藏区苯教建筑探源

DEVELOPMENT OF BONPO MONASTERIES IN TIBETAN AREA

在简要叙述苯教发展历史的基础上,重点就早期苯教建筑的产生和发展及苯教寺院与建筑的成熟及演变特点进行了分析论述,同时指出苯教建筑从无到有,从兴盛到衰微和变化,既遵循宗教建筑发展的一般规律,同时也与藏区长期的佛、苯斗争紧密相连。了解苯教建筑的发生和发展历史,对于藏地宗教建筑尤其是藏传佛教建筑的研究也具有重要意义。

Religious architecture is not only the product but also the important physical carrier of religious culture.The monasteries of different religious sects reflect the development trace of the corresponding religious culture lively and evidently.On the basis of consulting a number of historical documents,achievements of the former research and rural surveys,this paper made some elementary study about the development,regional distribution and architectural characteristics of Bonpo Monasteries in Tibetan area.Such work will help us to seek and make up some missed factors in the study of religious architecture in Tibetan area.