论佛教文化对清代中国园林的影响——以扬州瘦西湖为例

Effects of Buddhism Culture on Chinese Gardening Art in the Qing Dynasty as Illustrated by the Example of Yangzhou Slender West Lake

佛教自传入中国以来,便对中国文化产生了深刻的影响。中国佛教文化最显著的特点在于自然化、艺术化和人间化。园林是中国文化的集中体现,不可避免地受到佛学禅意的渗透。现以扬州瘦西湖为例,阐述佛教文化盛行的清代,禅对造园思想、艺术及文化的影响,分析瘦西湖禅意园林的特点和具体表现形式。

Buddhism has exerted profound influences on Chinese culture ever since its introduction in China. The most notable feature ofChinese Buddhist culture is natural, artistic and mundane. Gardening art, as an indispensable part of Chinese culture, is inevitably affectedby Zen and Buddhism. This essay takes the Slender West Lake in Yangzhou as an example to illustrate that in the Qing Dynasty whenBuddhism prevailed, how the Zen culture underscored the artistic conception of garden. It further gives an analysis of the features and actualforms of the Zen-mood gardening art in the Lake.