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- Title: Buddhist Philosophy: A Study of Buddha Images for Perpetuating Buddhism in Isan Society (Report)
- Author : Journal of Social Sciences
- Release Date : January 01, 2011
- Genre: Social Science,Books,Nonfiction,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
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INTRODUCTION Buddha image is a type of Thai - sculpture. It is a symbolic figure which represents the Buddha, the exalted founder of Buddhism. In order to crated a symbolic figure of the Buddha for people's worship Buddha image is crated into several process; for example carving out of a stone, carving out of a log, molding of metal, molding of clay, painting on cloth or wall (Saising, 2004). Creating Buddha image in the northeast of Thailand relates to the history of creating Buddha image in Laos; in the past, northeast of Thailand was a part of the Lan Chang Kingdom of Laos and afterwards it was under the authority of the Thai Kingdom so some details of Buddha image had been influenced by Thonburi and Rattanakosin art. In the latter 19th century, western countries colonized Asian countries as colonies so some right parts of the Maekhong River of Laos become the parts under the authority of the Thai State, that resulted from the territorial exchange between the Thai State and the French State. Thus the Lan Chang Buddha images have spread in Northeast Thailand since then (Lohpetcharat, 2003).