长安光宅寺七宝台石刻重构中的图像与复原

Images and Restoration of Stone Carving of Qibao Pavilion in Guangzhai Temple in the Ancient City of Chang'an

通过对七宝台石刻造像的图像排列组合等问题的讨论,初步认为光宅寺七宝台很可能是一座五层方形土木石结构的舍利佛塔。石刻图像意义则体现了释迦舍利法身所具有的过去、现在、未来三世永恒的时间、空间序列,以此作为载体祈愿武则天摆脱生死轮回,能像释迦精神一样周而复始、永恒不灭。

The probe into the realignment of images on the stone carving of Qibao pavilion leads to the conclusion that it is probably a five-storied stupa that was built of earth, wood and stones. The images on it embodied the perpetual presence of Shakya Shelly in the past, present and the future, which served as Empress Wu Zetian＇s invocation of immortality.