青金石道路上的新疆——甘肃石窟研究

The Study of Xinjiang,Gansu Grottoes on the Lapis Lazuli Road

青金石是我国古代广泛使用的颜料玉石之一,同时也是古代东西方跨文化交流的重要见证。新疆和甘肃同属古丝绸之路的门户之地,两地石窟有密切的传承关系,对两地石窟青金石壁画进行对比研究,无疑对考察青金石传播到中国的媒介、途径及与古代丝绸之路的交流具有重要意义。文章通过文献查阅和实地考察的方法,系统梳理了新疆、甘肃两地青金石壁画石窟的分布状况及发展脉络,追溯古青金石之路的交流历史,有助于进一步了解我国古代佛教石窟艺术的发展过程。

Lapis Lazuli is one of the jade pigments widely used in ancient China.It is also an important witness of the crosscultural communication between the East and the West in ancient China.Xinjiang and Gansu are both gateways of the ancient Silk Road,and there is a close inheritance relationship between the two grottoes.The comparative study of the Lapis Lazuli murals in the two grottoes is undoubtedly of great significance to the investigation of the media and ways of the dissemination of Lapis Lazuli to China and the communication along the ancient Silk Road.Through literature review and field investigation,this paper systematically reviews the distribution and development context of the Lapis Lazuli mural grottoes in Xinjiang and Gansu,and traces back the communication history of the ancient Lapis Lazuli road,which is helpful to further understand the development process of ancient Buddhist grottoes art.