Typology of religious spaces in the urban historical area of Lhasa, Tibet  

作　　者：Yingzi Zhang Tao Wei 

机构地区：[1]Department of Architecture, Southwest diaotong University, Chengdu 611756, China

出　　处：《Frontiers of Architectural Research》2017年第3期384-400,共17页建筑学研究前沿（英文版）

基　　金：Acknowledsments We acknowledse the generous financial support of the National Natural Science Foundation of China （No. 51308463 and No. 51578453） and the research funds provided by the Science and Technology Department of Sichuan Province （No. 2014JY0231）. We also thank LetPub for its linguistic assistance during the preparation of this manuscript.

摘　　要：This work focuses on the spatial compositions and characteristics of religious sites and surrounding pilgrimage space in the city of Lhasa, which is the sacred center of Tibet. The modernization and urbanization of the city in recent decades have transformed the spatial and socioeconomic positions of its urban religious sites. The present study offers insights into the composition of urban religious spaces in the city of Lhasa with consideration to the spatiality and sociality of these spaces. After examining the current situations of retigious spaces, we classify the target spaces into five types using the duster analysis method and identify the characteristics of each type. We then discuss the socioeconomic values of each type of religious space and derive recommendations for planners. The analysis performed in this study may contribute in the soeciat planning for the protection of religious traditions.This work focuses on the spatial compositions and characteristics of religious sites and surrounding pilgrimage space in the city of Lhasa, which is the sacred center of Tibet. The modernization and urbanization of the city in recent decades have transformed the spatial and socioeconomic positions of its urban religious sites. The present study offers insights into the composition of urban religious spaces in the city of Lhasa with consideration to the spatiality and sociality of these spaces. After examining the current situations of retigious spaces, we classify the target spaces into five types using the duster analysis method and identify the characteristics of each type. We then discuss the socioeconomic values of each type of religious space and derive recommendations for planners. The analysis performed in this study may contribute in the soeciat planning for the protection of religious traditions.

关 键 词：Tibetan Buddhism Religious space MANDALA TYPOLOGY 

分 类 号：TU-098.1[建筑科学—建筑理论] B91[哲学宗教—宗教学]