宋代桂林佛教发展探析

A Study on the Buddhism Development in Guilin in Song Dynasty

宋代桂林的政治地位逐渐上升,经济文化繁荣发展,佛教进入一个新的发展时期。宋代桂林佛教寺院林立,僧人精研佛法,文人寻寺访僧,佛教文化兴盛。钟灵毓秀的桂林山水孕育了佛教文化,雄浑壮阔的佛教文化点染了桂林山水。与同时期其他地区的佛教发展相比,桂林佛教既呈现了宋代佛教发展的共同性,又具有自身特色。宋代桂林佛教,对桂林的文化景观、风俗习惯、文学发展、旅游等方面产生了重要影响。

The political status of Guilin in Song dynasty gradually rose. With the economy and the culture developed, Buddhism entered a new period of development. There were a lot of Buddhism temples in Guilin in Song dynasty and the monks studied Buddhism. The intellectual visited the temples and the monks. The Buddhism culture flourished. The landscape in Guilin has nurtured the Buddhism culture and the magnificent Buddhism culture has added colors to the landscape in Guilin. Compared with the development of Buddhism in other regions in the same period, Buddhism in Guilin presents the commonness and characteristics of Buddhism development in Song dynasty. The Buddhism in Guilin in Song dynasty had an important influence on the cultural landscape, customs and habits, literary development and tourism in Guilin.