浙江天台山天台宗祖庭国清寺佛乐文化管窥

诞生于浙江省天台县天台山的天台宗,作为中国汉化佛教第一宗,其佛宗思想体系不仅直接影响了之后建立起来的三论宗、华严宗、禅宗等宗派,而且其用于各种仪轨的佛教音乐也对其他宗派的仪轨音乐产生了重要影响.从天台宗佛教音乐所形成的宗教、历史、社会背景等以及佛教音乐的特征对天台宗祖庭国清寺的佛乐文化进行初步探索具有一定意义.

On Buddhist Music Culture of Guoqing Temple,the Ancestral Chamber of Tiantai Sect,in Tiantai Mountain of Zhejiang Province

Tiantai sect, the first sect of Buddhism in China, was born in Tiantai Mountain of Tiantai County, Zhejiang Province. Its Buddhist thought system has directly influenced the later established Three- treatise sect, Huayan sect and Chan sect. Moreover, its Buddhist music has greatly influenced the ritual music of other sects. The article discusses the religious, historical and social background that helped form Tiantai sect, as well as the characteristics of the Buddhist music so as to provide insight into Tiantai Buddhism music culture.