论古代朝阳佛教文化兴盛的原因及历史地位

A Comment on the Buddhism Culture in Ancient Chaoyang

朝阳在前燕至清代的1500多年间,一直是东北亚地区的佛教圣地和佛教文化传播中心,并对中原和东北亚佛教的交流与发展起过重要桥梁作用,在中国佛教发展史上占有极为重要的地位。历史上,朝阳有东北最早的佛教寺院——龙翔佛寺;有比唐玄奘还早200多年的去西天取经第一人——昙无竭;在北塔和南塔中,分别发现了释迦牟尼佛舍利和锭光佛舍利。朝阳悠久灿烂的佛教文化历来备受学界关注,本文拟从佛教在古代朝阳传播的历史进程中,分析佛教文化在古代朝阳发展兴盛的原因及其历史地位。

From Qianyan to Qing Dynasty, Chaoyang remained to be the holy place and cultural center of Buddhism in the Northeast Asian area. An important Buddhism place, Chaoyang bridged the middle China and Northeast Asia for over 1500 years. Chaoyang used to have the earliest Buddha temple and the first monk who went to India on pilgrimage. In the North Temple and the South Temple, Sakyamuni Buddha bones and Dingguang Buddha bones have been found. The brilliant Buddhism culture of Chaoyang had been drawing scholars＇ attention. This thesis tries to make an analysis of the reason that Buddhism culture was prosperous in ancient Chaoyang and assumes its historical position.