澳门莲峰庙始建时期探微

An Exploration of the Origin of the Mount Lotus Temple in Macao

莲峰庙是澳门三大名刹之一,其始建年代在学界众说纷纭。从明末澳门地区佛教发展过程与内地佛教的关系、历代学者对莲峰庙的研究、莲峰庙早期既是神佛寺庙又是民众、商贾集聚议事之地等情况分析,莲峰庙应始建于明末。

Mount Lotus Temple is one of the three major temples in Cacao. Opinions are widely varied of its origin. From the development of Buddhism in Macao at the end of Ming Period, the relationship of Buddhism in Macao with the Buddhism in the mainland, the research of scholars into of varies periods into the temple, and the fact that at its early time it was both a Buddhist temple and a place of convention for populace and businessmen, it can be concluded that the Mount Lotus Temple was built at the end of the Ming Dynasty.