法门寺唐代地宫捧真身菩萨曼荼罗

The Mandala with Shape of Sakyamuni Buddha in Underway Palace of FaMeng Temple of Tang Dynasty

大唐咸通十四年到十五年(873～874)，李唐王朝最后一次迎奉佛祖释迦牟尼指骨舍利时，在法门寺地宫完成了佛舍利供养曼荼罗世界，此为我国晚唐密教式微后佛教文化和大唐文化的最高结聚。在地宫中室，唐中宗应天神龙皇帝李显供奉、贤首国师法藏敬造的汉白玉灵帐后，供养一捧真菩萨，此菩萨交汇的曼荼罗，为佛教世界迄今所仪有，现就初步研究情况就教于方家。

Li royal family of Tang Dynasty greeted and enshrined the finger bone of Sakyamuni Buddha for the last time in the year of XianTong. The Mandala world of enshrining the finger bone of Buddha was completed at the underway palace of FaMeng Temple, which marks the development of the Mi Branch of Buddharism and Tang Culture to its full potential. The unearthed gilded Buddha supporting a box is made to consecrate. This discovery is important for the research of China Buddharism and archeology of Tang Dynasty, which opens a mysterious door to a long lost culture and shows the real meaning of Buddhist rites performed in FaMeng Temple.