J4 ›› 2012, Vol. 11 ›› Issue (11): 28-30.
本主庙是白族宗教文化最典型的物质形态，内容丰富、雕饰精美，集中体现了白族建筑中高度成熟的建筑、雕刻、彩绘、
书画艺术技巧，也反映了少数民族文化与原始宗教文化、汉文化、周边少数民族地域文化在建筑中的交融与叠合。本主庙借助建筑外观形式、装饰、色彩等要素，用独特的语言形式表达丰富而深邃的文化信息，主要表现在敬神礼人，以人为本；求吉祈福，乐天安命；文化整合，雅俗共赏三个方面。
Benzhu temple is the most typical physical form of religious culture for Bai nationality, inside which the cultural content
is rich and the sculpture is exquisite. Benzhu temple is the concentrated reflection of Bai people's highly matured skills in building, carving, colored drawing, handwriting and painting. It also reflects the cultural blending of the ethnic minorities primitive religions, Han people, and the neighboring minority regions in architecture. Through the appearance, decoration and colour of the building and with unique language form, Benzhu temple conveys rich and profound cultural messages, which emphasize three aspects: god and man, praying and fate, and cultural integration.
