20世纪初英属槟榔屿极乐寺与中国文人  

The Early 20th-Century Kek Lok Si Temple in British Penang and Chinese Literati

作　　者：宋燕鹏 Song Yanpeng

机构地区：[1]闽南师范大学 [2]中国社会科学出版社

出　　处：《海交史研究》2020年第3期13-22,共10页Journal of Maritime History Studies

基　　金：蒋经国学术交流基金会所赞助的“亚洲跨文化视角下的马来亚第一代南来佛门人物群像”研究计划的阶段性成果。

摘　　要：19世纪末,来自福州鼓山涌泉寺的妙莲禅师在英属槟榔屿创建了极乐寺。但是一座寺院创修的出发点和建成后的社会形象,却并不完全一致。极乐寺创始之初,着眼于一座佛教寺院,且为福州鼓山涌泉寺下院,初创募捐也以弘扬佛法为名。建成以后,在中国文人的眼中,极乐寺则不仅仅是槟榔屿岛的风景名胜之一。在南洋英、荷殖民统治地区,在华人、马来人、印度人等族群混居的状态下,极乐寺以汉传佛教来填补华人的精神空间,也因其具有中华文化的因素,在中国文人的心目中成为中华文化的一种象征。Kek Lok Si Temple was established by Venerable Beow Lean,a Buddhist priest from Yongquan Temple in Gushan Mountain of Fuzhou,in British Penang in the late 19th century.Originally,this temple served as a subsidiary Buddhist monastery to Yongquan Temple and obtained donations to spread the teaching of Buddism.However,when it was completed,it became more than an attraction of Penang Island in the eyes of Chinese literati.During the British and Dutch colonial period,in ethnically mixed areas with Chinese,Malays and Indians in Southeast Asia,Kek Lok Si Temple not only fulfilled the spiritual needs of the Chinese,but also became a symbol of Chinese culture for Chinese literati.

关 键 词：英属槟榔屿 极乐寺 中国文人 文化象征 

分 类 号：B94[哲学宗教—宗教学]