Tang Dynasty Royal Merit Temple Of Study

The history of Buddhism in the Tang Dynasty in China is extremely important stage. Buddhist unified formations occur at home and teachings in the Sui and Tang Dynasties. The Tang Dynasty, especially the early Tang Dynasty, royalty construct a large number of Merit Temples. These temples or new construct,or changed name from the other temples, or reform royalty's houses or Royal Palace. And most of them concentrated in the Changan and Luoyang.Buddhism is the ruler of the world as an essential medium of governance, and buddhist temple is the bearing of buddhism. Royal Temple of merit as part of the monastery, they has Closer relations with the rulers of the temple group, whether in religion or in the political field, even in the secular culture, they have played an important role in. These temples not only places for worship and chase blessing, also the convergences of Buddhist culture and teaching. play an important role In religious activities, the Royal Fiesta, culture, entertainment and social welfare activities.They are not only the carrier of Buddhist culture and media, but also the windows perspective the royal family's attitude of Buddhist and platforms to show secular culture.So it can be said of the Rise and Fall of the Royal Temple and development of merit is not just a religious issue, and the very real political issues and social issues. Merit of the Royal Temple in the Tang Dynasty and its status and role of organic, can give a new understanding of the history of the Tang Dynasty, and it is extremely helpful to the research Tangshi. And research in these areas, not only for understanding the Buddhist culture is very necessary, for the survival and development of modern Buddhism is also the meaning of reference.Merit of the Royal Temple of the Tang Dynasty is still rare. Most of the temple culture of the introduction, involving several Royal Temple, or on which the temple of a royal merit-depth study of a comparison. And these articles or books did not make the "Royal Temple merit," as a concept. There is little merit to the Royal Temple as a whole to study and explore. In this paper, based on the results of previous studies, do some further collecting and collating information about Royal Temple of the Tang Dynasty, overview of the establishment and evolution of merit, and have a more in-depth study and discussion with The Royal Temple's religious function political functions and cultural functions. And pointed out the important position of the Royal Temple of meritThis paper is divided into four parts:PartⅠ:On previous academic research on the status of the Royal Temple of merit. Previous researches on the temple to temple culture of a time period as a whole,Or to a local monastery to study as a whole did not to the Royal Temple of merit as an independent research group. Therefore, the research in this area is necessary.PartⅡ:Overview of the Tang Dynasty Temple successive merit the establishment of the Royal and History chronologically. As the study is the Royal Temple of merit, And the sages and scholars have not materialized this concept, therefore, to determine the scope of study is necessary. This section will provide bedding for the problems that will be discussed below.PartⅢ:Research about The Royal Merit Temple of the Tang Dynasty's functional problems. Including religious functions, political functions, cultural entertainment and social welfare functions. This is the main content of this paper.Part IV:Research about the status of the Tang Dynasty Royal Merit Temples and the relationship with central government and the temples'influences. Sets out the detailed form, Including privileges to the monks to live in Royal Merit Temples, reward purple robe and reward funeral, etc. to analyze the status of Royal Merit Temples and the relationship between the Royal Merit Temple and the use of state power. From the Tang Dynasty and national minorities in and around to discuss the influences of the Royal Merit Temple.In short, systematic carding the information about the Royal Merit Temples, comprehensive study of its establishment, function, status and influence of other issues, these efforts will some practical role in promoting the research about the Royal Meirt Temple of the Tang Dynasty...