摘要
塔,是一种纪念性建筑,来源于佛教。其梵文名为“窣堵波”(stapa),又名“兜婆”(topes),音译名还有偷婆、佛图、浮图等。南北朝时,译经人造了个“塔”字来表示它。自从窣堵波(一种用于埋藏佛灵骨,即舍利子,状如圆面包,上插一尖状物的坟冢)传入中国后,便与我国传统建筑结合起来,各地的僧徒、塔匠因地、因技制宜,对其原型进行发挥创造,从而形成我国大地上数以万计的形式多样的中国式塔。
Gannan of Jiangxi Province has been building a tower since early Tang Dynasty and now it has more 50 ancient towers between Tang Dynasty and early Republic of China. These towers divide into Buddhistic tower and wenfeng tower. The Buddhistic tower ever is popular from Tang Dynasty to Northern Song Dynasty and Wenfen tower is popular form Ming Dynasty to early Republic of China and it is top in Qing Dynasty. Gannan ancient towers characteristic is hexahedron but Gannan earth tower ,egg stone tower and young tower with pavilion sytle are a bold creation in our country ancient tower.
出处
《南方文物》
1993年第1期71-77,共7页
Cultural Relics in Southern China
