Stone can be carved into Buddha stone

Believers who often go to the temple to worship Buddha believe that they are very familiar with all kinds of stone sculpture of gods, Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in the temple; When many Buddhists worship Buddha in the temple, they will reverently worship the stone carving Buddha in the temple. The stone mountain carving of Buddha commonly seen in temples are: stone Buddha Sakyamuni, stone Avalokitesvara, stone Maitreya Buddha, stone King of Tibet Bodhisattva, etc. However, a considerable number of people are not sure to be able to completely distinguish the stone statue of Sakyamuni from the stone statue of Amitabha. They believe that as long as it is a Buddha, it is Amitabha. But in fact, there are many obvious differences between the stone Buddha Sakyamuni and the stone Buddha Amitabha, and it is easy to distinguish them by careful identification.

How much do you know about stone carving?

Stone carving refers to the art of creating visible and touchable stone art of art with a certain space by using various kinds of carved and engraved stones to reflect social life and express the artist's aesthetic feelings, emotions and ideals.

Stone carvings, stone carvings and other stone crafts are generally divided into round carvings, reliefs, sunken carvings, wall carvings, hollowed out carvings (openwork carvings), line carvings, shadow carvings, micro carvings, intaglio carvings, and sun carvings according to different production methods. Each has its own characteristics and unique styles. Common stones include granite, marble, bluestone, sandstone, etc. Stone is hard and weathering resistant, and is the main material of large-scale memorial sculpture.

The history of stone carving begins with the origin of human art. It can be said that there is no art form that is more ancient than stone carving, and there is no art form that is more popular and lasting.