武山拉梢寺北周造像的历史语言探析

Analysis of the Historical Language of the Statues in Northern Zhou Dynasty in Lashao Temple,Wushan

拉梢寺是武山水帘洞石窟群之一,是目前所发现的亚洲最大的浮雕艺术。水帘洞石窟群地处在丝绸之路的南路的武山响河沟,是丝绸之路上重要的石窟群之一,其背面岩壁上的拉梢寺更因其独特的艺术风格而享誉世界。其研究大多是从石窟的内容、形制、造像特点等方面进行分析。本文是笔者在前人研究的基础上,就拉梢寺石窟单独列出来作为研究对象,从这一石窟选择的地点、功能和规模三方面来探讨其隐含的历史语言信息。

Lashao temple is one of the Wushan water curtain cave grottoes, which is also the largest relief art currently found in Asia. The water curtain cave grottoes, which is one of the important grottoes on the Silk Road, lies in Wushan Xiang river ditches, in the south of Silk Rood. Lashao Temple, on its back wall, is famous for its unique artistic style. The previous studies are mostly from the content, form, and grotto statues characteristics. On the basis of previous studies, the author of this paper will focus on the Lashao temple itself to explore the historical language information from the aspects of its location, function and scale.