What impact does Buddhism have on Chinese culture?

It has had an impact in the following three aspects.

1. Thought

Chinese philosophical thought sprouted in the Zhou Dynasty and flourished in the Warring States Period. During the Warring States Period, various scholars argued and advocated their own theories, which made Chinese philosophical thought flourish for a while. In the Han Dynasty, there was only Confucius. Later, because Emperor Wu denounced hundreds of schools of thought and regarded Confucianism as one, Taoism declined. During the Wei, Jin and Six Dynasties, Buddhism became popular in the world, and Taoism also gradually revived, and conflicts arose, and people were excluded due to conflicts. , blended by the contact of rejection.

2. Sculpture

In terms of sculpture, Buddhism has promoted a higher level of Chinese sculpture art and richer sculpture content and techniques. Judging from the Buddhist sculptures in Dunhuang, Longmen, Yungang and other places, its influence is great. India's Buddhist sculpture art comes from Greece and is the result of cultural exchanges during the Greek Alexander the Great's Eastern Expedition; China also indirectly introduced Greek sculpture art due to the introduction of Buddhism.

3. Painting

In terms of painting, not only the subject matter, but also the painting techniques and concepts, Buddhism has a greater influence. In particular, Zen Buddhism brought the so-called "Zen painting", which had a great influence on landscape paintings and figure paintings after the Tang and Song Dynasties. For example, the poems of Wang Wei, a poet of the Tang Dynasty, are praised as having a Zen style of "painting in poetry, poetry in painting". The painting style in Wang Wei's poems is completely different from the "gongbi painting" style that emphasizes realism.