佛教艺术东渐中若干题材的图像学研究(5)

The Iconography Study of the Subjects of Buddhist Art during the Communication to the East(5)

本篇是北京大学教授翁剑青所著的《佛教艺术洞见中若干题材的图像学研究》之第五部分"佛塔及其图像"。在佛像没有诞生之前,佛塔与菩提树、法轮、,佛足印迹等是做为圣物供人崇拜瞻仰的。随着佛教的东渐,佛塔这一建筑样式在我国历史的不同时期和地域均呈现出不同的样式,这是一个较为漫长的历史与文化的演化过程,也是对于外来文化融汇、变化和再创造的过程。

This article Pagoda and image and is the fifth section of The Iconography Study of the Subjects of Buddhist Art wrote by professor Weng Jianqing in Beijing university.Before the birth of image of the Buddha,the sacred relics such as pagoda,papal,dharma cakra and foot print of Buddha were worshipped by people.With the time Buddhism going east,the architecture form of pagoda presented different style in different history era and areas,which took long period of time and also was a revolution process of melting and varying foreign culture.