Origins of the Dalai Lama – Yundan Gyatso Thangka

[Origins of the Dalai Lama – Yundan Gyatso Thangka]

Origins of the Dalai Lama – Yundan Gyatso Thangka, 18th century, Tibet, cloth, color, 126 cm long, 75 cm wide, 70 cm vertical and 42 cm horizontal. The old collection of the Qing Palace
The fourth Dalai Lama Yundanjiatso (1589-1616) is the only Mongolian among the previous Dalai Lamas and the great-grandson of Andahan. After he was identified as the reincarnation of the third Dalai Lama, he held a bed-setting ceremony in the Rezhen Temple in the 31st year of the Wanli (1603) of the Ming Dynasty, and soon moved to the Drepung Temple. In the 42nd year of Wanli (1614), he worshipped the Fourth Panchen Lama as his teacher and was disciplined by monks. In the 44th year of Wanli (1616), Emperor Wanli granted him the title of “holding Vajra Buddha”. In the same year, Yundan Gyatso, the fourth Dalai Lama, died suddenly at the age of 28 in Drepung Monastery. His death was related to the power struggle between the feudal lords of Tibet at that time
In the picture, Yundan Gyatso has a round face and pale eyebrows, wears a yellow monk’s hat, makes the seal of the Three Treasures with his left hand, and sits on the throne with his right hand holding a gabra bowl. There are monks in front of the seat, and the background is Drepung Temple. The upper left shows Guru IV’s Panchen Lama, and the six-arm brave protection method appears in the air at the same time. The upper right is the Vajra of his own great power, and the lower right is the Dharmapala of the external Yan Buddha
Thangka is decorated with woven gold satin around it, which is luxurious and magnificent. On the back, there is a white damask sign, with a four-body inscription in Han, Manchu, Mongolian and Tibetan in ink. The Chinese text is: “On the sixth day of March of the 26th year of Qianlong’s reign, the emperor ordered Zhang Jiahu Tuke to recognize the origin and flow of the Dalai Lama in the painting. The fifth from the left”.

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