The influence of Buddhism on Chinese culture?

The influence of Buddhism on Chinese culture is comprehensive and profound, involving philosophy, thought, politics, ethics, economy, science and technology, literature and art, language, folklore, etc. 1. The influence of Buddhist scholarship on Chinese linguistics has been manifested in vocabulary and lexicography. Secondly, Buddhist texts imported many new syntaxes and developed some of the inherent rhetorical forms of the Chinese language. The influence of Buddhism on Chinese literature: firstly, in poetry, after the Tang Dynasty, Zen Buddhism was developed, and many literati were versed in both Confucianism and Buddhism, so they added a sense of fun to their poems. The influence of Buddhism on other arts in China: ancient Chinese arts were stimulated and influenced by Buddhism, showing a colorful situation. First of all, from the architectural point of view, Buddhism in order to Chinese, the temple is not only majestic, but also convenient to the common people, so that the nobility and the lowly can travel, but also easy to recruit believers. Religious decorations, such as lotus patterns and stone lions, have also generally permeated traditional Chinese architectural decorations. Again, in terms of painting, the ancient Chinese traditional painting method to line as the main means of expression, the color using the flat method; and India and the Western region of the painting attaches importance to the color of the halo, with the color to create a three-dimensional sense of thick and thin. From the Northern and Southern Dynasties to the Sui and Tang dynasties, the traditional Chinese line and ink and the foreign surface and color were constantly exchanged and innovated, thus changing the face of Chinese painting. Finally, the influence of Buddhism on the art of music, although one of the "eight precepts" of Buddhism is "singing, dancing, watching and listening to the precepts", but that was to repel the monks' greed for enjoyment. In order to promote Buddhism, Buddhism still emphasizes and uses music.