Of Palaces and Pagodas： Palatial Symbolism in the Buddhist Architecture of Early Medieval China
Of Palaces and Pagodas： Palatial Symbolism in the Buddhist Architecture of Early Medieval China作者机构：Department of History of Art Vanderbilt University Nashville TN 37203 USA
出 版 物：《Frontiers of History in China》 (中国历史学前沿（英文版）)
年 卷 期：2015年第10卷第2期
页 面：222-263页
学科分类：01[哲学] 06[历史学] 07[理学] 08[工学] 0601[历史学-考古学] 0101[哲学-哲学] 060107[历史学-文化遗产与博物馆] 060207[历史学-专门史] 010107[哲学-宗教学] 083304[工学-城乡发展历史与遗产保护规划] 0712[理学-科学技术史(分学科，可授理学、工学、农学、医学学位)] 0602[历史学-中国史] 0833[工学-城乡规划学]
主 题：Pagoda ta mandala Sumeru Yicihui pillar Yongningsi Songyuesi
摘 要：This paper is an inquiry into possible motivations for representing timber-flame architecture in the Buddhist context. By comparing the architectural language of early Buddhist narrative panels and cave temples rendered in stone, I suggest that architectural representation was employed in both masonry and timber to create symbolically charged worship spaces. The replication and multiplication of palace forms on cave walls, in ＂pagodas＂ （futu浮圖,fotu 佛圖, or ta 塔）, and as the crowning element of flee-standing pillars reflect a common desire to express and harness divine power, a desire that resulted in a wide variety of mountainous monuments in China. Finally, I provide evidence to suggest that the towering Buddhist monuments of early medieval China are linked morphologically and symbolically to the towering temples of South Asia through the use of both palace forms and sacred man. d. alas as a means to express the divine power and expansive presence of the Buddha.
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