东阳南寺塔出土北宋经函中的彩绘乐舞及相关问题

Relevance to the colored painting of dancing on a gold-overlaid case of containing sutra uncovered from Nansi Tower,Dongyang

1963年,在东阳南寺塔内发掘清理出一件北宋建隆二年(961)的贴金彩绘石雕经函。经函须弥座上所绘之10人乐舞图,与唐代以来佛教的净土思想有关。此类乐舞在北宋中原地区的佛寺中十分盛行,于11世纪中叶之前北传至辽地,并对11世纪末宋、辽墓葬中"散乐"图的大量出现产生重要之影响。

In 1963,a gold-overlaid colored stone case of Buddhist scripture was recovered from Nansi Tower in Dongyang.The case is marked with the donation date of it,961 AD(the second year of Jianlong in North Song Dynasty).The Buddhism-Mount-Sumeru-shaped base is painted with an image of ten people dancing,which is associated with the Buddhist concept of Pure Land sect(or Sukhavati sect).This dancing prevailed in Buddhist temples throughout the central plain during North Song Dynasty and spread north-towards into Liao before the middle of the 11th century,It had important influence on the emergence and flourish of the images of San Yue(ancient folk performance art including dancing,instrumental music,juggle,kungfu and so on) in graves of Song and Liao at the end of the 11th century.