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Baoxiang Tianpu: Fan Xingru's Collection of Masterpieces of Dunhuang Mural Paintings - Feitian Chapter (II)

2025-03-05   

Feitian, also known as Qiandapo or Jinnalu, means Heavenly Song God, Heavenly Music God, and one of the eight parts of the Heavenly Dragon. They often appear at the same time, flying in the sky of the Buddhist kingdom. They are messengers of the Buddhist world who play the piano, sing and dance, spray incense and scatter flowers, and bring joy and happiness. They are also the most beloved artistic images in Buddhist imagery, known as "Flying Sky Dance Music" in China. Feitian was introduced to China from India and combined with the Taoist flying god feathered man. From its appearance to the expression of inner emotions, it has been endowed with Chinese characteristics and national style. Feitian is a product of the combination of romantic thinking and creative methods, and is the sublimation of the kindest and most beautiful ideals of ancient people. In the Mogao Grottoes of Dunhuang, there are more than 4500 flying images with various postures, which are randomly painted on the higher wall of the cave. Only a few ribbons waving in the wind gently float in the sky over various kinds of changes, graceful and lively. They play a decorative role in the murals of the entire cave, enriching the artistic conception of "heavenly clothes flying, walls full of wind". The ancient Dunhuang artists used a combination of realism and romanticism to successfully shape the artistic image of the flying sky, providing people with a perfect artistic enjoyment. Mogao Grottoes, Cave 321, Early Tang Flying Apsaras Mogao Grottoes, Cave 301, Early Tang Blowing Sheng Flying Apsaras Mogao Grottoes, Cave 321, Early Tang Heshi Flying Apsaras Mogao Grottoes, Cave 321, Early Tang Double Flying Apsaras Mogao Grottoes, Cave 321, Early Tang Scattered Flowers Flying Apsaras Mogao Grottoes, Cave 329, Early Tang Offering Flowers Flying Apsaras Mogao Grottoes, Cave 329, Early Tang Pipa Flying Apsaras Mogao Grottoes, Cave 329, Early Tang Three Flying Apsaras Mogao Grottoes, Cave 329, Early Tang Lotus Caijing Flying Apsaras Fan Xingru, male, born in Fanjiawan Village, Shangqin Town, Zhangye, Gansu in August 1941. I graduated from Zhangye West Street Primary School in July 1955 and from Zhangye Middle School in July 1958. I was admitted to the preparatory program of the Fine Arts Department at Lanzhou Academy of Arts. After the merger of colleges and universities, he graduated from the Chinese Painting Department of Northwest Normal University (now Northwest Normal University) in August 1964. He has served as a high school teacher in Factory 404, a member of the Communist Youth League, an art specialist in the Workers' Club, the director of the trade union office, vice chairman of the trade union, deputy director of the Party Committee Propaganda Department, and deputy director of the Gansu Mining Area Cultural Bureau. The first exhibition of Fan Xingru's replication of Dunhuang Flying Apsaras was held in Dunhuang in September 1992. Subsequently, at the invitation of the Organizing Committee of the Fourth China Art Festival, the China Youth Federation, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and other units, Fan Xingru's Dunhuang Flying Art Exhibition was held multiple times in Lanzhou, Beijing, Shenzhen, and other places. The works are still exhibited in Taiwan, Japan, the United States and other places in China. 17 Dunhuang Flying Art exhibitions were held in large factories, mines, enterprises, and colleges. In April 2000, the Dunhuang Flying Apsaras Art Exhibition was held at the National Art Museum of China, and Dunhuang art ascended to the highest art hall for the first time. It took 5 years until June 2017 to complete the creation of the long volume "Flying Dreams". He has written works such as "Dunhuang Flying Apsaras", "Dunhuang Bodhisattva", "Dunhuang Flying Apsaras" (revised version), "Dunhuang Flying Apsaras" (white drawn version), etc. "Dunhuang Flying Apsaras" won the Special Excellence Award of the Third Book Award in Gansu Province. I am currently a member of the China Artists Association and a visiting professor at the School of Fine Arts, Northwest Normal University. (New Society)

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