| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺北大學 === 民俗藝術與文化資產研究所 === 105 === Museums as multi-functional cultural carriers become bridges between countries across the strait and record their own cultural memories in the gesture of third sectors. The display of the museum allows the local Buddhist culture to be rationally narrated and promoted in front of the public and thus makes the possibility for the discussion of developments in many perspectives of Buddhist culture after decades of the political division between both sides across the strait. The main purpose of this paper is to discuss these two dimensions:
1. Explore the characteristics of the display of Buddhist culture in museums from both sides and their similarities and differences.
2. Analyze the cases of Buddhist culture museums across the strait to detect the similarities and differences between them and the effect of museum’s characteristics conveying the main value of concept in display.
This paper explores the history and current situation of the museums of Buddhist Culture in China and Taiwan, discriminates cultural propaganda museums from historical ones, and analyzes the nature and operation of these cultural-function museums. In order to realize the significance and unique characteristics of Buddhist culture museums in their displays, they are divided into tangible and intangible ones for discussions, intending to perform the embodiment of the display of Buddhist culture. The author selected the Famen Temple Museum and Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum as cases for analyzing. The discussion is based on the planning of theme establishments and conveyance of the concept of Buddhism culture and these two subjects are also taken as comparison standards between two cases in the meantime. The discussion will contain both conceptual and substantive ways in the displays of Buddhist culture.
This study draws the following conclusions: Based on the comparison of Buddhism Culture Exhibitions between Famen Temple Museum and Fo Guang Shan Buddha Museum, the former is built with cultural relics and its historical value; the later mainly promotes the concept of Buddhist by showing the visitors their ideas and expecting to receive validation of their belief from the public. These two cases are both valuable for their contents and scales in Buddhist culture museums. Besides, they absorb different cultural concepts from other regions to create a compatible Buddhist culture atmosphere in the display and help the Buddhist culture to develop various functions such as collections, researches, exhibitions, and educations.
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