日本鳥居 | 通往神域的入口 Torii: The Spiritual Symbol of Japan
OCT 03,2022/Analytical Editors
While the origins of these aesthetic-looking gates are not clear, many historians believe that they have been imported from India or China. In India, gates called torana appear at entrances to Buddhist and Hindu temples. The name torana also sounds a bit similar to torii, which further adds to the theory. In China, similar structures known as pailou are built at the entrances to Buddhist and Taoist temples as well. Japanese legend, however, says differently..
雖然這些外觀精美的門之起源尚不明,但許多歷史學家認為它們是從印度或中國傳入的。在印度,稱為托拉納的門出現在佛教和印度教寺院的入口處。托拉納這個名字聽起來也跟鳥居的日文發音(torii)有點類似,這進一步增加了該理論的說服力。在中國,被稱為牌樓的類似建物也設於佛寺和道觀的進門處。然而,日本的傳說卻有不同的說法。
- aesthetic a. 美觀的;美學的
- theory n. 理論
- legend n. 傳說,傳奇故事
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