净土信仰下的念佛堂建筑研究

A Study on the Architecture of Nianbuddha Hall under Pure Land Belief

净土信仰犹如一条纽带将佛教各宗派联系在一起,使得禅、净、律各宗皆修念佛法门,同归净土。本文以地方志、寺志作为主要文献资料,在结合佛教传记、经论的基础上,对念佛堂建筑的发展脉络进行梳理,并对苏南和上海地区的部分念佛堂进行实地调研,在充分整理了调研资料的基础上,对念佛堂的平面布局、建筑形制等方面进行归纳,为念佛堂的建设提供设计依据。

Pure Land belief performs as a link linking all Buddhist sects together,which makes Zen,Pure Land and Law all practice Buddhist Dharma and return to Pure Land.Taking local chronicles and temple chronicles as the main documents and materials,this paper combs the development of Nianfotang architecture on the basis of Buddhist biography and Confucian classics.In addition,we carried out onthe-spot investigations on some of the Buddhist temple in South of Jiangsu and Shanghai.On the basis of fully collating the research materials,we summarized the plane layout and architectural form of the temple,providing the design basis for the construction of the memorial hall.