Research On Buddhism Of Ming Dynasties In Shanxi Linfen Area

The Ming dynasty is a prosperous period in the development of Buddhism in Shanxi.As Linfen area is one of important towns where Buddhism can be spread and developed,monks always walk around here.Moreover,temples are widely distributed in the countries.Actually,the Buddhist belief is closely related to the people's life,which has a profound influence on the spiritual world and social development of the people in Linfen.Before the Ming Dynasty,the development of Buddhism in Linfen has tended to improve,and has been kept the overall upward trend.There are many temples,monks,which lays a foundation for the further development of Buddhis m in Linfen area in Ming Dynasty.In Ming Dynasty,due to the policy support of rulers,the development of social economy,the influence of the mainstream ideology and the help of people's beliefs ma ke the Buddhism development of the Linfen region have a social infrastructure fir m.Under this circumstance,Buddhis m is still the sustainable development of Linfen area in Ming Dynasty.Mr.monks can test by preaching,the constructing temples,giving the village,who contributed to the development of Buddhism and Buddhist temples in Ming Dynasty whether they're from Linfen or not.At the same time,the scale of Buddhist temples has been expanded,a number of temples are.more widely distributed in the archaeological inscriptions,according to the records of the Ming Dynasty in Linfen area.And the amendment and repairment of the Buddhist temples are inseparable of the development of economy and the support of the people.As the main body of social life,exce pt from the construction of Buddhist temples,people also raised funds to build stupas,and skilled craftsmen carved Jingchuang Buddhist murals.These are the activit ies that support the Buddhist belief propagation,which reflects the expectations of people for this life,the after life.Throughout the development of Buddhism in Ming Dynasty in Linfen area,it can be summarized as three characteristics: monkish official institution provides a system of host to the development of Buddhis m in L infen area,and make the development of Buddhism in this area to get the support of the rulers of the Ming Dynasty;Under the "syncretism" environment,the Linfen area showed the view that Buddhism is supported,and C onfucianism is opposed;the secularization of Buddhism make the Buddhism and the ordinary people closely linked,which care about and pay attention to the secular interests of people,and lay more stress on the people's earthly life compared to care about future world and free death samsara.The development of Buddhism in Linfen of Shanxi in the Ming dynasty has a close relationship with the social politics,economy and culture.The rapid spread and development of Buddhis m in L infen established the status in Shanxi and even the whole country.Hence,Buddhis m o f the Ming dynasty in Linfen has vital significance during the history of development of the Chinese Buddhism.