A Study On The Folk Statues Organization In Shandong In The Northern And Southern Dynasties

As Chinese important Buddhist place, Shandong had a big development about Buddhist inthe Northern and Southern Dynasties, during this period, the Buddhist was having a biginfluence on the folk. Meanwhile, many Buddhist statue had appeared. For the research of theBuddhist statue, many people had the opinion about the structure of the Buddhist statue, but thisthesis holds the opinion about the Buddhist statue divisions. The thesis analyzed the relationshipbetween the divisions and the traditional regional sphere. At the same time, the passageexplained the resource of the Buddhist statue, and explained the reason of the development of theBuddhist statue. The research for the northern and southern dynasties’ folk Buddhist statue isdivided into two parts, the family’s Buddhist statue and the significant Buddhist statue. And thethesis analyzed the differences between the two parts. The most important factor for significantBuddhist statue is the political factor, and the thesis also analyzed the relationship between thedivisions and the government. The forth part of the thesis analyzed the purpose of the Buddhiststatue and the contribution of the officials and monks.