| In the early Ming Dynasty to Ming and Qing Dynasty Chenghua years is thedevelopment of Buddhism in Shanxi and the start of change.Study of this period developmentof Buddhism and Buddhist monasteries to study distribution, Sui and Tang DynastiesBuddhism to drop the inheritance and development of Ming and Qing Dynasties, as well asthe development of Buddhism culture, played a transitional role.And, for the current academicresearch is relatively weak in the period, which results in less.Therefore, this paper select thetime distribution of Buddhist temples in Shanxi as the research object.Buddhism is the humansociety is a special cultural phenomenon, long-term since, many scholars focus on theteachings and beliefs of Buddhism itself, surrounding the philosophy research, become anauthor who be too numerous to enumerate, and about the history and geography of a late start,which results in less, existing research results mainly concentrated in the northwest, Hunan,Hubei, Shandong etc., Shanxi is less and less.In view of the massive Shanxi Buddhist culture,this article from the perspective of historical geography of Shanxi Buddhist templegeographic distribution and genesis of the expansion of exploratory study.Through extensive collection of historical documents and local history, taking into the"annals of Shanxi as the center, supplemented by the existing Shanxi during the Ming andQing Dynasties chronicles as material support, Buddhist Temple (including temple, hospital,um) as the research object, to the early Ming Dynasty and Chenghua years as study period, topresent the Shanxi administrative divisions (including the current Hebei Laiyuan, namelyMing Guangchang County; Hebei Weixian County, namely Ming Wei state) as the researcharea, to the early Ming Dynasty and Chenghua years exist in Shanxi Buddhist temple statistics,that the Buddhist monasteries in Shanxi geographical distribution of general characteristics:firstly, from the Perspective of administrative divisions in the early Ming Dynasty, to changeyears of Buddhist temples in Shanxi are mainly concentrated in Taiyuan house, Pingyanghouse; secondly, from the perspective of the valley, to integrated years of Buddhist temples inShanxi are mainly concentrated on in middle and lower reaches area, Su flow field; thirdly,topographically, the early Ming Dynasty Chenghua years of Buddhist temples in Shanxi aremainly concentrated in the valley of the river and mountain (Mount Wutai), Campagna, basinarea also has fragmentary distribution.According to the above research, a conclusion is drawn that Buddhist temple distributiondensity depends mainly on the terrain, arable land area, population density, governmentpolicies and other reasons, and generalizes the Buddhist monasteries in Shanxi geographicaldistribution.In conclusion, as a kind of special human relations, the Buddhist temples of thegeographic distribution and geographical environment are complementary, inseparable. |
