武当山太和宫金殿——从建筑、像设、影响论其突出的价值

The Golden Hall of Taihe Palace at Mount Wudang——On Its Outstanding Value in the Views of Architecture,Sculpture Motif aud Influence

武当山太和宫金殿位于湖北省武当山天柱峰顶,是我国现存等级最高的铜建筑。它仿照传统木构建筑的结构形式,以铜合金分别铸造构件,再装配而成,并通体鎏金。本文对金殿建筑整体结构、关键构造以及殿内的神像设置作了介绍。以期在此基础上全面认识金殿的设计理念和象征意义,及其在历史上对其他铜殿、真武图像以及武当真武信仰传播的影响。

The Golden Hall of Taihe Palace located on the top of Tianzhu （Heavenly Pillar） Peak of Mount Wudang in Hubei Province is the highest-ranking bronze architecture extant in China. Simulating wooden structures, it was assembled with separately cast bronze parts and fully gilt. This paper introduced the general structure and key compositions of the Golden Hall and the arrangement of deity statues in the hall, in order to completely reveal the designing ideas and symbolic meanings of the Golden Hall and its influences to the other bronze halls and the diffusions of the image of Zhenwu Deity and the Zhenwu Belief of Mount Wudang.