屯留先师和尚舍利塔形制及年代探析

Analysis on the form and age of Xianshi Monk’s Pagoda in Tunliu County

山西境内除了时代序列完整的木结构建筑外,还遗存了较多的砖石建筑——塔,最早可以追溯到北魏时期,下至明清,同样具有时代序列完整、造型丰富、形制多样的特点。位于晋东南地区屯留县的先师和尚舍利塔形式古拙,造型独特,倍受关注,其建造年代尤是学界关注的问题之一。对先师和尚塔的形制特征进行详细梳理,根据历史文献、方砖铭记的记载,初步划定先师和尚塔的建造时期范围,并与全国范围内遗存的该时期的砖塔进行比对,挖掘先师和尚塔形制所蕴含的年代信息。

In addition to the wood structure buildings with a complete epoch sequence in Shanxi,there are still many brick and stone buildings-pagodas,which can be traced back to the Northern Wei Dynasty and down to Ming and Qing Dynasties.They also have the characteristics of the complete epoch sequence and diverse forms.The Xianshi Monk’s Pagoda in Tunliu County in the southeast of Shanxi Province has an ancient and awkward form,which has attracted much attention.In this paper,we sort out the forms and characteristics of the Xianshi Monk’s Pagoda in detail,and we preliminarily delimits the construction period of the Pagoda based on the historical documents and the records of the brick inscriptions,then we compares it with the brick pagodas of that period.Finally,we excavate the age information contained in the form of Xianshi Monk’s Pagoda.