張掖大佛寺可真的不得了。這里不但有古代造佛藝術(shù)之美，壁畫藝術(shù)之美，還有很深?yuàn)W的歷史故事。

        先說這個(gè)大佛寺，百度百科上說，張掖的大佛寺始建于1098年?？磩e的史料說，大佛寺應(yīng)該更早。早在公元四百多年，這里就有個(gè)從北印度來的高僧叫曇無讖的在這弘揚(yáng)佛法，那時(shí)候他呆的地方就大佛寺的前身迦葉如來寺。后來北魏的皇帝想要這個(gè)曇無讖，張掖這嘎達(dá)的北涼王不給，干脆殺了曇無讖。到公元444年，北魏滅佛，把張掖這座廟也燒了。六百年后，有個(gè)叫嵬咩的西夏國(guó)師，西夏王乾順的鼎力支持下重新修建了大寺，而且還修建了一座大大的臥佛。他修這個(gè)臥佛也是一個(gè)破天荒，當(dāng)時(shí)臥佛殿建成了，塑造龐大的佛像卻成了難題，嵬咩絞盡腦汁，日思夜想。忽因一夢(mèng)提示，先用木枋構(gòu)建臥佛骨架，再于骨架外釘木板，最后裹泥膚并妝塑彩繪成臥佛巨像。這種將建筑藝術(shù)與塑像藝術(shù)融為一體的做法成為中國(guó)塑像史中的一大創(chuàng)舉，這便是今天張掖大佛寺大佛殿臥佛塑像的原形。

        西夏以后，大佛寺曾經(jīng)長(zhǎng)期作為皇家寺廟，得到過五位皇帝的賜名。

        還有傳說，說忽必烈就是生在這大佛寺里滴。史學(xué)家說，從那個(gè)歷史年代上考證這個(gè)有點(diǎn)靠譜，那時(shí)候蒙古和西夏還是好朋友。反正忽必烈的媽別吉太后死后就葬在這里。還有南宋皇帝趙顯亡國(guó)后遁入空門，釋號(hào)和尊大師，也呆在這張掖的大佛寺。那時(shí)候元世祖還供他衣糧，后來因?yàn)閷懥它S金臺(tái)即興，被元朝的皇帝賜死。還有說，元朝的順帝妥權(quán)帖木兒就是趙顯的兒子，這孩子的媽原來的趙顯的老婆，讓元朝皇帝搶了去做妻，生出的是誰的孩子就說不清了。

        現(xiàn)在大佛寺里出來大佛，還有31尊，形態(tài)各異，很有點(diǎn)西夏佛教的味道。此外還有壁畫五百多平米，說的是佛本生，經(jīng)變，還有西游取經(jīng)。佛像、菩薩像、佛寶都有，還有山海經(jīng)。

        說是大佛寺里的經(jīng)書很著名，那個(gè)大般若經(jīng)稱為張掖金經(jīng)，乃書法杰作繪畫精品?？上居锌吹健?/font>

        這些佛造像和壁畫，古時(shí)候的都在大佛殿里，其他的大都是后來新修的，至少在大佛寺外墻上的新壁畫已經(jīng)剝落。

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