Kaifeng Taoist Temple Layout In Northern Song Dynasty

Song Taoism and prosperous period of great development. Emperor Song period, said Zhao Zhao Xuan Lang ancestor as "nine days Siming Baosheng revere" Huizong more since "leader Tao Jun emperor." Taoism thus respected, became the state religion. In the Northern Song Dynasty insistence "There Pi politics" and "Honors keep Buddhism," the religious policy, the capital city of Kaifeng Taoist buildings has been tremendous development, not only in a variety of architectural forms the palace, view, Temple, Temple, etc., and many Taoist Palace View emperors Uighurian. Stick to its location in the Taoist "almost by nature," outside "On Dong Fu in the famous" God Wen geography purpose, taking into account more convenient emperors and political needs. After nearly a half century of construction, to the Northern Song Dynasty, the city of Kaifeng Taoist temples formed its unique layout and features of the law.This paper is divided into five parts:First, from the palace, view, temple, shrine four kinds of architectural forms start to Kaifeng Taoist temples before finishing system, involving the construction of the origin of every Taoist temples, built waste time, building location, name change, scale shape and other aspects of information for the study layout Kaifeng Taoist temples provide basic materials.Second, the research and development and characteristics of Kaifeng Taoist temples layouts from two perspectives of time and space, and draw points during various periods of the Taoist Temple layout, the layout features of Taoist temples into a dynamic process of development, results:time layout Kaifeng Taoist temples exhibit three stages of regional spatial layout showing the state of aggregation, the formation of a gathering area north of the city, King spiritual house gathering areas and the Five Sacred Mountains View gathering area.Third, the natural and human factors from two aspects, from the upper and lower classes, the rulers of the two angles Taoist temples layout reasons discussed in detail, draw the upper ruler dominated the political needs of the whole of the Taoist Temple Kaifeng layout, and natural factors and the needs of the lower classes only partial adjustment.Fourth, the spatial layout Kaifeng Taoist temples and Buddhist monasteries space layout compared drawn Kaifeng Taoist temples and Buddhist monasteries layout showing a layout feature opposite and complementary. Layout Kaifeng Taoist temples religious buildings in the layout for the criteria to Buddhist monasteries to supplement, forming a clear and unique spatial layout rule. Taoist temples and Buddhist monasteries layout reasons for the differences of the second section and from the site selection criteria and the Northern Song Dynasty Buddhism’s religious policy perspective two buildings.Fifth, the impact of Kaifeng Taoist temples to explore style layout analysis and overview of the results of its leading space arrangement forms in Kaifeng religion, promoting Kaifeng secular space (Green and Recreation) rational distribution.