Out of people's worship of religion, almost all famous religious buildings became models of architecture at that time. No matter which country or era the architectural history is studied, a large number of examples of religious buildings will be cited. They not only reflect the peak of architectural art in that era in terms of structure, materials, decoration and layout, but also have something to learn from in dealing with the relationship between architecture and environment. In addition, due to people's reverence for gods and buddhas, religious buildings are relatively less damaged by man-made, so many famous buildings have been preserved.

For example, Notre Dame de Paris and Cologne Cathedral in Germany are models of Gothic architecture, the Pantheon in Rome, Italy is a model of Roman art, and St. Spirito Cathedral in Florence and St. Peter's Cathedral in Italy are models of Renaissance architecture.

There are many strange structures in Chinese religious buildings. For example, the Saga Pagoda (commonly known as Yingxian Wooden Pagoda) in the Fogong Temple in Yingxian County is as high as 67. 13 meters, but the whole wooden structure does not need a nail. After seven days of earthquake and shelling, it stood still. Xi Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Kaifeng Pagoda, Quanzhou East Pagoda, West Pagoda and Dali Pagoda have all become landmark buildings in these cities.

The Manjusri Hall on the top of the Bodhisattva Mountain in Wutai Mountain, Shanxi Province, is called the "Drip Hall" because it still drips after the rain. Shanxi Hunyuan Hanging Temple is the strangest. More than 40 temples and pavilions are completely built on steep cliffs, and all the weights are supported by thin columns and beams horizontally inserted into stone walls. So people describe it as "three ponytails hanging in the air". Because of the wind direction, it can shelter from the wind and rain, so it lasted for 1400 years and was safe and sound.

2. Religious and artistic achievements

Religious art involves a wide range of contents, including painting, sculpture, music, calligraphy and so on. The authors of these works of art not only have a large number of non-religious believers, but also have many religious believers with high artistic attainments.

Religious painters who are famous for their artistic attainments in the history of our country are Gu Kaizhi in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Yang Qide, Wang You and Cao in Zhang Sengyou in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Wu Daozi and Zhou Fang in the Tang Dynasty, Zhu Da (Badashanren), Shi Tao, Xi Shi and Jian Jiang in the Qing Dynasty, which are also called "four great painters". The Buddha statues painted by Cao cling to the human body, which fully embodies the beauty of the human body. Wu Daozi painted a Buddha statue, and his clothes fluttered and he was on cloud nine. Therefore, the world is called "water, Wu takes the wind."

Buddhism is the highest achievement of religious sculpture in China. Mogao Grottoes, Longmen Grottoes, Yungang Grottoes, Maijishan Grottoes, Baoding Mountain and Beishan Grottoes in Dazu, Xumishan Grottoes and Zhu Qian Temple in Kunming are all famous Buddhist grottoes in China. There are many things in Chinese religious art that are praised by the world. For example, "The god of the sweet sound" (that is, flying) fully shows the dynamics of flying through the fluttering of the belt, which is obviously better than putting wings on the gods in art.

Pile embroidery, hair embroidery, thangka, ghee sculpture, etc. It is the only art form in China. In order to entertain the gods, religious music and religious dance were once very popular, and some of them have been preserved to this day. Whenever a ceremony is held, Christian hymns must be sung. China's Nuo opera, Taoist music, Lamaism drama and Shaman dance are all unique art forms. In fact, many folk entertainment activities contain elements of religious art, most of which are developed from primitive totems, primitive sacrificial ceremonies or activities.

3. Historical materials in religious arts.

Religion is a part of social life, and its art cannot but reflect social reality and people's life, so people can learn a lot of precious historical materials from it.

For example, from Dunhuang murals, we can see the earliest existing map of Wutai Mountain, scenes of ancient officials' trips, ancient architectural styles, ancient costumes, ancient musical instruments and so on. From the Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, you can also see ancient prescriptions and calligraphy. Not to mention the obvious secularization of religious art after the Song Dynasty, and the image truly reflects the lives of ordinary people. All these provide rich and precious materials for today's related research and reference.

4, religious martial arts and health care methods

Religion, especially in China, attaches great importance to fitness and health preservation, thus forming martial arts and health preservation methods with great influence. For example, Shaolin Temple in Henan, Wudang Mountain in Hubei, Emei Mountain in Sichuan, Laoshan Mountain in Qingdao, Shandong and so on. Besides their religious buildings, the most influential is the martial arts which originated from their place. Today, Shaolin Temple still preserves murals of monks practicing martial arts. The influence of China's martial arts and health preserving methods has already spread overseas.

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The famous Christian holy places in modern times include Vatican of the Holy See, Fatima (Portugal), which is said to be the "Virgin Mary", Oprah Gergau of the Federal Republic of Germany and Lourdes of France. Buddhist holy places are concentrated in Southeast Asia and China, such as the Buddha's Tooth Temple and the Kelania Buddhist Temple, the four famous Buddhist mountains in China (Emei Mountain, Jiuhua Mountain, Wutai Mountain and Putuo Mountain) and the newly discovered Buddha's Finger Bone Fufeng Famen Temple;

Islam has four holy places: Mecca, Medina, Jerusalem and Kerun. Among them, Mecca is the most effective place for pilgrims in all religious tourism. The mosque in the city center covers an area of 6.5438+0.6 million square meters and can accommodate 300,000 Muslims to worship at the same time.

Taking religious tourism as a kind of "sightseeing tourism" of temple Taoist temple is at the level of material development, showing too many commercial elements. However, the functions of religion in enlightening wisdom, arousing morality and remolding the value of life are rarely explored and exerted, and its spiritual value has not been demonstrated.

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