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Tuyoq Cave 1: Buddha Land

CHINA, Xinjiang, Turpan; circa 6th–7th century
This mural is located in the center of the upper register of the back wall. It depicts orderly rows of trees in Amitabha Buddha 's Western Pure Land. Each tree is colored in deep green and bordered by water and grain patterns. Lotus flowers of various shapes and sizes with lotus-born children inside them are found beneath each tree. This concept is derived from the Infinite Life Sutra, which describes how these children are reborn into the Western Pure Land from seven-jeweled lotuses.

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