风水:藏地佛寺的自然环境选择和布置形态及其内部结构与装饰

Fengshui: Natural Environment and the Arrangement of the Buddhist Temples in Tibetan Areas, and the Construction and Decoration of the Inside of the Buddhist Temples

风水术从一开始就是为了“仰观天文”、“俯察地理”,故而它源于古代人们观察和改造自然环境的体验。由于风水——“萨些”理论的积极参与,才使得人与建筑、自然环境相融合,才使得佛寺建筑具有了隐喻、象征意义,并由此带来许多美妙传说,生出无限的希望。

Fengshui is age-old in Tibet. Buddhist Temples' position and layout has been greatly influenced by fengshui which came from the experience of the ancestors' observing and rebuilding the nature. Its main aim is to observe the celestial and geomantic phenomenon from the beginning. Its core theory lies in choosing the exquisite environment furthest in order to make the people feel satisfied. Fengshui, called 'sa-dpyad' in Tibetan areas, has made the people, the building and the environment melt harmoniously, and also made the Buddhist Temples contain the metaphoric and symbolic meanings from which many mysterious legends came and a lot of hopes were rooted in.