Investigation And Research On Buddhist Remains In Gulang County,Gansu Province

Gulang county of Gansu Province is located in the east of Hexi Corridor.People can enter Wuwei trough the Gulang county,therefore,it is also the necessary part of the silk road,which makes it become the central region of the ancient Central Plains and the northwest of china.After introduced into China,Buddhism in Wuwei area contacts with Chinese traditional culture,and as a base to continue to the east,hence it is slightly earlier than the mainland.Based on this,Gulang Buddhism's development effected by the overall context of history,politics,geography,economy,culture and other aspects.Buddhist temple,as the most intuitive reflect the buddhist faith,within the Gulang county has wide distribution,quantity.Through the field visit and verify remaining local buddhist monasteries,it is also easy to discover the regularity of the distribution.And this rule is closely connected with historical period political upheaval of Gulang county.The distribution of Gulang buddhist monastery,according to the different historical period,has been impacted by:Firstly,by the route distribution of silk road in the territory,it makes the Gulang Buddhism presents the main ribbon;Secondly,influenced by tubo Buddhism that is introduced from the qinghai-tibet plateau due to tubo control of the hexi corridor,then Tibetan Buddhism comes,which makes the local Buddhism have cultural factor of Tibetan buddhism,then appears the Tibetan buddhist monasteries;Again by the policy of xixia worship Buddhism and the influence of the Gulang district mostly in the tubo people,which makes Tibetan Buddhism as the main part in Gulang area,and now the buddihist monasteries get repairing and rebuilding;Finally,by the communication of Mongolian and Tibetan Buddhism and the Buddhist policy during the Ming and Qing dynasties,the Gulang territory pay equal attention to han and Tibetan Buddhism temple belongs He Zong is one of the most obvious symbol.Four,affecting the development of Gulang Buddhism,associated read out of the Gulang volume(baojuan),the Gulang painting,Gulang Tibetan tripitaka,as well as some related folklore about Buddhism,which makes the Gulang buddhist culture connotation is rich,form vivid,provides thoughts for the conservation and utilization of Gulang buddhist temple ruins.