This paper identified what kind of ideas and local cultures it has through the Gilt-bronze Incense Burner of Baekje's lotus patterns. The lotus flower moved to the central plains through the Western Regions and Silk Road, and was used in various objec...
This paper identified what kind of ideas and local cultures it has through the Gilt-bronze Incense Burner of Baekje's lotus patterns. The lotus flower moved to the central plains through the Western Regions and Silk Road, and was used in various objects including Buddha statues, incense burners, Lotus design roofend tile(瓦當), and porcelain during the period of the Wei, Jin and the Southern and Northern Dynasties(魏晉南北朝). In Wei, Jin and the Southern and Northern Dynasties(魏晉南北朝 ),new plant patterns emerged from animals, figures, and Geometric pattern, and this was a kind of visual transformation. The lotus flower played a leading role in visual transformation. Lotus Patterns of The Gilt-bronze Incense Burner of Baekje (百濟金銅大香爐)is deeply related to Northern Dynasties(北朝)centered on The Northern Wei Dynasty(北魏). A phoenix (or blue bird) sits on a lotus flower in the mural of Mogao Caves(莫高窟) created in The Northern Wei Dynasty. In addition, in The Northern Wei Dynasty, a lotus flower and an incense burner were combined to create a LotusBurner.
Lotus Patterns of The Gilt-bronze Incense Burner of Baekje (百濟金銅大香爐) promoted visual diffusion.It did not end with a single pattern, but combined with 25 animals and two characters to promote visual diffusion. Along with it, Baekje's representative Baekje lotus-patterned bricks, lotus goblin-patterned bricks, lotus cloud-patterned bricks, and Baekje Buddha statues were excavated from Gyuam-myeon Buyeo. They combine with animals, plants, clouds, and flames around the lotus flower to represent the unique aesthetic world of Baekje, which is fusion and has a great three-dimensional effect. Lotus Patterns of The Gilt-bronze Incense Burner of Baekje became the essence of Baekje culture along with the Buddha statue of Baekje and the lotus pattern in Lotus design roofend tile(瓦當).