Historical Geography Of Ming Dynasty Temple In Western Beijing

After the Yongle emperor moved the capital in the ming dynasty, Beijing become the political of the whole country and cultural center. In a series of buildings in Beijing, the temple as a material carrier of the religion, objectively reflect the characteristics and style that period of history. It is the era of material sample. Beijing is the largest number of regions on the built temple in the Ming dynasty, the west suburbs of the city relying on the superior natural geographical conditions, became a concentrated distribution area of a temple, and under the effect of different factors affecting temple site, formed their own distribution characteristics. The Ming dynasty is a development peak of temples in the western suburbs of Beijing, the number of temple continue to increase on the whole. Under the influence of the social background, more than once appear of the temple building boom.High-speed development of the temple is closely related to the influence of social background at that time. The top of the Ming dynasty, represented by the imperial queens, is a leader in the temple building in the Ming dynasty; To power the eunuch, by his own physical defects and psychological problems, also supports the building temples; Under the influence of these two forces, the ordinary people has the high enthusiasm in the temple building, it is the other one power of the temple building. Under the effect of three different social classes together, The Ming dynasty became the largest number of dynasties in Beijing temple.Temple as a place for religious activities, has a strong vitality in ancient history, playing an important role in the political, economic and cultural. In the politically, it became a method to maintain its rule, because of religious enlightenment; In the economically, as a kind of independent and powerful economic units that have a significant impact on social economy; In the culture, temple as a center of religious art, with the integration of secular culture, enrich the connotation of social culture; By analysis of the role of temple, we better know the temple’s development.Temple is the valuable legacy and the spiritual wealth, as a culture carrier, is known as "the palace of art", their historical relics is not only a precious wealth, but also has the very high historical value. Furthermore, temple of the historic decided it become the ornamental objects for people in modern community, has the high tourism value. It is a new task for the temple that the value of temple use and development reasonable. While some places because of simply pursuing economic benefits, mistakenly excessive development and utilization. Resulting in adverse effects and produce a series of problems, gradually to the attention of the people. So it is become a wise choice for temple to protection and utilization, that form a scientific and rational attitude and through the path of sustainable development.