小型石雕像与金铜佛的功能可能相仿
石造像是一类十分常见的佛教遗物,与金铜佛一样也有大型和小型两种类型,一般大型雕像都有着大型背光,上有浮雕的群像,如佛传内容,可能源自于造像碑的传统;而小型石雕像大小与金铜佛差不多,但雕凿不如金铜佛和大型石雕精细。小型石雕像与金铜佛的功能可能相仿,都是由个人捐资供奉在寺庙里的。
Stone statue is a kind of very common Buddhist relics. Like gold bronze Buddha, there are two types: large and small. Generally, large statues have large backlight, and there are reliefs on them, such as Buddha biography content, which may come from the tradition of statues. Small stone statues are about the same size as gold bronze Buddha, but the chiseling is not as fine as gold bronze Buddha and large stone carving. Small stone statues may have the same function as gold and bronze Buddhas, and they are all donated by individuals to temples.
今天所见石像数量多于金铜佛,并非表明它的使用比金铜佛广泛,很可能只是由于石雕无法像金铜佛一样回收再利用而已。传世和考古所见的大型和小型石雕像数量都很多,在魏晋南北朝时期造型和风格的转变也反映了佛教信仰的转变和佛教艺术中国化的过程大型石雕像中最常见的是造像碑,一般是高1至3米的长方形石碑,每面皆刻有小龛,龛楣上常有复杂的装饰,龛内则浮雕单体佛像或佛像组合,龛外一般还有浮雕的佛教故事内容,当然也有供养人姓名及发愿文。这类造像碑可能是北方村社的宗教团体(邑社)捐资修造的,在献祭或巡行等宗教仪式中展示,用作无力建造寺庙的乡村佛教徒的宗教中心。
The fact that the number of stone statues seen today is more than that of golden bronze Buddha does not mean that it is more widely used than that of golden bronze Buddha. It is likely that stone sculptures cannot be recycled like golden bronze Buddha. There are many large and small stone statues seen in the past and archaeology. The change of shape and style in the Wei, Jin, southern and Northern Dynasties also reflects the change of Buddhist belief and the process of Sinicization of Buddhist art. The most common large stone statues are statues, usually rectangular ones with a height of 1 to 3 meters, each of which is carved with small niches. There are often complex decorations on the lintels of niches. In the niches, single Buddha statues or Buddha statues are embossed. In addition, there are relief Buddhist stories outside the niches. Of course, there are also names of providers and vows. This kind of statues may be built by the religious groups (communes) of the northern village community, and displayed in religious ceremonies such as sacrifice or tour, and used as the religious center of rural Buddhists who are unable to build temples.