The Study On The Reform Activities Of Buddhist Church In Shanxi Province During The Republic Of China

Since the late Qing dynasty and the Republic of China,with the influence of the trend of building schools on temple property and the anti-religious superstition movement,the Buddhist circles put forward a number of innovative measures to seek their own development,the establishment of Buddhist organization is a great achievement of Buddhist innovation.At present,the research focuses on the research of the central Buddhist organizations,and there is still some space for the research of the role of the local Buddhist organizations in the Buddhist reform.This paper takes the Buddhist Association of Shanxi province as the research object,through investigating the experiences and activities of the Buddhist Association of Shanxi Province,discusses how the Buddhist Association of Shanxi province promoted the reform of Buddhism during the Republic of China.The first part of this article mainly discusses the establishment of Shanxi Buddhist Church.During the period of the Republic of China,under the influence of the founding of the temple,a large number of Buddhist groups emerged one after another.By perfecting the organization Constitution,the fund system and absorbing the people from all walks of life,the Buddhist Association of Shanxi province innovated the organization form of Buddhism and strengthened the unity among the Buddhist associations of all counties.The second part mainly discusses the temple property protection activities carried out by the Buddhist Association of Shanxi Province.Under the influence of the anti-superstition movement,the crisis of the temple property intensified.The Buddhist Association of Shanxi Province won the guarantee of the government organization by reporting to the government,and issued periodicals to exert the strength of public opinion to protect the temple property,which was different from the way of protecting the property in the past,the Buddhist Association of Shanxi Province uses legal weapons and the force of public opinion to safeguard its own rights and interests.The third part mainly discusses the arrangement of monastic system in Shanxi Buddhist Association.The Buddhist Association of Shanxi province rectifies the Buddhism of Shanxi province by arranging the abbot system,the temple property system and the educational system.The fourth part mainly revolves the anti-japanese war time Shanxi province Buddhist Society’s Buddhist innovation enterprise launches the elaboration.During the period of anti-japanese war,the Buddhist Association of Shanxi Province actively resisted Japan by rectifying religious regulations and adjusting Buddhist precepts to encourage monasteries and monks to join the army and protect cultural relics and historic sites,so as to promote its own development in the process of national rejuvenation.In a word,this paper combs the establishment and development of Shanxi Buddhist Association and its activities,and discusses how Shanxi Buddhist association promotes the reform of Buddhism and promotes Shanxi Buddhism from tradition to modern times,to sum up the historical experience that may bring from it.In a word,this paper combs the establishment and development of Shanxi Buddhist Association and its activities,and discusses how Shanxi Buddhist association promotes the reform of Buddhism,and reflects the Republic of Buddhist organizations in the Buddhist reform played a role,to sum up the historical experience that may bring from it.