พระปฐมสมโพธิกถา: การเปรียบเทียบความสัมพันธ์ระหว่างวรรณกรรมพุทธประวัติกับจิตรกรรมฝาผนังวัดหงส์รัตนารามราชวรวิหาร สู่การท่องเที่ยวเชิงวัฒนธรรม

Abstract

This research article has two objectives as 1) to compare the episode between the mural painting of Wat Hong Rattanaram Ratchaworawiharn and the biology of Buddha, Pathomsombodhikatha, and 2) to study the outstanding characteristics of the mural painting of Wat Hong Rattanaram Ratchaworawiharn which affects the cultural tourism. This research is qualitative research comparing the relation of the episode of biology of Buddha and using the data from 14 frames of mural painting and 29 episodes of Pathomsombothikatha. However, this research article would exemplify the analyze only one frame, that is the 7th frame of Confrontation with Māra episode comparing the 9th episode of Mārawichayapariwatta (the victory over Māra) in Pathomsombodhikhata. The study has found that the comparison between the mural painting of Wat Hong Rattanaram Ratchaworawiharn and the biology of Buddha, Pathomsombodhikatha, the episode of the Confrontation of Māra has totally the same events. There are 4 events; the first one is Phraya Wasdi Mārathiraj riding the elephant, Girimekhla, moving troops to destroy Sitthattha Bodhisatta, the 2nd event is Sitthattha Bodhisatta sitting meditating on the throne with calmness but all the celestial beings flew hiding in the sky, the 3rd event is that the earth goddess wringing water from her hair under the throne and the 4th event is the earth goddess wringing water from her hair flooding the Māra troops and defeating them. The comparison of both Confrontation of Māra episodes contains the same narration components as characters, plot, settings. The difference is that the literature has the dialogues and the description with rhetoric arousing emotions, feelings, and image meticulously and clearly while the visual art uses the image structure to tell the story with colors, lights, and signs to communicate through watching. For the outstanding characteristic of the painting episode of the Confrontation with Māra, it is the most famous among tourists because its location is at the exit gate and this episode is the climax of the story, well-known by Buddhists, and distinguished for its structuring of sequence to show the virtues of Bodhisatta by defeating Māra which uplifting the audience and teaching them to have more patience. The knowledge of painting of biology of Buddha could lead the cultural tourism if the temple has guides to give the knowledge of the construction of the temple and the most important part, the details about the painting both literature and visual art. This would lead to the successful cultural tourism and make tourists realize the values and emerge wisdom empirically.