 93 cm wide, 80 cm vertical and 55 cm horizontal. The old collection of the Qing Palace
The Buddha of Infinite Light is the Buddha of Infinite Life, two of which are of the same body but have different names. In the classics, it is recorded that the body of this Buddha is like “the color of the golden sandalwood floating in the sky on the tens of billions of nights”, and its body is bright and immeasurable, shining all over the world. This Thangka Buddha of Infinite Light is in the center. It is colored in cash and dressed in a bodhisattva suit. It is the standard sitting style for holding a bottle for meditation. The lotus platform bears the lion sign of Sumi, and the back is lined with beautiful trees of pavilions, dotted with flowers. The main Buddha Zhou Za painted more than one hundred images of the Buddha with limitless light, symbolizing the limitless light of the Buddha, filling the void and doing everything possible, vividly representing the interpretation of the quality of the Buddha with limitless light in the classics. Although most of the space in the whole picture is painted with Buddha statues, the details of hidden green mountains, gurgling water, hovering birds in the air, and faltering animals in the forest are still depicted in the gaps between the statue, which adds infinite vitality to the picture.