海上丝绸之路──普陀山高丽道头探轶

Silk Road on the Sea" ──Probing into the Anecdotes of Korean Dock on Mount Putuo

普陀山向有日僧慧锷于唐咸通年间请观音像滞留岛上而开山之说，近见宋人记载该山有高丽道头，为通商高丽、日本诸国，舟楫取道候风候潮之地，岛上洞穴峰岭、寺院古迹，皆以观音信仰得名。而韩国学术界亦有普陀山观音像系“新罗贾人”所请，不肯去观音院乃新罗人模仿韩国洛山寺所创之见。其实这些正是唐宋时期中、日、韩三国使节、商贾来往，佛教文化和海洋文化频繁交流所藉普陀山海上丝绸之路的见证。

The legend has it that Mount Putuo was open to the outside world in the years of Xiantong in the Tang Dynasty when a Japanese monk Hui＇e was on his way home after he got the image of Guanyin and had to stay at Mount Putuo because of a strong storm.Recent research shows that a person of Song Dynasty had recorded that Mount Putuo had a Korean Dock,which was once the place for Korean and Japanese business fleets to take shelter from the wind and waited for the wave.Putuo Island was covered with caves and ridges and peaks as well as ancient temples and historical sites,which were all named after the believers of Guanyin.But the Korean academic world claims that the image of Guanyin on Mount Putuo was got by a Korean businessman and that the Unwilling-to-Leave Guanyin Temple is just the imitaiton of loshan Temple in Korea.In fact,this is simply the witness of the 'silk road' of frequent exchange of Buddhist and arine cultures between the three countries＇ envoys and businessmen of China,Japan and Korea.