宋金元时代的泽州佛教:佛寺后殿遗存所见

Buddhism in Zezhou through the Song-Jin-Yuan Dynasties Reflected from the Architectural Remains of the Rear Halls of the Temples

泽州地区的佛寺建筑群中,有不少后殿保存有金元时期的建筑构件。结合石刻记载,可知佛寺后殿在这一时段作为法堂存在。这一遗存现象揭示了该地区金代佛教禅宗的又一次蓬勃发展。通过相关碑文,还可以明确元代风行于当地的禅宗宗派是临济宗。作为重要的物质史料,建筑遗存及其所营造的空间,能够增进我们对特定地区佛教发展过程的认知。

The analysis based on the Jin-Yuan constructional elements surviving on the rear halls of the Buddhist temple complex in Zezhou and the inscriptions on the stone tablets suggests that the rear halls once served as the preaching halls of the temples, which marks the Zen Buddhism flourishing once more in the area in the Jin Dynasty. As is recorded in the stone inscriptions, the Linji Sect was the dominant school of the Zen in the local area in the Yuan dynasty. The historical temple sites and their functional spaces are of much value for scholars to get in-depth approach to the Buddhism development in a certain area.