洛陽
白馬寺
- 鄭州から
- 高速鉄道で約40分
- 所要時間の目安
- 半日
- ベストシーズン
- 通年
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The White Horse Temple stands twelve kilometres east of Luoyang, backed by Mount Mang and facing the Luo river. Founded in 68 CE (the eleventh year of Yongping, Eastern Han), it was the first monastery built in China after Buddhism arrived, and it holds a particular place in Chinese Buddhist history as the tradition's 'source' and 'ancestral courtyard'.
- Location
- Twelve kilometres east of Luoyang, backed by Mount Mang and facing the Luo
- Founded
- 68 CE, Eastern Han
- Standing
- The first monastery built in China by official order after Buddhism arrived
- Heritage status
- Among the first batch of Major Historical and Cultural Sites Protected at the National Level, 1961
- Layout today
- Restored in 1556 (thirty-fifth year of Jiajing, Ming); a rectangular, south-facing compound of about 40,000 m², with the Tianwang, Great Buddha, Mahavira, Jieyin and Vairocana halls and the Qiyun pagoda
- Qiyun Pagoda
- A square, multi-eaved brick pagoda, 13 storeys and 35 m tall; the present structure was rebuilt in 1175 and is Luoyang's oldest surviving building
- Mahavira Hall figures
- The eighteen arhats are Yuan-dynasty dry-lacquer figures — a technique largely lost after the Song and rarely surviving
主な見どころ
Qiyun Pagoda
East of the gate: a distinctive square brick pagoda of thirteen eaves and 35 metres, the oldest surviving building in Luoyang.
Qingliang Terrace and Vairocana Hall
A brick terrace known as the 'courtyard in the air' — 43 by 33 metres and six metres high — carrying the double-eaved Vairocana Hall in its own enclosure.
Mahavira Hall
Housing the Buddhas of the three times, with the eighteen Yuan dry-lacquer arhats along the sides.
The two monks' tombs
Two mounds among the cypresses inside the gate, marking the monks Kasyapa-matanga and Dharmaratna, who brought the scriptures to China.
The temple bell
A Ming cast-iron bell of 2,500 kg; 'the bell of the White Horse Temple' is one of the eight sights of Luoyang.
景区の写真
These photographs are openly licensed for commercial use (from Wikimedia Commons: CC0, CC BY, CC BY-SA or public domain) and are not the attraction's own gallery. Each photo is credited below with its author and licence, linked to the original file.
The main gate (shanmen)
The stone horse before the gate
A main hall of the temple
A courtyard with its incense burner
The bell tower
Temple halls among the trees
A guardian figure inside a hall
The lotus pond
The Thai Buddhist hall
洛陽の東にある、仏教が中国に伝わった後に官の保護のもとで建立された最初の仏教寺院で、中国最古の寺院として尊ばれています。中軸は中国伝統の配置に従い、両側にはインド・ミャンマー・タイの政府が寄進した仏殿が並びます。四か国様式が並ぶまれな景観で、仏教がどのように中国へ入ったかを最も直接的に理解できる場所です。
見どころ
- 中軸の建造物：天王殿、大仏殿、大雄殿、接引殿、毘盧閣が順に並び、元代の乾漆像は重要な遺存です。
- 国際仏殿苑：インド・ミャンマー・タイ政府の寄進による仏殿で、様式の違いは説明を要しません。
- 斉雲塔：山門の東側にある金代の十三層密檐式煉瓦塔。見過ごされがちですが、別に足を運ぶ価値があります。
- 狄仁傑の墓：唐代の政治家の墓がすぐ近くにあります。
実用メモ
白馬寺と龍門石窟は同じ洛陽にありますが、市街の反対側に位置します。一日でまとめると慌ただしくなるため、白馬寺には半日を充ててください。現役の宗教施設です。長ズボン、肩を覆う服装で、堂内での撮影は禁止です。