白云禅寺“锅中槐”文化意蕴管窥

散见于中国城乡各地的寺庙观庵,记载了中国封建社会文化的发展和兴衰.研究寺庙观庵,除了要重视它的外部形态和空间布局,更应重视其文化内涵的深入挖掘,应使其形制布局等外在要素与其蕴含的文化要素结合起来进行综合研究,从所处时代的思想、文化、政治和经济等多层面地去挖掘其深层的文化渊源.遵循这一思路,从中华民族传统民俗文化的视角介入,通过对“槐”和“锅”等文化要素的查考和解析,对河南省民权县白云禅寺“锅中槐”文化的认识应有积极意义.

A General Review on Cultural Implication of the Sophora Japonica Growing in a Pot

The temples throughout China are the places where Chinese traditional culture is centered and assembled. Generally, the research into temples should attach more importance to the cultural implication rather than the external styles and spatial arrangement. Also, a comprehensive study of temples should combine the forms and implications and tries to explore the fountainhead of the underlying culture from the perspective of ideology, culture, politics and economy of its time. Following this principle and from the viewpoint of Chinese traditional folk culture, this paper, based on the interpretation about ＂pot＂ and ＂Sophora japonica＂, aims to help achieve a new understanding about the cultural connotation of ＂Sophora Japonica growing in a pot＂ which roots in the Baiyun Temple in Minquan County, Henan province.