固原南古寺拱北的历史渊源及其功能分析

Historic Origin and Function Analysis for Nangusi Qubbah in Guyuan

拱北(Qubbah)是中国伊斯兰教先贤陵墓建筑称谓,在中国内地主要指苏非学派的传教士、各门宦的始祖、道祖、先贤等陵墓的建筑。固原二十里铺南古寺拱北原本是蒙元时期"西来上人"修真与传教的地方,后来归葬于此。重点对二十里铺南古寺拱北的历史渊源和发展进行了追溯,并在此基础上对其功能予以分析,即纪念的功能、宗教传播功能、促进伊斯兰教的本土化进程和推动民族团结、增强民族凝聚力。

Qubbah is a kind of form of address for China-Islam predecessors＇ mausoleum, where in China it is the tomb building for the preachers, the first ancestors or elder generations of Sufi. Nangusi Qubbah in Guyuan Ershi Lipu is a preaching and recuperating place of a great man called＇a super man from the west＂ by the local people. He was buried here after his death. The thesis focuses on the historic origin and the development, making an introduction about them. On the base of that, the paper analyses the function of the building, such as the function of commemorating and religion spreading. Besides, Ershi Lipu Qubbah promotes the process of the localization of China-Islam, as well as encouraging unity and strengthening the cohesive forces of the whole nation.