Connotations of architectural culture transmitted in cliff carvings in the Bashu region  

作　　者：林从华 

机构地区：[1]Faculty of Architecture and Urban Planning, Chongqing University,Chongqing 400030, P.R. China The Research Institute of City and Architecture, Fujian University of Technology, Fuzhou 350007, P.R. China

出　　处：《Journal of Chongqing University》2006年第3期181-186,共6页重庆大学学报（英文版）

基　　金：Funded by China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 2005037548).

摘　　要：Based on site studies, historical literature investigation and academic communication, this work aims to dig out the cultural significance in architectural and religious aspects conveyed in cliff carvings in the Bashu region. After casting a glance at the origin and evolution of Bashu culture and religion mainly involving Daoism and Buddhism recorded in forms of cliff carvings, we concentrated on discovering the national, regional and folk architectural characters implicated in cliff carvings at different sites within the Bashu region. The cliff carvings in this region vividly depicted the evolution of the architectural culture hereof. The essence of their religious and architectural connotations can be good stuff to be input in today’s architectural design philosophy.Based on site studies, historical literature investigation and academic communication, this work aims to dig out the cultural significance in architectural and religious aspects conveyed in cliff carvings in the Bashu region. After casting a glance at the origin and evolution of Bashu culture and religion mainly involving Daoism and Buddhism recorded in forms of cliff carvings, we concentrated on discovering the national, regional and folk architectural characters implicated in cliff carvings at different sites within the Bashu region. The cliff carvings in this region vividlY depicted the evolution of the architectural culture hereof. The essence of their religious and architectural connotations can be good stuff to be input in today＇s architectural design philosophy.

关 键 词：cliff carvings architectural culture Bashu DAOISM BUDDHISM 

分 类 号：K879.2[历史地理—考古学及博物馆学]