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As it stand today, the wall painting measures 751.8 cm in height and 1511.3 cm in length. It is notable for its high level of detail. The painting features seated
Bhaisajyaguru Buddha in an imagined heaven, surrounded by Bodhisattvas and gods. Usually, Bhaisajyaguru Buddha is depicted as an
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During the 1920s, monks had sold the murals which were on the gable walls of the front hall of
Guangsheng Lower Monastery to find funds for the renovations of the temple. These murals were acquired by three museums in the United States. Between 1926 and 1929 two of the paintings were housed at the
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The artist of this painting has not been identified. The robust and full-faced figures are characteristic of the paintings of Zhu Haogu (朱好古), who engaged in
Buddhist and Daoist imagery in the fourteenth century. The painting, which was at the front hall of Guangsheng Lower Monastery, belongs to
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translated by Yi Jing (635-713), mentions that there were six predecessor
Buddhas before Bhaisajyaguru. Small six Buddha images can be seen in the upper part of the painting. The central figure of Bhaisajyaguru Buddha is holding a bowl in his left hand symbolizing medicine.
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James Siena on the Buddha of
Medicine Bhaishajyaguru" season 5, The Artist Project, 2015–2016
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in 1964. This version of the painting was later known as the
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