造像记所见北朝妇女的佛教信仰

The Buddhism Faith of Women in the Northern Dynasties Seeing from the Inscriptions

北朝时期,在崇法礼佛风气的影响下,很多妇女成为佛教的支持者、信仰者和践行者,她们积极参与造像活动,为自身、家人和众生祈福,表现出对现世生活、对自身命运、对亲人前程的关心,以及对众生的希望。佛教渗透北土,对北朝女性起到了社会支持的作用,形塑着她们的世界观和价值观,为她们进入家庭以外的社会空间提供了契机,也为那些婚姻和家庭遭遇不幸的妇女提供了一条别径。

Many women became the supporters, believers and practitioners of Buddhist under the influences of Buddhist worship in the Northern Dynasties. They participated in the activities of building Buddha actively. Those women showed the care of their life and their own destiny, the concern for the future of relatives,and even the hope of all beings. Buddhism permeated the people in the north and played a social support among the women in the Northern Dynasties. The religion shaped their worldview and values, provided the opportunity to go into the society outside the family for them and also provided a way out for those suffered misfortune in the marriage and family.