试析河南北宋砖雕壁画墓八角形墓室形制来源及其象征意义

八角形仿木结构砖石墓葬在北宋仁宗以后流行,其形制来源于瘗埋佛僧舍利的地宫和墓塔以及遍及全国的佛塔,但其精神内核则是中国古代"象八方"的观念,这种观念是在民间堪舆思想和佛教观念的融合过程中,重新诠释后的再创造。八角形墓室建筑是中国传统墓葬"天覆地载"思想在北宋朝的延续。

The octagon imitative timerwork brick -stone tombs prevailed after Emperor Renzong of Northern Song dynasty. The shape should be comes from the underground palace or tomb tower which used to bury the Buddhist relics. The spirit may be the idea of symblizing all directions, which is the amalgamation of the idea of Kanyu and Buddhism, so the octagon tomb continued the traditional idea of the Heaven Overturn and Ground Carry.