Study On Dunhuang Baoen Temple In The Tang And Song Dynasties

Dunhuang Baoen Monastery,which has an important social status in Dunhuang,was a temple of monks in the Tang and Song Dynasties as well as the local important religious,cultural and economic activity center.Compared with the other contemporary temples of Dunhuang,the economic activities of Baoen Monastery was more plentiful.During the Tang and Song Dynasties,there were frequent contacts between the Baoen Monastery and other temples in Dunhuang region,and the contacts between the division and the local authority were also available,which were reflected in its economic dealings and economic activities.In the Tubo period,it supported the temple spending mainly by using the religious income.In Gui-yi-jun period,it evolved into the secular income which was loan transaction mostly.Active economic factors also boosted their religious activities,such as law,for both monks get a "reward",also can be in the form of religious enhance the communication among temple and the temple,to reflect their connections to each other.Dunhuang Baoen Monastery was also often concerned by local authorities,which were fully reflected in the activities of economic revolution.Because of the material of Baoen Monastery in Dunhuang testament is quite rich,and these data for us to understand the history of Dunhuang Baoen Monastery are very valuable.So it’s extremely necessary to investigate it carefully.Therefore,this article takes advantage of the literature of Dunhuang to examine the specific existence time and the temple site of Baoen Monastery as well as the scale of the temple and monks.And it probes into the economic situation of Dunhuang Baoen Monastery specially as well as its relationship with the secular society,through which we are able to understand the social status and the effect of Dunhuang Baoen Monastery.What we will get from this is that we can deal with the key problem about the economic activities and its social relation situation of Baoen Monastery soon.