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Previous Buddhas and Their Great Departures
Keywords : Buddha, Life of Buddha, Sim, Ubali Thien
Type of artwork | Painting |
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Village | - |
Province/City | Bagan |
State | Mandalay |
Country | Myanmar |
Geographic Coordinates Decimal degree | Lat : 21.179444 Long : 94.876111 |
History of production | Thien or Sim is an Ubosot or an ordination hall. It is normally small for only a handful of monks who perform the rituals. it is made of bricks. |
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Art | Paintings in the early Kongbong are similar to those of Nyongyan. The distinctive feature is the use of hot-shading color with green color. There is no landscape. x The drawings are simple similar to drawing cartoons in the present time. Each picture is seperated by connected curves called “Sintao”. Empty space is filled with flora patterns. Sometimes pictures are drawn in long strips similar to pictures on ancient palm leave manuscripts. However, a high crown of Thai style shows that these paintings were painted after Ayutthaya was taken for the second time. |
Period | Historical Period |
Art period | Kongbong |
Age | 22th -23th century BE. |
Religion | Buddhism |
Sect | Theravada |
Religion and belief | The concept of past Buddhas appears in both Theravada and Mahayana Buddhism. It is believed that there have been countless Buddhas before time. Each past Buddha has his own story suvch as the scene when theu were leaving their cities to get ordained. Each of their story is slightly different from one another. |
Related artwork | In Ubali Thien, the past Buddha and his disciples are painted at the upper part, whereas the scene when the past Buddha was leaving his city to get ordained. |
Type of License | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs (CC BY-NC-ND) |
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Rights | Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Anthropology Centre |
Date of record creation | 2015-07-00 |
Record creator | Chedha Tingsanchali |