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| The architecture of Burmese Buddhist monasteries in upper Burma and northern Thailand: The biography of trees | ||
| 作者 | Chaturawong, Chotima (著) |
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| 出處題名 | Dissertation Abstracts International |
| 卷期 | v.63 n.12 Section A |
| 出版日期 | 2003 |
| 出版者 | ProQuest LLC |
| 出版者網址 | https://www.proquest.com/ |
| 出版地 | Ann Arbor, MI, US [安娜堡, 密西根州, 美國] |
| 資料類型 | 期刊論文=Journal Article |
| 使用語言 | 英文=English |
| 學位類別 | 博士 |
| 校院名稱 | Cornell University |
| 指導教授 | McGowan, Kaja M. |
| 畢業年度 | 2003 |
| 附註項 | 347p |
| 關鍵詞 | Architecture; Buddhist; Monasteries; Burma; Thailand |
| 摘要 | Previous studies of the architecture of monasteries have often concentrated on aesthetic traditions. This dissertation attempts to use the social sciences to help interpret the architecture of Burmese monasteries in Upper Burma (1853–1885) and northern Thailand during the late nineteenth and the early twentieth centuries through the biography of trees. Trees provide the material used to build a monastery, and trees are closely associated with the religious, economic, and political contexts of Burmese lives. Trees, according to Burmese Buddhist beliefs, were the abodes of tree spirits who could fulfill human wishes and provide protection and prosperity. Tree cults linked a monastery built with teak wood with tree, earth, and sky spirits and the naga, the local lord of the earth. A forest of teak trees was transformed into a monastery. A royal monastery symbolized a forest and a bodhi tree, the Buddha's symbol. A bodhi tree and teak trees were involved in the politics and economy of Upper Burma. A bodhi tree and Mount Meru indicated the sacred center reflected in the designs and locations of the Lion Throne, the palace, and the city of Mandalay. They represented the king as the center of his kingdom, the human world, and the universe and made visible the centralization program of King Mindon. Teak trees also helped to centralize politics and the economy, to control the sangha and their monasteries, and to provide royal income to support Buddhism and the kingdom. Because of its qualities and economic value, teak was a factor leading to the three Anglo-Burmese wars. King Mindon lost territory in Lower Burma, and Buddhism became a tool to unite the country. Monasteries in Upper Burma were a part of King Mindon's Buddhist politics. The teak trade in northern Thailand was a source of political and economic change in the region and brought Lower Burma close to northern Thailand. This was reflected in the designs of the so-called Burmese monasteries in Chiang Mai and Lampang provinces built by teak merchants who moved from Lower Burma to these areas. |
| ISBN | 0493960953; 9780493960951 |
| 點閱次數 | 471 |
| 建檔日期 | 2005.09.23 |
| 更新日期 | 2022.03.23 |
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