试论新昌石窟寺所见佛教中国化的进程

A Study on the Sinicization of Buddhism of Xinchang Grotto

佛教中国化的一个重要表现就是本土化,南方石窟寺的营造与北方尤其是西域地区有联系又有区别,这也是一种本土化的表现。新昌的佛寺和石窟的组合是现存最早的南方佛教本土化肇始阶段的遗迹。本文试从石窟寺形制与文本的联系入手,对新昌石窟造像艺术所表之法进行探讨,从而揭示其与西域佛教的内在联系。

An important manifestation of the Sinicization of Buddhism is localization,and the creation of grotto temples in the south is connected and differentiated from those in the north,especially in the western areas.The combination of Buddhist temples and grottoes in Xinchang is the earliest surviving remnant of the inception of the localization of Buddhism in the south.This paper tries to start from the link between the form of the grotto temples and the religious text,and discusses the method of the art of the Xinchang Grotto,so as to reveal its intrinsic connection with Buddhism in the western region.