Wu Daozi Tang Dynasty painter, also known as Daoxuan. He was born in Yangzhai (now Yuxian). History: Wu Daozi, lonely, gifted, not weak in years, strange in poverty. He used to be the county commandant of Qiu Yan (now Ziyang), and soon resigned. Be a wandering painter full time.
After that, he settled in Luoyang and engaged in mural creation. During the kaiyuan period, the artistic painting was called into the palace, and he was appointed as a doctor of internal education, specializing in painting for the emperor's family. It is said that he studied calligraphy from Zhang Xu and He, and learned to use a pen by watching the sword dance.
Wu Daozi's works:
According to reports, he painted more than 300 murals in temples in Chang 'an and Luoyang, which are strange, but there are no similarities. Among them, "Hell in disguise" is famous all over the world, and there is also a copy of the Buddha statue of Bao Jialuohe. The Vimalakīrti Sutra in CaveNo. 103 of Mogao Grottoes is also considered as his painting style.
There is a scenic spot three kilometers away from Yongsheng County, Lijiang, which is one of the famous historical sites in western Yunnan. Here at four o'clock hidden in the towering green mountains of Hushan, known as "Lingyuan Woods"; Because the stone wall in the temple is engraved with the Guanyin statue made by Wu Daozi, a painter in the Tang Dynasty, it is named "Guanyin Qing".
Wu Daozi's scroll paintings are also quite rich, such as Born of Gautama Buddha and The Eighty-Seven Immortals Volume.