Study On The Shape Of Caves In Bingling Temple

The grottoes of bingling temple,the pearl of the silk road,are located in the eastern part of the hexi corridor,serving as a bridge between eastern and western buddhist cultures.Therefore,on the basis of absorbing the local culture,the cave structure presents a unique development.Through field investigation and analysis of the contents of bingling temple grottoes,time axis,216 grottoes in bingling temple were counted,,using archaeological typology to classify the complete niches of bingling temple into categories,types and types,according to the characteristics of different niches,combined with the results of the staging,the inscription and other grotto temple at the same time grotto niches shape characteristics,the bingling temple grottoes are divided into seven periods,referring to historical background,the evolution and replacement of grotto structure in different periods are summarized.The influence of which model on the topography and topography of each grotto in bingling temple is discussed.The cave space is shrinking,it is the result of the change of liturgy from meditation to Chinese worship,its scale,the height of the Buddha and the Buddha ceremony interact with each other.In the grotto temple,the spatial structure should also include the "connected building" of the grotto eaves,trestle,stone steps and other three-dimensional buildings,paths,open Spaces and other two-dimensional buildings and one-dimensional buildings dominated by consciousness,these connected buildings connect such units as caves and aboveground buddhist temples into a complete operational mechanism with a complete architectural system.In a word,Bingling temple grottoes serve as a religious relic that provides life and practice for monks,it is a complete architectural system composed of aboveground temples,caves and connected buildings.The development and evolvement of its grotto form is in accordance with the general law,and its own characteristics can not be ignored.