Buddhist Painting of Yongmunsa Temple, Yecheon (The Eight Great Events)

A palsangtaeng, or Eight Great Events painting, depicts the life of Shakyamuni Buddha in eight scenes, from his conception to his entry into nirvana. The Buddhist Painting of Yongmunsa Temple, Yecheon (The Eight Great Events) consists of four panels, each containing two scenes, a distinctive feature of its format. The first panel depicts the Dosolraeuisang, the scene of Shakyamuni descending from Tusita Heaven riding an elephant into the mundane world, and the Birankangsaengsang, depicting his birth from Lady Maya's side in Lumbini Garden. The second panel shows the Samunyugwansang, the scene in which the crown prince observes the suffering of beings outside the city gate and feels the impermanence of life, and the Yuseongchulgasang, depicting his leaving home to become a monk against his parents' wishes. The third panel contains the Seolsansudosang, showing him practising austerities with hermits in the Snowy Mountains, and the Suhahangmasang, in which the prince overcomes all manner of temptation and threat during his ascetic practice. The last panel consists of the Nogwonjeonbeopsang, showing the Buddha preaching for the first time in Deer Park, and the Ssangnimyeolbansang, depicting the Buddha's death beneath the paired sal trees. Against an ochre background, red and blue-green are used mainly to emphasise only the principal scenes, in a relatively simple composition. The Palsangtaeng of Yongmunsa Temple carries on the iconography and painting style of the early Joseon period, and possesses features that distinguish it from Palsangdo paintings produced afterward.

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Yecheon, Gyeongbuk

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