Da Mo / Bodhidharma / Buddha Crosses the River - Wall Scroll
152.8cm
60¼"
72.8cm
28¾"

Approximate Measurements

Artwork Panel: 53.5cm x 97.1cm  ≈  21" x 38¼"

Silk/Brocade: 63.8cm x 152.8cm  ≈  25" x 60¼"

Width at Wooden Knobs: 72.8cm  ≈  28¾"

Da Mo / Bodhidharma / Buddha Crosses the River - Wall Scroll close up view

Close up view of the artwork mounted to this silk brocade wall scroll

達摩

Da Mo / Bodhidharma

This wall scroll features Da Mo floating reed stalk - a special power that the legendary Damo possesses.

It's generally believed that Da Mo (or Dharma) directly went on to establish "Chan Buddhism" in China. When this form of Buddhism hit Japan, it became known as Zen Buddhism (Chan is the Chinese pronunciation of the same Kanji character known as Zen in Japan).

More Zen and other Buddhism terms

This part is going to confuse you, as this man is sometimes portrayed as being Persian, Indian, or Chinese. And he has been given many names such as Bodhidharma or simply Dharma. He has a name in virtually every language. Here are a few of them:

In Chinese, his name is 達摩. This is sometimes Romanized as Da Mo, Damo, Tamo, or the full name Putidamo or Putitamo.
His Name in Japanese is "Daruma" which is probably meant to sound like "Dharma" as in "Bodhi-Dharma".
In Korean he is Boridalma.
Vietnamese: Bồ-đề-đạt-ma.

If you want to know more about Bodhidharma / Da Mo you can probably do a terrific Bodhidharma Google search.

About the Art...

This is a very detailed painting that is mounted to a silk wall scroll. A lot of work went into this. It actually takes the artist almost a full day to complete.

You won't be disappointed if you become the owner of this work of art. I guarantee it personally or your money back.


About the Artist...

The artist's name is 中奇 (Zhong Qi) from near Guilin, China.