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Mural Painting in Geungnakjeon Hall of Daewonsa Temple, Boseong (Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva and Buddhist Monk Bodhidharma)

보성 대원사 극락전 관음보살 달마대사 벽화 ( 寶城 大原寺 極樂殿 觀音菩薩 達摩大師 壁畵 )

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Classification Treasure
Name of Cultural Properties Mural Painting in Geungnakjeon Hall of Daewonsa Temple, Boseong (Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva and Buddhist Monk Bodhidharma)
Quantity 2 mural paintings
Designated Date 2015.03.04
Age Joseon
Address (Daewonsa Temple, Mundeok-myeon) 506-8, Juksan-gil, Boseong-gun, Jeollanam-do

The paintings of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva and the Buddhist Monk Bodhidharma (d. 534?) on the eastern and western walls of Geungnakjeon Hall are fine examples of the Buddhist tradition of late Joseon, in which paintings of the bodhisattva and the patriarch were arranged on the eastern and western walls of the central dharma hall of a temple. In the painting on the western wall of Geungnakjeon Hall of Daewonsa Temple, Avalokitesvara is depicted in a white robe seated on a lotus flower seat floating on waves, against a background of fantastically-shaped rocks and bamboo, with the young truth seeker Sudhana situated behind him holding a blue bird in his arms. On the eastern mural, Bodhidharma is accompanied by Huike (487-593), although the former is depicted much larger than the latter. These wall paintings of Avalokitesvara and Bodhidharma display the characteristic features of the painting style developed by Uigyeom, who was active in the Jeollaman-do area from the mid to late eighteenth century.