真如寺僧人墓塔研究

A study on the Tomb Tower of Monks in Zhenru Temple

僧人墓塔是中国重要的佛教文化遗产,它不但记载着佛教的谱系传承、高僧传略和僧葬制度等内容,而且还保存着古代建筑结构和艺术的真实信息。以实地勘查和测绘为基础,概述墓塔的历史渊源和僧人的塔葬规制,通过对真如寺墓塔的分类,详细阐述亭阁式、密檐式、覆钵式以及特殊形制墓塔的形态、结构、雕饰等特征,从建筑、宗教、艺术这3个方面探讨真如寺僧人墓塔的研究价值。

The tomb tower of monks is an important historical and cultural heritage of Buddhism.It recorded not only the inheritance of Buddhism,the biography of eminent monks and the funeral system,and it also keeps the true information of ancient architectural structure and arts.Based on the fi eld surveying and mapping,the paper analyzed the historical origin of the stupas and the regulations of the tower burial fi rst.Through the classifi cation of the tombs tower of Zhenru temple,it elaborated the tomb tower’s features of the type of pavilions,the type of dense eaves,the type of covered bowl and the special shape.Finally it discussed the value of the tomb tower of Zhenru temple from the perspectives of architecture,religion and arts.