文献类型：期刊文献

英文题名：Additional niches and architecture added in the Tang dynasty to the Vairocana niche in the Fengxian Temple at Longmen

作者：Peng, Minghao[1];Li, Ruoshui[2]

第一作者：Peng, Minghao

通讯作者：Peng, MH[1]

机构：[1]Peking Univ, Sch Archaeol & Museol, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China;[2]Beijing Union Univ, Coll Appl Arts & Sci, Beijing 100191, Peoples R China

第一机构：Peking Univ, Sch Archaeol & Museol, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China

通讯机构：[1]corresponding author), Peking Univ, Sch Archaeol & Museol, Beijing 100871, Peoples R China.

年份：2022

卷号：22

期号：1

起止页码：182-190

外文期刊名：CHINESE ARCHAEOLOGY

收录：WOS:【ESCI(收录号:WOS:000884208700015)】；

语种：英文

外文关键词：Fengxian Temple; niche with the colossal statue of Vairocana Buddha; architecture in front of the niche; Kaiyuan reign period

摘要：The niche with the colossal statue of Vairocana Buddha in the Fengxian Temple in Longmen was carved in the second year of the Shangyuan reign period of the Tang dynasty. At the beginning of the Kaiyuan reign, additional niches were carved into the same cliff wall. Based on spatial analysis of the surviving holes for architectural structures and their relation to the niches added later, it is inferred that the architecture in front of the niche was not built after the construction of these later niches. These two construction events could have belonged to the same construction phase. The construction of the architecture in front of the Vairocana niche completely altered the outer appearance and visibility of the statues, which then resulted in the relocation of worship activities from the open area to an enclosed space created by the wooden-structured temple in front of the niche.