Translated Abstract
Qigexing Buddhist Temples site is the largest buddhist temples to be found until now, which locates in Karasahr, Xinjiang province. It is one of the few Buddhist temples site with large number of constructions at the site and diverse shapes, in which both shrine and cave-temples are involved. It has been listed as the national key cultural relics protection units.
In this thesis, the research methods of summary, analysis and deduction are adopted to investigate the architectural patterns and single building plane shapes of the Qigexing Buddhist Temples, on the basis of related literatures and pictures, by the comparison with the architectural history of the Western Region. In order to make clear the site, the state of the architectural patterns at the site are analyzed in detail to conclude the characteristic of the layout. Then, according to the site state and size, the mapping diagrams are drawn. Finally, the styles of the single building plane shapes are classified and the shape characteristics are summarized.
The features of the Qigexing Buddhist Temple architectural patterns are listed as follows. First, on the whole, the buildings are founded in clear priority, following the terrain, which is consistent with the acclimation. Second, on the space of the architectural groups, the stupa groups locate in the front of temple groups as stupa front, shrines back style. The building division is clear with buildings connecting to each other closely. Third, the architectural patterns of the Qigexing Buddhist Temples are determined by two factors, which are the base location and the change of the pattern of Buddhist temples during the Buddhist spreading to the east in the Western Region. Fourth, the Qigexing Buddhist Temple can be divided into four building group series from east to the west and from south to north and then the traffic flow lines in the sites are discussed.
In the field of building plane shapes, the single building plane shapes of the Qigexing Buddhist Temple are classified into 5 basic types and the scale characteristics and building space are analyzed. The shapes reflect the characteristics of the ways of worship in the Western Region Buddhism. And the various forms of the temples demonstrate that the buildings were not built at the same time but during a long period. The feature that the space tends convergent is found after comparison with wooden buddhist temples in the central areas of China.
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