Encyclopedia of India–China Cultural Contacts v1.c6.s1.t2.16

v1.c6.s1.t2.16

Until today, constellation paintings that were introduced in China cannot match Indian pass-on paintings. The first reason was that star-god painting has been a long-evolving subject. These paintings, after being introduced into China, could be only regarded as the paintings of that certain stage, while those paintings in India had evolved into other forms. The second reason was that, after the introduction into China, they were transmitted secretly so not much was exposed to the world besides the limited number of paintings were incapable of representing the whole characteristics of India-originating paintings. The third reason was that the Buddhist texts and art works probably were endowed with some elements of Central Asia.