Study On The Belief Of Budai Maitreya In Eastern Zhejiang Since Song Dynasty

After Buddhism was introduced into China,the Maitreya belief in India was also introduced.After experiencing the collision and fusion with Chinese traditional culture,maitreya belief with Chinese characteristics was formed.During the Five Dynasties,the legend of putai monk appeared in eastern Zhejiang province and gradually evolved into a new Maitreya belief.After the beginning of song dynasty and yuan dynasty and start-up,and during the Ming and qing dynasties of multiplicity and finalize the design development,character,two world buddhist believers through writing,painting,sculpture and other techniques to continually shape of its image,and in the process of combining with the Chinese inherent spirit,to the creation of the new bag the connotation of the maitreya faith,form a set of avatar,wisdom,compassion,convenient should be the image of maitreya.This new Maitreya belief reflects the believers’ pursuit of happiness,tolerance,affinity and freedom,which not only conforms to the aesthetic taste of the Chinese people,but also reflects the outlook on life and values highly advocated by the Chinese people.After its rise in eastern Zhejiang province,the Budai-Maitreya belief quickly spread to all parts of China and spread to East Asia and other regions with the spread of Chinese Buddhism,which played an important supporting and driving role in the promotion of Chinese Buddhism in daily life and the transformation of folklore,and also had a wide impact on Chinese literature,art,folklore,folk religion and the culture of East Asian countries.The openness,life,joy,wisdom and other characteristics of The Budai Maitreya belief just meet the needs of modern people’s life,thus becoming an important resource of contemporary cultural construction.In the multiple reaction history and reality,in order to carry forward the maitreya culture as the core of maitreya dojo is also snow Dou Shan rise in the east region,and is expected to be from the corresponding four renowned great mountains and the four bodhisattvas progress to the five famous mountains of corresponding with five major bodhisattva this new pattern of the buddhist faith,maitreya faith will also usher in a new development in the process of modern transformation era.