自公元581年隋代建立,至公元907年唐代灭亡,在自6世纪末至10世纪初的这300余年里,中国佛教达到了其鼎盛阶段,出现了十余个各具特色的佛教宗系,而由帝王提倡,国家参与的大规模佛寺建造活动,使佛寺建筑也臻于极盛。有隋-代全国有寺3792所,盛唐时期全国有寺5358所,经过安史之乱摧残之后的晚唐时期,全国仍有寺院4600所。而唐代寺院已经开始出现定型化趋势,唐释道宣的《祗洹寺图经》与《戒坛图经》中所描述的理想寺院形式,为后来唐代寺院定型化起到了一定的推动作用。而唐代寺院在佛殿规模,楼阁建造,庭院配置等方面,都达到了前所未有的规模、尺度与数量,如规模最为宏大的寺院中,可以有数十座,甚至近百座院落,数千间房屋。而唐以后的佛寺中,再难见到如此宏伟巨大的佛寺建筑群。 Since the founding of the Sui Dynasty in 581 AD and the demise of the Tang Dynasty in 907 AD, in the 300 years since the late 6th century to early 10 th century, Chinese Buddhism reached its heyday and more than 10 distinctive Buddhist lines appeared , While the large-scale construction of Buddhist monasteries advocated by the emperors and participated by the state made the construction of the Buddhist temples extremely prosperous. There Sui Dynasty - generation of 3792 temples throughout the country, during the Tang Dynasty period there are 5358 temples throughout the country, after the Anshun chaos destroyed the late Tang Dynasty, there are still 4,600 monasteries throughout the country. The monasteries in the Tang Dynasty have already begun to stereotype. The ideal monastery form described in Tang Sutra and Tang altar illustrated in Tang's official proclamation has played a certain role in promoting the finalization of monasteries in the Tang Dynasty . The Tang Dynasty monastery in the size of the temple, building pavilions, courtyard configuration, etc., have reached an unprecedented scale, scale and quantity, such as the largest monasteries, there can be dozens, even nearly 100 courtyards, thousands Between houses. The temple after the Tang Dynasty, it is difficult to see such a magnificent monumental Buddhist temple complex.