20世纪70年代以来,考古学者先后发现并发掘了多座北朝—隋唐时期的佛教寺院遗址,这些具有皇家或官方背景的国家大寺揭示了中国古代佛教寺院由“前塔后殿”向“多院多殿”式布局的发展趋势,其深层次的原因则是北方佛学由早期盛行的“释迦信仰”和注重禅修向隋唐宗派分立、崇拜多元的嬗变。 Since the 1970s, archaeologists have discovered and unearthed several sites of Buddhist monasteries from the Northern Dynasties to the Sui and Tang dynasties. These large national monasteries with royal or official backgrounds reveal that the ancient Buddhist temples in China are composed of “ The deep-seated reasons for the development trend of ”multiple courtyards and multiple temples“ are that Buddhism in Northern China changed from ”Shakyamuni Faith" which was prevalent in Northern Buddhism to that of Buddhism to Sui and Tang dynasties, and diversified worship.