Kaigenkan

…Buddhist temples were built in each state during the Tang Dynasty in China. In 738 (Kaiyuan 26), Emperor Xuanzong ordered the construction of one Buddhist temple and one Taoist temple in each capital and state, naming them Kaiyuan Temple and Kaiyuan Temple after the era names. They were modeled after the Dayunjing Temple built by Empress Wu Zetian, and Japanese provincial temples were modeled after these. …

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…中国，唐代に各州に建てられた仏寺。玄宗は738年(開元26)に勅して両京と各州に一つずつ仏寺と道観を建てさせ，年号にちなんで開元寺，開元観と名づけた。則天武后がおいた大雲経寺にならったもので，日本の国分寺はこれらをモデルにしている。…

※「開元観」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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