唐代西域龙兴寺

Western Regions' Longxing Monasteries in Tang Dynasty

唐代西域佛教兴盛,当地曾修建有大量的佛教寺院。其中,唐中宗神龙年间敕令兴建的官寺龙兴寺,也分布在西域多地,如西州、于阗、北庭和安西。本文依据相关传世文献和考古报告材料,探讨了西域龙兴寺的由来和分布,并分析了它的职能。可以看出作为唐代官寺系统中的龙兴寺,在西域发挥了它的政治、宗教以及经济三种职能。

Buddhism in Westem Regions was very prosperous in Tang Dynasty, in which many Buddhist monasteries were built. Longxing monasteries, founded in Tang-Zhongzong period, also established in some places in Western Regions, such as Xizhou, Yutian, Beiting and Anxi. This paper makes use of document lectures and archaeological report materials to research the construction, distribution and function of Western Regions＇ Longxing monasteries. And it was found that, as a kind of official temper, these monasteries had three functions in terms of politics, religion and economy.